No, ultimately, instead of trying to drive the big speakers with a big amp, I'm driving both big and small speakers with a little amp. I am now just as confused about how to properly match speakers as Jeff was.... It's obvious not to drive 100 watt speakers with a 400 watt amp... but what about a 30 watt amp and 200 watt speakers?

Something that occurs to me, is that the amp only had XLR inputs, which meant that we had to use this guy's DJ mixer (with XLR outputs) to convert the line-level to the XLR. That mixer may be the culprit, if it didn't properly balance the line. (The thought of 1/4" TRS is what made me think of this - the speakers are just Tip and Shield)

Rob Cashman
Customer Support Engineer