flamingo
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Hi folks - I have 2 spaces with a significant part of both inventories made of plain ol' incandescent, standard-size S4s. Currently, the larger of the spaces is stocked with 575w lamps. The smaller space is 750w, but that may originally be due to the longer throw from FOH. I am considering swapping over to 750w for our larger space.
Several designers have mentioned how dim the lights look. Others have simply opted to lamp up entire systems from the get-go. Because of that, we do have a healthy stock of 750 lamps. I definitely wouldn't toss our 575w, we have a black box with juniors that can use them up eventually. We've put in some elbow grease for maintenance, but those that came before us didn't seem to have the time for the most thorough cleaning so I feel like we're climbing a mountain on that front. After using "clean" lights in a short student show, I tend to agree that the lights seem a little too dim. The last thing I know I still need to check is that we have enough 750 caps, I think we have enough for about 2/3 of our bodies but I'd like to have more confidence.
I'm trying to consider possible issues to make a pro/con list - has anyone done something like this?
Several designers have mentioned how dim the lights look. Others have simply opted to lamp up entire systems from the get-go. Because of that, we do have a healthy stock of 750 lamps. I definitely wouldn't toss our 575w, we have a black box with juniors that can use them up eventually. We've put in some elbow grease for maintenance, but those that came before us didn't seem to have the time for the most thorough cleaning so I feel like we're climbing a mountain on that front. After using "clean" lights in a short student show, I tend to agree that the lights seem a little too dim. The last thing I know I still need to check is that we have enough 750 caps, I think we have enough for about 2/3 of our bodies but I'd like to have more confidence.
I'm trying to consider possible issues to make a pro/con list - has anyone done something like this?