[mre]

I have 4 very large speaker cabinets that were given to me by my
neighbor about 2 years ago. He is a local DJ and he was changing out
his speakers and asked me if I wanted his old ones and of course I
jumped on it. 2 of the cabinets are Community CSX40B's, with 2 15"
speakers. They are rated 4 ohm, 250 watt continuous, 600 watt program.
They each have 1 1/4" phono jack input for single use and 4 parallel
input for system sound. These cabinets are extremely heavy. I also
have 2 smaller cabinets made by community with a driver horn and 1 15"
in each cabinet. I can't post the info on the other 2 right now
because they are out in my shop but if need be I can post that later.
What I am trying to find out is what would be the best amp setup to
power these 4 cabinets?? I have hooked 1 of the twin 15" cabinets to
a Sony home theater amp I have but it just doesn't have the power to
drive even the one. When I was a drummer in bands years ago we used
similar speaker cabinets and had huge amps to drive them. Things have
changed so much over the years, and I haven't kept up all the
different amps now out on the market. I'm thinking I'm probably going
to have to run these through some time of amp/mixer board set up?? I
sure would appreciate any help I can get on setting these up the right
way for outdoor gatherings on our place. We have lots of room here and
need to fill the air! Thanks in advance for your help everybody.