Help: Stage Audio amp hookup

[BigBear]

Ok... so the techno-tard has confused himself. I got a Crown XLS 1000 amp for a Allen and Heath QU-16 board. We got it so I can run unpowered stage monitors. I've confused myself on how to hook up the amp to the board and then what inputs to use for the stage monitors.

Here's a picture of the back of the amp:

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Before y'all begin... Yes there is an owner's manual. Yes there are pictures in it. No, I still don't get it. HAHAHA.

[brutal]

Looking at it from the back.

On the left are speaker outputs. Looks like Speakon and 5-way. What do the monitors have for input?

On the right are XLR or 1/4" jack. That's where you plug in your input feed from the mixer board.

[brutal]

Looks like the board has R - MAIN - L XLR output in white.

you need male-female XLR cables for that connection from board to amp.

[BigBear]

Looking at it from the back.

On the left are speaker outputs. Looks like Speakon and 5-way. What do the monitors have for input?

On the right are XLR or 1/4" jack. That's where you plug in your input feed from the mixer board.

The monitors are unpowered and use a 1/4 inch jack.


Looks like the board has R - MAIN - L XLR output in white.

you need male-female XLR cables for that connection from board to amp.

For the amp to the board, just simple XLRS?... I can do that one! Yay! lol

[brutal]

The monitors are unpowered and use a 1/4 inch jack.



For the amp to the board, just simple XLRS?... I can do that one! Yay! lol

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Live-Wire-Elite-12-Gauge-1-4--Banana-Speaker-Cable-100090822-i1165528.gc?country=us&currency=usd&source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=Cj0KEQiA592lBRCXy8yl4bjK17wBEiQAg1Az_UGbxF9r 0G0aBX4vYbiDot6o0MJoWu1j7NVOcJPFU-0aAlTe8P8HAQ&kwid=productads-plaid^87632429562-sku^100090822@ADL4GC-adType^PLA-device^c-adid^44639487282

You could probably build whatever length you need with a 1/4 jack, banana jack, and wire.

Or go Speakon.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Live-Wire-Elite-12-Gauge-Speakon-to-1-4--2-Pole--Speaker-Cable-100366848-i1165534.gc

[daknee_k]

It might help to think about signal flow this way. Sound comes out of your mouth and into your mic. The signal then goes out of the mic and in to the mixer. The out of the mixer goes to the in of the amp. The out of the amplifier goes into the speaker. It's not always just which cable end fits where.

[BigBear]

It might help to think about signal flow this way. Sound comes out of your mouth and into your mic. The signal then goes out of the mic and in to the mixer. The out of the mixer goes to the in of the amp. The out of the amplifier goes into the speaker. It's not always just which cable end fits where.


Ha, I knew that but you actually saying it really cleared some things.. Thanks!