Questions tagged [speakers]
Electro-mechanical devices used to turn electric signals into audible sound waves.
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Why do people place speaker cabinets or combo amps on top of things?
In a lot of gigs I've played, I have noticed that they have placed the amplifier speaker cab (usually just the bass amp) on top of a chair or a stool or something, so as not to be on the ground.
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Bass effects through guitar amp
I have often heard that you should never plug a bass guitar into a standard guitar amp. Granted it's not going to sound its best but it can supposedly be detrimental to the amp or speakers. I've heard ...
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How to connect a 16 ohm and an 8 ohm cabinet to the same amp head
I just brought home a Peavey JSX 4x12 cabinet and realized that it's 16 ohms while my other cabinet (Marshall 4x12) is 8 ohms. The JSX has two jacks in parallel for chaining while the Marshall has a ...
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What are my options to incorporate a sub-woofer into a PA system for live music performance?
My current PA system I use with my band (usually 2 guitars, a bass guitar and drummer - with 3 vocal mics) consists of a powered mixer (Mackie 808S) driving passive speakers with 12" low/mid drivers ...
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PA System Factors To Consider
What are some of the things to consider and devices to have when creating a PA system for a church to be used both indoors and outdoors...?!