Monitor Configuration

Posted on Sep 15, 2011 11:02 am
SolidRocker
Music Loving Hack
Member Since: Jul 13, 2009

I have a recently acquired mismatched set of monitors and am looking for the best way to configure them. The first show with them is this weekend.

I have two EAW LA212 monitors (which are quite nice) that are rated at 500 watts at 8 ohms. Then I have 2 Peavey monitors that are rated at 200 watts at 8 ohms. I am driving them with a Crown 402d which is rated at 450 watts per side at 4 ohms. Since I am daisy chaining two monitors off each side of the amp, I am running at a 4 ohm load.

I am looking for help as to the best way to set them up. It seems like it could:
1) Put the EAWs one one amp channel and the Peaveys on the other. That would put the Peavey's in the sweet spot, but would woefully underpower the EAWs.
2) I could put an EAW and a Peavey on each amp channel. It would underpower both sides but since they are monitors, we don't run them flat out anyway. My concern here is whether the Peavey would be overdriven before EAW would reach what it needed to perform well. Or with they each take a proportional share of the power?

Eventually I may get another monitors amp but for now need to make due with what I have. Thanks for the help.

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