Coleman LS3 Line switcher

[Chevron]

I'd like to know this also..

[LeoLeoLeo]

You would need the 5 chl one to do so if you want the ability to tun the sub off. i.e. selector 1-3 your monitors and selector 4 being your sub. Multiple buttons can be puched in to route to more than 1.

the ls3 will be fine if you dont want to switch off the sub. The sub would be right before the LS3 in the chain.

[ddageek]

If you are routing it after the sub, you will be able to deactivate all the monitors and listen to just the sub, you will not be able to listen to any monitors without the sub and any low cut the sub provides for the nearfields.

I do love the little ls 3 but if you open it up you feel realy stupid for paying this much for 3 switches,2 Pcbs 8 jacks and case.

[thetalkinghead]

i use one of these things and i think its one of the best deals ever if you need a cheap switcher that will not color your signal at all. its awesome.

i am sending out a pair to my main monitors, a pair to my sub, and pair to my mix cubes. sounds great and works perfectly. get one.

[Chevron]

Originally Posted by LeoLeoLeo

You would need the 5 chl one to do so if you want the ability to tun the sub off. i.e. selector 1-3 your monitors and selector 4 being your sub. Multiple buttons can be puched in to route to more than 1.

the ls3 will be fine if you dont want to switch off the sub. The sub would be right before the LS3 in the chain.

Think you've got that wrong, check the Coleman site..

[fanriffic]

Does anybody know if these would be suitable for switching between 2/3 sets of passive monitors from a single power amp?...

The signal wouldn't be @ line level,but is that going to be a big problem?

[Doc Mixwell]

Originally Posted by fanriffic

Does anybody know if these would be suitable for switching between 2/3 sets of passive monitors from a single power amp?...

The signal wouldn't be @ line level,but is that going to be a big problem?

Its not designed to do that. That would be switching current level, which I think you need a REALLY heavy duty switch for. Also, its really not good to switch passive speakers on one amp [even though you can do it] because the switch drops the load on the amp momentarily, and that has the potential to cause damage to the amplifier.

[scruffydog]

The LS3 is a deceptively robust and cost effective way to switch between speakers...I have Dynaudio BM15A's at the desk and 5A's at the computer.
PURE value for money....1 in 3 out balanced switchbox for speakers.
I often need to switch them all out to monitor through my NS10/amp or my Mono Avantone config on my Midas Venice F Desk.
I have actually glued it into a position on a rack which enables me to sometimes feed directly from an Apogee for 'in the box' instead of from my desk....quickly switching the input cables over from time to time to achieve this.
for the money..build and simplicity LS3 is the one!!!

[fanriffic]

Originally Posted by Doc Mixwell

Its not designed to do that. That would be switching current level, which I think you need a REALLY heavy duty switch for. Also, its really not good to switch passive speakers on one amp [even though you can do it] because the switch drops the load on the amp momentarily, and that has the potential to cause damage to the amplifier.

Ahh!..Thank you sir. Good info.

[LeoLeoLeo]

Originally Posted by Chevron

Think you've got that wrong, check the Coleman site..

Which part?

I think the best, but a tad more, for him would be the SPK5+1. Even tho 3 years leter he probably already got it worked out i hope... It is exactly designed what he asked for i believe. Or.. the SPK6 and press 2 buttons to engage sub & speaker of choice.

A non coleman option would be the ProCo Switch Witch.

Originally Posted by fanriffic

Does anybody know if these would be suitable for switching between 2/3 sets of passive monitors from a single power amp?...

The signal wouldn't be @ line level,but is that going to be a big problem?

Yes, That would over time damage your amps if you ran the siginal thru your amps thru it.

The ProCo RMS-1A is what that is made for. It can switch between 3 sets of speakers with 1 amp.

I use it for guitar world time. 1 head, 3 cabs to choose from.

[jarbar]

Does anyone know how the LS3 compares to the Radial MC3? That's got some nice features.

EDIT: Oops. Op needs to switch between 3 mons. MC3 only handles 2 sets plus sub. Still, I'd be curious to hear how they compare.

[666666]

Originally Posted by Doc Mixwell

...its really not good to switch passive speakers on one amp because the switch drops the load on the amp momentarily, and that has the potential to cause damage to the amplifier.

Can someone elaborate on this please?

I know with guitar amps you need to watch the loading, but I (perhaps foolishly) never considered this with my monitoring amps.

Question... let's say you have two pairs of speakers set up on a switcher following one power amp. Then BEFORE you switch from speaker set A to speaker set B, you mute the audio going to the amp so it's at idle during the switching of the speakers, would this be ok? Or does it not make a difference?

A final question... is there ANY way to switch sets of passive speakers on one amp without it possibly being an issue or harmful to the amp?

I've done this for years and never damaged an amp, but of course this doesn't mean that it's ok to do. And I sure don't want to mess up my nice amps! I hope that there IS a "proper" way to switch passive speakers after a single power amp (without it being harmful to the amp) since most often I'm running two or sometimes even three sets of different passive monitors after a single amp and do of course have a need to switch them.

Any extra info on this subject would be appreciated. Thanks.