Members darkstarkc Posted March 8 Members Share Posted March 8 So I recently acquired a couple pa speakers, don't recall the model at the moment but they're peavey horns and12-in woofers in the cabs. So really my question is how to power it. Should I go with a amplifier/equalizer, mixer / amplifier or just buy a head and run through a mixer? Or a combination. As I said, this is just for {censored}s and giggles, my own home use.. But so I'm looking at how to power it like I said and I want to go with Peavey brand equipment for sure. But I'm looking at heads / mixers amplifiers and can't decide how I want to do it.. I found the amplifier / equalizers 2 channel (nine band equalizer) with around 100 w RMS per channel and no effects, And then I found the larger amplifier/mixer (either four or six channel) Believe the power handling is a little higher than the prior mentioned, also has reverb effect I believe. But the layout is a high and low adjustment And I believe a gain knob per channel. You you would run either XLR or quarter inch into the front and speaker outputs are on the rear. Finally I already own a mini max bass head. Which I guess could be used being it has I believe 160 Watts at 4 ohms plug in single quarter inch on the front and you can come off of the rear with either XLR or quarter inch I believe @ like I said 4 ohms, really no idea what kind of volume I be working with at that point though. So the point of the setup being I want to be able to run music through it jucst off of my phone or off of a receiver or whatever just for listening. But also want to be able to run my guitar through it or bass If That's doable. Not sure if the PA can handle the notes off of the bass or not, especially from the five string.. So I thought I had it figured out and just was going to get a mixer/amplifier running the front and out the back and make my connections with my phone and receiver through a either Bluetooth or adapter or RCA to quarter inch adapter.. Plus the guitar connection separate Then I saw the equalizer/amplifier I thought that would be a better way to control the sound especially being for just listening to music not playing. But then I started reading a bit and realized that a lot of folks use both run into the equalizer and then into the amplifier. So anyway I just curious how somebody else would do it or what would be recommended. And obviously I wanted to be as loud as possible so I don't know how much volume I would get off of just the equalizer / amplifier being I think 90 Watts per channel at 4 ohms. Well I'm thinking the speakers have said 8 ohms if I remember correctly I could check if I need.. anyway, let me know what you think, If everything makes sense, Or if I need more information or it wasn't clear on something .. appreciate Your time and advice ahead of time. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 11 Moderators Share Posted March 11 Without knowing the specs on the speakers there is nothing specific to advise you on. Depending on the speaker's power handling and input impedance, you should match whatever you are driving them with to that spec. Don't load a 4ohm output with an 8ohm speaker. 12 inch woofers can handle a bass if properly EQ'd and at low volume. If they are FRFR speakers,they will handle bass I would suggest a powered mixer that matches your speakers' capability. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted March 13 Members Share Posted March 13 I'm notoriously cheap and you already have an amp so I'm going to suggest just adding a mixer. The current version of the MiniMax head is rated at 600W into a minimum of 4 Ohms. The previous version is 500 Watts. You didn't specify which you have but either should be adequate. The speaker outputs are wired in parallel for both so two 8 Ohm cabs ought to be fine as long as your speakers are in good condition and will handle your amp's output, and/or you don't get silly. If they're 4 Ohm cabs you'll need to wire them in series. We can discuss that separately if necessary. If you want to stick with Peavey, you can get a 6 channel mixer for $200 and you're set except for mics, cables and whatnot. https://www.sweetwater.com/c264--Analog_Mixers?all&sb=low2high¶ms=eyJmYWNldCI6eyJCcmFuZCI6WyJQZWF2ZXkiXX19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 13 Moderators Share Posted March 13 The drawback with using the MiniMax bass head is it is not stereo....you are better off with a powered stereo mixer with a good EQ panel that won't overpower your speakers. Without knowing the max wattage handling capacity of those speakers, there isn't much specific info we can offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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