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How to test a Powered PA head for bad channels
I have a powered Carvin PA head that I use in a place I play a lot. They provide passive speakers. I also own powered JBL speakers and a Fishman Artist amp.
Is there a way for me to test for bad channels on the powered Carvin head using either the JBLs or Fishman? I know I can't plug a powered head into powered speakers... Here's why I need to test the head, 1 channel has a dead XLR, but the quarter inch on the same channel works. Thanks in advance. jricc. |
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Probably. Most powered mixers have a line level outputs (main and/or monitor, usually on the front) that can drive your powered speaker. Alternately, you could use a send which is also line level.
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Thanks jricc |
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Yes the head should have a stereo or mono line out so send that to the powered speaker. It's line level
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The monitor out should be a line level signal, send that to your powered speaker. One caveat, the head could have an option to split the power amp section so that half is for mains and half is for monitors.
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If the unit is old, I would spray some deoxIT in the non functioning xlr input. We had a similar problem and this fixed it.
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Thank you ALL For your help!
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