just a question

singmelies

hey guys my name is mark, i work in a club in nc

i have been using a ev dx38 and well i hate that thing, so i just ordered a drive rack pa
my question is, i know it has tunings for my jbl subs and my crown amps, but i run ev qrx 153 for tops, im pretty sure the drive rack doesnt have tunings for it, so could i just use my settings from race that were going into the dx38?

Gadget

Wow... That would seem to be a significant step down...The DX 38 has

6300 ms of dealy (900 ms per input and output...the DRPA has 80 ms total

26 parametric equalizers 4 per output ...the DRPA has 3 for Hi's 2 for mid/lo

Seems to me if you want a processor thats on the same level of technology as the DX38 the 260 is a FAR better choice... The DRPA has most of it's processors tied together so you don't have individual controls/channel...The DRPA is meant to be an entry level device.

If your not going to biamp the tops no \"speaker tunings\" are necessary! The crossover is in the speaker.. It's passive. If you have subs that uses a crossover, but not considered Bi-amping...Thats full range tops with subs. The crossover from tops to subs is just that...

Yes if you have the parameters from the DX 38 you can (assuming the DRPA has the necessary filters, and delays...it's limited) enter them into the Driverack.

Gadget

singmelies

see i do biamp the tops, so i would have to get another dx38 if i wanted to run 3-way, and my club is ran by very tight-with-money guys, who for the life of me i cant convince that sound is important to their club. the dx38 we do have is used to run the rooftop dance club, which is a 2-way system so it works for them. i would love to get another dx 38 and jack the other one from the roof top, but it took all i had to get them to consider just the drpa, right now my system is going through an ashly x-over that is quite old, and doesnt sound too great, haha so for now, i have to settle on the drpa. im pretty new to the drive rack stuff, so didnt know if the tunings would be that much different than in race. is there a considerable difference? (in the tunings)
but thanks gadget, ill put it the numbers and hopefully it can perform, until i can convince an upgrade is in order

Mikey

I have replaced a few of the '38s with DR260s. It's like night and day difference. The EV stuff really stinks. The depth was better...heck it was like taking a wet towel off the speakers.

Not sure what causes it, but it's substantial.

Justy my nickel,
Mikey