DBX GoRack - SUPER DEAL!
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Picked up two for 60 bucks at guitar center today. They price matched proaudiostar, and no waiting for shipment. I hope that they come out with a gorack2, that has an actual crossover on board. I will play around with them for a little while and see what they have to offer. Hopefully it's not as noisy as the driverackPA i purchased when it first came out. That was noisy compared to my BSS mini and omnidrives.
It rocks with a sub - I can attest to that. I wouldn't use it without one as the instruction manual (you have to download) by inference doesn't recommend using with speakers that can't reproduce the low bottom end.
Anyway, the second GoRack unit arrived via UPS at my door today while I was at work - always the case eh? Anyway they left a notice with a big fat brokerage fee charge of $42 as ransom - I am supremely pissed. The friggin brokerage fee (on top of what they charged for shipping) is more than the cost of the actual unit! I think it is criminal. Anyway I am going to tell UPS to pound sand if they start hounding me and will definitely not accept it out of principle. Had the company shipped it by USPS, they don't charge brokerage fees at all. Live an learn I guess! As far as I am concerned UPS are a bunch of crooks and will never ever see my business again! This is what happens when you order things in a rush on a busy day at work....
Why didn't you ask the company how they shipped? Or better yet advise them that you needed it shipped USPS.
Precisely! Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda! My only lame defence is I ordered it while I was at work (my real job vs hobby job) in between a heavy day of meetings and was in a rush to get to my next appointment across the Base. As I think I mentioned, live and learn! Well, I learnt. But then you have to ask, why would I need to, especially in this day and age where shipping and online ordering is commonplace - even across borders?
I left a pretty good snotty-gram on the UPS customer service email address this evening. Any bets on whether I get a standard snivelling form letter/response saying "We can't help it, oh poor us, our hands are tied!"?
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My only criticism so far with my several months of use is the odd duck size they chose for it. Why not just go with a 1U rack size for convenience? Bet that is where they go if they continue on with this product...
I'm sure they have received a fair bit of criticism for not going that route
If 1RU is what you need, then you go with the DriveRack series. Unless you meant half-rack size (like a wireless mic receiver).My only criticism so far with my several months of use is the odd duck size they chose for it. Why not just go with a 1U rack size for convenience? Bet that is where they go if they continue on with this product...
I'm sure they have received a fair bit of criticism for not going that route
A lot depends on the capability of the tops .. a set of 15" tops is probably good .. an 8" set .. not so ..
As I alluded, it was only a minor beef. I have gotten past it by using velcro strips on the underside affixed to the topside of a 1 U power strip in a standard 19 inch case - works fine for me. I went from a Behringer DEQ2496 (kinda like a Swiss Army knife DEQ but complicated) and wanted simple not complicated. The DriveRack (while I looked at them) are too complex/pricey for what I was after.
here is a re-post of my arrangement (go to ~2 min 50 sec in to see):
Hmm...what it does is subtle. Nice and small though. With my old mixer a mute might be handy but the new mackie mixer has those on each channel plus a master mute.
Tested using Yamaha DXR12 tops, flat (not foh, no contour, no crossover)
Mono - yep, nice to have that.
Compressor - increased volume would be my observation. Can see this being useful.
Feedback suppression..with a corded sennheiser I don't notice any difference, but it's not feedback prone.
EQ...it says it has one..comparing settings I can hear a difference - speech vs rock for instance. Not impressed at this point. Subtle I suppose.
Sub Synth..nothing. Well, up to 50 (out of 99) I hear nothing different. I will have to hook up my sub and hear what, if any difference, there is.
I REALLY wish companies would use the same connectors...input is XLR or 1/4" (female). Output is XLR (male) only. Why do I care? Well, my old mixer was 1/4" out only so I got 1/4 to XLR male speaker (aka long) cables. I don't have long XLR-XLR cords. The yamaha's can take 1/4" in but the gender on the other end isn't right for the GoRack. Easy to cobble something together for a test..but I need gender-benders or new cables.
I will test it with my old passive setup as I'll be using it the end of the month and it may make a difference there - no speaker-specific amps, cheaper speakers, older design of everything.
I hate buying cords..should get some black xlr-xlr for my sub(s)...
Tested using Yamaha DXR12 tops, flat (not foh, no contour, no crossover)
Mono - yep, nice to have that.
Compressor - increased volume would be my observation. Can see this being useful.
Feedback suppression..with a corded sennheiser I don't notice any difference, but it's not feedback prone.
EQ...it says it has one..comparing settings I can hear a difference - speech vs rock for instance. Not impressed at this point. Subtle I suppose.
Sub Synth..nothing. Well, up to 50 (out of 99) I hear nothing different. I will have to hook up my sub and hear what, if any difference, there is.
I REALLY wish companies would use the same connectors...input is XLR or 1/4" (female). Output is XLR (male) only. Why do I care? Well, my old mixer was 1/4" out only so I got 1/4 to XLR male speaker (aka long) cables. I don't have long XLR-XLR cords. The yamaha's can take 1/4" in but the gender on the other end isn't right for the GoRack. Easy to cobble something together for a test..but I need gender-benders or new cables.
I will test it with my old passive setup as I'll be using it the end of the month and it may make a difference there - no speaker-specific amps, cheaper speakers, older design of everything.
I hate buying cords..should get some black xlr-xlr for my sub(s)...
did some more playing round..got a gig coming where I may need to run a mixer into a mixer to get enough inputs...when doing that I can crank the gain on the mic well beyond sensible levels - and yes, the feedback suppressor does what it says.
and I dug up some OLD xlr-xlr cables..gonna go see if they still work! and how long they are.
and I dug up some OLD xlr-xlr cables..gonna go see if they still work! and how long they are.
I bought me one of those inexpensive Behringer CT100 Cable Testers that I take with me to every gig. It can save a lot of time and effort when cables are in doubt:
Gear Review: Behringer CT100 Cable Tester - GuitarKitBuilder
Today I finally tested it out on just the tops, I too have the DXR 12's, and I did notice a good difference in the lower end, but I really noticed a difference when I tested it with both subs , and holy crap, did it bring the subs to life
tested out mine. comes in handy as backup mixer, noticed difference with EQ. #8 (rock) sounds good. subsynth is fine too except for vocals need to switch eq to 12 else muffled vocals, will use compressor sparingly else it actually makes feedback worst, was not able to test out anti-feedback as i was not getting on my audio-technica 2000 or shure slx. All in all, not bad for $29, perfect for stand-alone ceremony console.
So I'm considering purchasing the DBX DriveRack, but curious about how/where to plug it into my setup. I run out of my mixer into my Peavey IPR3000 amp. It powers my pair of Peavey 118 subs. From my pass thru on the amp, I go out to my powered EV EKX 15P's. At what point in the line would I add it? Is it beneficial, if so where? TIA.