AI Corus loud enough for a big room?

**citizenk74** · 10-06-2016, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by christianm77

Presumably you don't play music for a living? This, in my experience is an unavoidable part of the job.

My 50-60 hrs per week day job never made me a living. My 'hobby" playing supplemented my income to a degree. The upshot is that the sacrifices required to acquire the equipment I had/have led me to take very, very good care of it. If you are obliged to take jobs with wonky power, a power conditioner would be a wise investment, along with quality power cables and circuit breakers. Just some very hard-(l)earned advice from a no-longer working stiff. YVMV

**sgcim** · 10-06-2016, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by JazzNote

Fate can work mysterious ways, so i usually make sure to take a backup amp to the gig.
The service of AI is as good as can be. Rick Jones repairs and ships back almost immediately - best repair service i ever experienced.

I would've taken a backup, as this was the first four hour I did with the Corus, but as I said, we carpooled, and there was no way we could fit a backup into the guy's car. I was stuck, two hours from home, with an amp that wouldn't make a sound.
I tried it again today, and couldn't get a sound, so I went to get a screwdriver to check the fuse out.
When I came back, I decided to try the amp out again before I checked out the fuse, and it worked fine!
I emailed Rick and told him the above, so I'll see what he advises.
I had this happen with my AI Coda, but luckily it was on the last tune of the gig.
I emailed Rick about it, and he said it was because the gig took place outside, and we ran a long extension cord to the power source, and had about twenty things running on the same line.
I've got four other amps I can use, so I'm in no hurry.

**JazzNote** · 10-07-2016, 04:33 AM

On wednesday night i was setting up for a soundcheck and noticed that both amps (regular & later backup) didn't work after i plugged them in. This despite the lamp on my electricity connector strip was lighting bright, showing that there was AC power on the line.

Looking for the cause, i found that the socket combining three outlets had the one switched off which i was plugged in. Similar to a transformer, the surrounding powered cables induced just enough power to drive the lamp of my connector strip which led to my belief that there was power.

This is the second time within a few years that i experience the same, just saying ....... electricity too can work in mysterious ways.

**sgosnell** · 10-07-2016, 08:24 PM

he said it was because the gig took place outside, and we ran a long extension cord to the power source, and had about twenty things running on the same line.

Wow. Your band really needs to invest in some more extension cords, and probably at least 12 gauge, if not heavier. Running everything off one is screaming for trouble.

**sgcim** · 10-08-2016, 12:08 AM

It was just a pickup band. I don't even know whose extension cord it was.
I plugged it into the wall at my house, and it still wouldn't get any output.
It looks like it's one of those intermittent things...

**Stringswinger** · 10-08-2016, 03:36 AM

Originally Posted by sgcim

It was just a pickup band. I don't even know whose extension cord it was.
I plugged it into the wall at my house, and it still wouldn't get any output.
It looks like it's one of those intermittent things...

Perhaps that is why the seller sold it so cheap. Send it to AI. They will sort it out.