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Re: 1500 W amp can power how many speakers?

I can do the crossover and the compressor I use that now but it's in a rack I mean if I really really need to I can pull it out just for a few hours..

I mean as you know people always help you setup but don't help bring back stuck.. Not like it's heavy or anything

Yeah, that's always the way it goes. Nobody wants to help at the end - or they insist in coiling my cables over their elbow. If you want max volume, with reduced risk of speaker damage, I would go ahead and use the crossover and comp. I would put the crossover before the comp, so that the bass that you filter won't trigger the compressor. This will result in a less-noticeable action on the part of the compressor, but will still provide the same protection. Outdoors is a hard thing to do from a sound standpoint, simply because you have no walls to help with reinforcement. If you could put the "stage" or whatever this event might have against a wall even the reflections off of it will help to create a bit more efficiency from your speakers. Also, If your area that you are trying to cover is longer than wide I would consider maybe placing two speakers near the front of the "stage" and then the other pair maybe 50' feet back from the first pair. Optimally in this situation, you would want to use a delay unit to delay the audio coming out of the 2nd pair of speakers. This is to preserve coherence in the area where the speakers' outputs overlap.

-Sam
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"Say...There's a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is."

Over and under all the way for me!

-Sam

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over and under is the only way to go!

You know what I'm going to take the compressor because I just remembered I have my settings saved in it.. it's a dbx drive rack PA

That's a nice compressor. You could always look into using a digital crossover at some point as well. You should be fine as long as you don't crank it, and watch the subsonic frequencies. Also, make sure your generator can handle at least a 1.8 kw load.

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The driverack PA has crossover and delay functions....that will work well for you....does that one have a look-ahead setting for the limiter? Negative attack times on limiters are very handy.

-Sam
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"Say...There's a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is."

If I read your spec right it has a max of 11.3 feet...not quite the 50 or so feet....i'm not sure what good a delay position would do at only 11.3 feet back from the T-zero position. It sounds like that is a box delay meant for aligning speaker components.

-Sam
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"Say...There's a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is."

Yeah I think that's what it is as well.