I am currently replacing my 32 passive speaker array with genelec 6010s. These are a cheaper alternative, that are still in stock in a lot of places. They have exactly the same spec, but unbalanced connections. Which won't be a problem for small runs. The spl will be fine for a smaller room like mine. It is 3m x 3m. If the protection is a problem roll the crossover higher and get more subs. I currently have 4, but if bass directionality suffers with a higher crossover, I will increase the number and put some higher.
Good luck Steve On 15 Oct 2015 10:32, "Sebastian Gabler" <sebastiangab...@gmx.net> wrote: > That's specifically true for the 8010s. Their max SPL @ 1 m is app. 105 dB > per pair, but the long term SPL is only 91 dB, expressly stated that it is > because of the protection circuit in the manual. > That being said, with 32 speakers, the SPL is 4 time higher than for 2. > That's far beyond comfort zone for any listener for the specified values. > > Sebastian > > Am 15.10.2015 um 10:38 schrieb Dave Malham: > >> One thing I would be careful of on small, active speakers is the >> protection >> circuits. Sophisticated protection circuits thermally model (or even >> sense) >> the drivers and reduce the gain if one of them is getting near the limits. >> This can cause weird, signal dependent, image distortions when one of the >> speakers is driven harder and drops in gain (usually in the bass). Because >> the speaker doesn't just switch off, which you would hear, but simply goes >> a bit quieter, in an Ambisonic array of, say, 16 speakers, this doesn't >> shout out at you but just subtly distorts the image. Can be a really >> annoying and difficult to diagnose problem, especially when you haven't >> heard it before (been there, done that, got the T-shirt). With passive >> speakers, this doesn't happen - you just get the rattle from the cone >> hitting the endstops or the scrape of the melted voice coil against the >> sides of the air gap but at least the first of these warns you when you >> are >> near to damaging the speakers. Note that with small active speakers in >> particular, getting to 'normal' monitoring levels gets you right into the >> zone where the protection will keep cutting in and out :-( >> >> Dave >> >> >> On 14 October 2015 at 18:20, Charles Veasey <charlesjvea...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >>> >>> We're upgrading our current 15.2 (Behringer) loudspeaker array. I'd like >>> to >>> get more spatial resolution and higher quality speakers. Right now I'm >>> thinking about (32) Genelec 8010 and (2) Genelec 7050B subs. >>> >>> However, I have some concerns about the Genelec 8010s selling at only >>> $350. >>> >>> Does anyone have experience with these speakers, or have advice for my >>> situation? >>> >>> thanks, >>> Charles >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> >>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20151014/902db591/attachment.html >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sursound mailing list >>> Sursound@music.vt.edu >>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, >>> edit account or options, view archives and so on. >>> >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20151015/63e1e965/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
