If your top priority is high fidelity sound, then I'd get a single 3 way speaker with a 12" woofer plus midrange and tweeter. Any of the reputable brands (QSC, JBL, Yamaha, etc..) will sound great and won't break your budget.
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Micro PA system
- Thread starter el murdoque
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Small. K8's plus a Ksub.
Slightly bigger, we add another sub and k10's relegating the k8's to mons.
Have to say our sound is amongst the best around for the gigs we do, but a lot of credit goes to the BL ability with sound.
We have subbed the QSC for JBL and there is a significant downgrade.
Slightly bigger, we add another sub and k10's relegating the k8's to mons.
Have to say our sound is amongst the best around for the gigs we do, but a lot of credit goes to the BL ability with sound.
We have subbed the QSC for JBL and there is a significant downgrade.
I recently purchased a pair of Yamaha DXR8 mk2. I bought the pair as just 1 odd aoeaker laying about doesn't work for me... My primary use is as a practice, travel and campfire device supporting bass, guitar and vocals. When campfire, power will be from an ecoflow delta if shore power is not available. I travel either a van or travel trailer towed behind my pickup. Either way... space and cargo weight are limited. The Yamaha's fit the bill.
I gigged one outside yesterday in my electro'coustic trio thing. Winery garden. Mains were my 2 Yamaha DLX1K. Mixed on an Allen & Heath Zed. The spec sheet for the DXR8 says 10 db down at 57. I gve a slight low end boost to compensate and was impressed at how well it did. I was playing my Schecter Banshee mini P bass and Ibanez UB-804 EUB.
I'm very pleased at how the little Yamaha 8" box did.
I was very deep into QSC for a long time. I did not loke the changes they made with the K series .2 versions. I think Yamaha is essentially occupying the 'pro-sumer' category leader spot that was QSC's place 10 years ago. Long warranties, well developed service network, broad product line, good dealer network.
I now have 2 or their DSX subs, 2 DLX1k column arrays, the new little 8" speakers and 5 of their DHR-12M powered wedges - which aren't good for bass but are exceptional as vocal and general instrument wedges, best available in a wedge format under about 2k IMO. I'm down to just 1 QSC PLX amp...
If ypu could afford the space, the DLX1K is awesome as a full range speaker. I often run just the speaker array and the sub at home and leave the column extensions off. The sub is a 12" though and so the box takes some space. Not huge but way more than the little 8"
Yamaha DXR8mk2 at Sweetwater https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DXR8mkII--yamaha-dxr8mkii-1100w-8-inch-powered-speaker
Yamaha DLX1k https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...MIyeTJ_fHTjwMVci6tBh3rBydhEAQYASABEgKlKvD_BwE
I gigged one outside yesterday in my electro'coustic trio thing. Winery garden. Mains were my 2 Yamaha DLX1K. Mixed on an Allen & Heath Zed. The spec sheet for the DXR8 says 10 db down at 57. I gve a slight low end boost to compensate and was impressed at how well it did. I was playing my Schecter Banshee mini P bass and Ibanez UB-804 EUB.
I'm very pleased at how the little Yamaha 8" box did.
I was very deep into QSC for a long time. I did not loke the changes they made with the K series .2 versions. I think Yamaha is essentially occupying the 'pro-sumer' category leader spot that was QSC's place 10 years ago. Long warranties, well developed service network, broad product line, good dealer network.
I now have 2 or their DSX subs, 2 DLX1k column arrays, the new little 8" speakers and 5 of their DHR-12M powered wedges - which aren't good for bass but are exceptional as vocal and general instrument wedges, best available in a wedge format under about 2k IMO. I'm down to just 1 QSC PLX amp...
If ypu could afford the space, the DLX1K is awesome as a full range speaker. I often run just the speaker array and the sub at home and leave the column extensions off. The sub is a 12" though and so the box takes some space. Not huge but way more than the little 8"
Yamaha DXR8mk2 at Sweetwater https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DXR8mkII--yamaha-dxr8mkii-1100w-8-inch-powered-speaker
Yamaha DLX1k https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...MIyeTJ_fHTjwMVci6tBh3rBydhEAQYASABEgKlKvD_BwE
