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<blockquote data-quote="Paul OBrien" data-source="post: 218140" data-attributes="member: 7285"><p>There was a night club in my small hometown that hosted bands fairly regularly up until about the early '90s, the house system was W bins, front loaded mid horns and big ole HF horns stacked from floor to ceiling on either side of the stage. Apparently the rig was all DIY including some of the amps and was hand built by the older brother of a high school friend of mine sometime in the late '70, and it was probably the best sounding rig in the whole area while he had it. It was sold and installed in this club when the older brother went off to college and by the time I first encountered it there in the mid 80's the rig was down to one DC300 and a graphic EQ powering everything.. somehow. There must have been some passive EQ components added at some point because all the boxes made sound but it wasn't great... even by '80's standards.. no real lows to speak of just lots of mids, plenty loud for the space but not that exciting. I knew the system had potential but the club owner had no interest in upgrading/restoring the rig to it's former glory with a proper active crossver and dedicated amps, so visiting bands usually brought in thier own sound system.</p><p>Anyway.. back then the norm for bar bands(and DJs) in my neck of the woods was either a DIY effort or a mixed pile of whatever they could lay thier hands on. Fun times though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul OBrien, post: 218140, member: 7285"] There was a night club in my small hometown that hosted bands fairly regularly up until about the early '90s, the house system was W bins, front loaded mid horns and big ole HF horns stacked from floor to ceiling on either side of the stage. Apparently the rig was all DIY including some of the amps and was hand built by the older brother of a high school friend of mine sometime in the late '70, and it was probably the best sounding rig in the whole area while he had it. It was sold and installed in this club when the older brother went off to college and by the time I first encountered it there in the mid 80's the rig was down to one DC300 and a graphic EQ powering everything.. somehow. There must have been some passive EQ components added at some point because all the boxes made sound but it wasn't great... even by '80's standards.. no real lows to speak of just lots of mids, plenty loud for the space but not that exciting. I knew the system had potential but the club owner had no interest in upgrading/restoring the rig to it's former glory with a proper active crossver and dedicated amps, so visiting bands usually brought in thier own sound system. Anyway.. back then the norm for bar bands(and DJs) in my neck of the woods was either a DIY effort or a mixed pile of whatever they could lay thier hands on. Fun times though. [/QUOTE]
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