Peavey ProSys 112

puremusic · #1 01-03-2012, 02:33 PM

Have anyone seen these or heard of them they are powered at 150watts. They have a nearfulesque about them I will post the specs that I found. Disclaimer In no way am I calling these fearfuls or even on their level they just look curious since I saw one in the pawnshop I wish they had 2 of them. These were made between 1989-91. They weigh 61 pounds.

dog1 · #2 01-03-2012, 02:38 PM

Aren't those PA/Sound reinforcement cabs?

puremusic · #3 01-03-2012, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dog1

Aren't those PA/Sound reinforcement cabs?

Yes, they are PA cabs and similar to the Carvin LS1503 that a lot of people on here owns and sounded excellent before Carvin started using cheaper parts.

MNAirHead · #4 01-03-2012, 02:59 PM

I've owned the non-powered version... They were a great speaker that took the lumpy mushy sound of SP-2 etc and then refined it...

The curious thing about them is how much the mid driver carries on them.

High quality speakers... very clear have some thud...

The power amp will be similar to what was in a TNT, Special etc... very stout.

puremusic · #5 01-03-2012, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MNAirHead

I've owned the non-powered version... They were a great speaker that took the lumpy mushy sound of SP-2 etc and then refined it...

The curious thing about them is how much the mid driver carries on them.

High quality speakers... very clear have some thud...

The power amp will be similar to what was in a TNT, Special etc... very stout.

Thanks that is cool to hear

puremusic · #6 01-03-2012, 05:16 PM

The cab is 24" high by 13 7/8" deep and 17 3/8" wide. The 12 is loaded into a 6th-order vented cab, a closed back 6 1/2" mid and a 90 degree V constant directional dynamic horn tweeter. Crossover frequency is at 450 HZ and 5 kHz. I just thought that I would add some more info.

will33 · #7 01-03-2012, 05:42 PM

I once played through a 15" woofer version that looked quite similair to those at a few rehearsals years ago because the guy offered so I wouldn't have to bring a full rig.

Fantastic sound compared to my 15+210 bass rig. I had no idea why at the time but to me, it was great. I even offered to buy them but they used them in their PA and didn't want to sell. It was one of the things that got my curious about all this "how do speakers work" stuff and the knowledge that bass means more than "just bass".

Anyway, yes. They were clear, I could hear me from anywhere I walked in the room including right next to/almost on top of the cab. It's the advantage of a multi-way design and those things still sounded warm and good, like a bass should, just a whole lot clearer in a lot more places. None of the ultra modern, thin zing like you may think from looking at them.

I don't know the actual components or how it would work for you at gig volume. 2 of them should handle most any situation though. It just impressed me enough to start digging in to this stuff, which led to talkbass and building diy speakers, etc.

Caveat: By todays standards I may be over-selling them a little bit but compared to run of the mill bass cabs, not really. I think the one I used may have had the grill off or was an earlier model before the blue stripes or something was a little different anyway. It had the same layout, same square HF horn though. Seeing that brought back a good feeling for me, it's well worth giving a listen and if it what I think it is, well worth the money and then some considering what old, heavy Peavey stuff goes for.

will33 · #8 01-03-2012, 05:56 PM

Should add it was a non-powered version I played at the time too with my same bass stuff which at the time was an older Carvin amp and a P-lyte. The only difference was the speaker and before then, I didn't know how much difference a really good speaker could make. It was quite eye-opening.

puremusic · #9 01-03-2012, 08:09 PM

Wow Will that was some good descriptions of this cab I guess I will have to go try it out.

greenboy · #10 01-03-2012, 08:28 PM

It was a decent little cab, really great for synth setups or smaller PA. Good clarity from the mid, and as I recall not a bad tweet and flare for its day and price. It had enough box size to do better than most compact PA cabs at low frequency reproduction though the passive version it could run out of excursion easily enough when used with a few hundred watts of power amp.

The key to single box PA gratification for bass guitar is to have sufficient enclosure volume but ALSO a lot of xmax. That was hard to come by back then in single-woofer cabs of the price range, and is really not so common even today - until you get into some of the better examples in larger box sizes with lower tunings. But the better compact PA boxes are usually designed with subwoofers in mind so the designers know they don't need to do anything down low anyway - just have good performance up above 80 or 100 Hz...

puremusic · #11 01-04-2012, 06:56 PM

the 15 inch version with blue stripes and the 15's without

as Will stated.

will33 · #12 01-04-2012, 07:09 PM

The one I played seemed older but maybe was just beat to hell from use/abuse. I just remember it sounding way better than a regular bass cab so I was like

why is that? I didn't know what xmax or dispersion or anything was and I don't really know how far you could push it in terms of lowend output at louder gigs but it is worth a listen. Our rehearsals were roughly the volume you'd play a blues gig at the small corner bar....maybe slightly louder than that. No farting, just nice clear sound.