motleylorca
New member
Hi,
I'm in a metal band and we're figuring out what to get for a PA system. The truth is, I don't know anything about it and for some reason it seems a thousand times more complicated to me than dealing with guitar racks. Anyway, I read the entire post regarding the house system for bar bands and looked at the recommendations there, but a 4000 power amp seemed a bit excessive to me for what we want, which is a PA system for rehearsals and maybe small clubs (the clubs where we live tend to have their own house systems, so there's no point in shelling out that much cash for something we're never gonna need anyway). A friend recommended the Yamaha EMX5000 powered mixer and a couple of Peavey PR-15 Speaker Cabs, but you guys sure as hell seem to know your stuff, so I'd rather ask you.
Also, here go a couple of stupid questions, 'cause I'm really confused. 1) Say that I were to get the EMX5000 and the Peavey cabs. The EMX5000 is a 1000W powered mixer, and the cabs are each 400W. It sounds obvious, but just to make sure...does that mean that I'm going to be asking 800W from the mixer (or power amp if we get a power amp instead?). 2) If a power amp says 2X600W, what the hell does that mean? Am I getting 1200 W or what? 3) What's wattage-per-channel? If the thing says, i.e., 300 Watts-per-channel, what exactly am I getting (I told you I was confused)?
We're not worried about mikes, cables, etc., just about the mixer, power amp, cabinet deal...and maybe a monitor or two (I'm getting a headache from thinking about this). Anyway, if you guys can help I'll be eternally grateful!
I'm in a metal band and we're figuring out what to get for a PA system. The truth is, I don't know anything about it and for some reason it seems a thousand times more complicated to me than dealing with guitar racks. Anyway, I read the entire post regarding the house system for bar bands and looked at the recommendations there, but a 4000 power amp seemed a bit excessive to me for what we want, which is a PA system for rehearsals and maybe small clubs (the clubs where we live tend to have their own house systems, so there's no point in shelling out that much cash for something we're never gonna need anyway). A friend recommended the Yamaha EMX5000 powered mixer and a couple of Peavey PR-15 Speaker Cabs, but you guys sure as hell seem to know your stuff, so I'd rather ask you.
Also, here go a couple of stupid questions, 'cause I'm really confused. 1) Say that I were to get the EMX5000 and the Peavey cabs. The EMX5000 is a 1000W powered mixer, and the cabs are each 400W. It sounds obvious, but just to make sure...does that mean that I'm going to be asking 800W from the mixer (or power amp if we get a power amp instead?). 2) If a power amp says 2X600W, what the hell does that mean? Am I getting 1200 W or what? 3) What's wattage-per-channel? If the thing says, i.e., 300 Watts-per-channel, what exactly am I getting (I told you I was confused)?
We're not worried about mikes, cables, etc., just about the mixer, power amp, cabinet deal...and maybe a monitor or two (I'm getting a headache from thinking about this). Anyway, if you guys can help I'll be eternally grateful!