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Calculating How Much Power You’ll Need

Figuring out what sort of generator you’ll need first requires determining how much power your P.A. will consume (don’t confuse this with the audio output of a power amp or powered speaker). A visit to the manual or rear panel of your gear can provide a lot of information, and what you are looking for is “maximum power consumption.” This information can be listed in amps or watts; if you need to convert one to the other, use the formula (above).

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LYNN Launches L-LOCK Universal Dual-Locking Power Cable Series

LYNN Launches L-LOCK Universal Dual-Locking Power Cable Series

LYNN, a brand of fiber optic and copper cable assemblies from NSI, launches the L-LOCK Universal Dual-Locking Power Cable Series. The L-LOCK latch system locks and unlocks with a simple finger press that’s perfect for high-density installations…no clunky clips, brackets or additional hardware required. L-LOCK cables are an easy replacement for existing non-locking or single-locking power cables.

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When Making Your Church’s Move from Wedges to IEMs, Don’t Cheap Out

When replacing traditional monitors with IEMs, it can be hard to overcome the institutional and individual resistance to change. If our seasoned musicians and vocalists have adopted the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” stance, we might timidly present the idea of IEMs, and just dip our big toe in the water — buying a cheap system in case the old-timers decide they hate it. However, if they were already predisposed to hate it, and the system is cheap, it’s not going to work well: The old-timers are REALLY going to hate it and now have a legitimate rationale from which to argue against the new paradigm.

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