u/Mediocre_Peanut

Will passive speakers overheat when covered with plastic or a tarp in the rain? I'm doing sound on another engineering system who doesn't want me to run his subs with plastic in the rain because he's concerned the voice coils will overheat because they need air flow. Is this a valid concern?

*edit for more context

I did not go against the PA owners wishes I'm asking because I also have passive subs and want to know if it's safe to do it on my own system.

Has anyone used the Yamaha DBR12s for monitor duty? Are they enough power or do you need to go with a higher quality line like the dxr or dzr?

I've been having trouble with 14-50 receptacles fitting onto the 14-50 plugs on my power distro or extension cords. I wanted to have a selection of adapters so I could plug my power distro into various different types of receptaclesband it seems like the majority of them I buy off of Amazon (Chinese made) do not fit onto the plugs on my equipment. It is always the ground pin that will not fit. The brand of plug that I'm using on my extension cords and distro is Pass and Seymore. It almost seems like these adapters that I've been buying are made to a different specification that has a different pin size by a few thousands of an inch and it just won't fit. One shows that I worked at I needed to use one of these adapters and I never thought to check to see if it would work before the show, and I ended up having to pretty much pound them together and really struggle to get them apart. Has anybody else experienced this with the 14-50 plugs and receptacles? Are there any brands that you guys know actually fit?