Well Scotty, thank you very very much for this informative and well written answer of yours!!
Allthough I allready got four 2402 I have no clue where to run them right now.... But someday maybe....
I wish you all a nice and pleasent weekend,
OlafYour very welcome. Lets get down to brass tacks now, and I will suggest to you something you might find more than interesting. You say you have a mobile system, so I am assuming this system is a DJ/Entertainment system?
If so, what I would do if I were you, and as I do for myself, and have done for years, is save up the money for a GSA X-3000 DJ crossover, it is an exact copy of the original Richard Long RLA X-3000 crossover. These are the famous DJ crossovers used at clubs like Studio54, The Paradise Garage, and are made today by various independent sound contractors and companies, as well as I have and use these myself.
What this is, is a special 3 way crossover, with a sub bass stereo output, a "FULL RANGE" bandpass output, and a tweeter output. The crossover points are 100hz/18db Butterworth, Full Range is is a 20hz - 20khz, with gentle 6db hi pass and low pass at their set points, and the tweeter out is 7K 18db Butterworth. The front panel has three knobs, a bass, and full range, and tweeter, they are dual ganged stereo pots, and are the output level controls, and are used as the level controls to boost the tweeters or sub bass during peaks, and break passages in recordings. Raising the bass pot for example, and you only affect your subs, and get that dance club BOOM, BOOM, same thing with the tweeters. The full range output of the X-3000 would feed the crossover you have now, for your full range combination. The full range in my system has six stacks of dual 15in woofers, a JBL 2395 lens horn with 2441J compression driver, and the JBL 2404 bi radial. What you would do, is run your full range, with whatever LF woofers and cabinets you have, crossing over into your midrange units of whatever it is you have, and then at 7K your midrange rolls off and the 2404 bi radials come in! Now, you would have to have wood or plastic, or plexi mounting boxes made to house the JBL 2402 tweeters you have, and mount these on top of your full range cabinets, with the bullets in a side by side configuration. Your sub bass cabinets would be under your full range cabinets, you effectively have ground stacks, and the way this now works, is the GSA X-3000 crossover is mounted in your console above your mixer, and instead of using the bass and treble tone controls on the mixer to accentuate highs and lows as you play music, you use the bass and tweeter output level knobs on this crossover, and your full range with the nice and delicate sounding 2404 remains consistent in level and sound, then you want to excite the audience and you raise the tweeter knob, which only affects the 2402 bullets, and get that TSS TSS TSS! Same thing for the bass, and these crossovers also uses specialized filter tuning and gain for the bass and tweeters that give them a sound unlike any other crossover can. Your full range is the prominent sound, but this way of doing things allows you to kick the bass and sizzle the highs without overdriving the full range. Augmentation! And it works.
It is an expensive way of doing things, but you would love the sound you can get from your mobile rig. It requires the GSA X-3000, and your current crossover, and EQ,s as well as amps for the bullets, and the bi radials, and additional amps for you subs.
You can find more info about systems like these and their components at www.gsany.com, as well as I am part of and run a forum dedicated to dance club style sound, and you can look at things over there and discuss with others this type of sound system. www.wavemusic.com, and we have a wonderful community of DJ,s and DIY,ers, and you are welcome to join us, and learn more about this kind of sound. I can put you in touch with all the right people to purchase whatever you want and/or need for these kinds of components, and
[email protected] is also a seller of quality rebuilt Urei 1620 mixers, GSA X-3000 crossovers, and GSA ISO-3001 isolators three band accelerated tone control EQ type units with FULL KILL on bass, full range, and treble. You will also discover others systems, and DIY electronic projects, speaker systems, and consoles, as well as other brands of custom high quality nightclub oriented electronics. And of course, I can offer you advice on set up and use, and how to achieve that special sound that makes the people throw their hands in the air and dance till dawn! Like here, we are a friendly community and we all take great pride in what we have and what we do, and always love helping new people.
This is not to say you no longer need to be a member at Lansing Heritage, it is another forum, specific to dance club sound and music, and you will meet other people into what we do. I use alot of JBL in my system, I also use TAD 15in woofers, and have four Richard Long J Horn subs that use another woofer brand, but all the rest of my 18,s and my horns and comp drivers and tweeters are JBL.
AFAIC, between Lansing Heritage, and Wavemusic, you will have some of the best information available, so come on over and join us there, too! :D