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Author Topic: intermittent sound dropout Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-23-2012 01:18 PM                        quote: Dominic Espinosa Nevertheless I'm curious as mentioned above: when it's dropped out do you hear full signal from the monitor listening to the amps or processor or both? I believe the monitor comes off of the amp (Louis can tell you if I'm wrong). When the sound drops out, you hear the dropout on the monitor.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 01-23-2012 07:42 PM                     quote: Martin McCaffery I believe the monitor comes off of the amp (Louis can tell you if I'm wrong). When the sound drops out, you hear the dropout on the monitor. That makes it 99.9999999999999999999999% probability it is the amp or crossover.  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-23-2012 09:38 PM                     I'm still thinking it's the gain pot on the amplifier. Do you get static when you rotate it? Put the processor in mute and crank your booth monitor to max ( hopefully they aren't set specifically for SPL ). Cycle the pots back and forth. If you hear any static, that's most likely the issue. I used to do this with QSC MX amps and it was quite effective in figuring out which ones needed repairs.  |  IP: Logged Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 01-23-2012 11:12 PM                     OK. I'm probably going to get roasted for this but, quote: Tony Bandiera Jr That makes it 99.9999999999999999999999% probability it is the amp or crossover. Assuming the monitor is tied to the amp outputs only, a high freq drop which originates from the processor outputs would create a high freq drop on the monitor also. Not arguing the point, I may have it totally bassackwards somehow.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 01-24-2012 09:34 AM                        1. The monitor is across the amplifier output. 2. The crossover is part of the amps. Ashly XR-1 crossover is a problem, but the amp is sterling. (3 db down at 100K) Yes, we all agree that the bad pots/switches are almost certainly the problem. That is why we redesigned the crossover. louis  |  IP: Logged

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