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Peavey PR 10 Opinions...

Colonel Monk

Colonel Monk

Feb 2, 2007
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Greasy Grass River, formerly Santa Cruz, CA
#1
Howdy ALL:

I'm playing in a 3 piece, currently guitar bass drums. Will probably add a fourth later.

We'll be doing some smallish outdoor gigs and clubs and need some PA speaks. Occasional gigs, not weekly.... I currently have a 16 channel mixer and a Crown XLS-202D amp that is 200/channel at 8 ohms.

I'm looking at the Peavey PR10 speakers - you can get them at Guitar Center for about 150 each. They are light, space efficient, and from what I've read they sound good between sets playing DJ music. I know other PA speaks don't sound very good for sound reproduction.

I'm wondering who has experience with these and can comment how they would handle vocals/monitoring for a loud band? We would mostly use them for vocal duty, some snare/kick maybe, and maybe my Little Phatty synth. Maybe my bass, but my rigs are pretty loud and I don't think we will be playing anyplace large enough to need reinforcement.

I looked at spending the extra 20 each for the PR12s - would it really make much difference in the low end?

I'm already planning an upgrade path to add another Crown AMP XLS-303D and the Peavey PR sub if we really need it later for low end.

Thanks,

CM
 
#2
Not to shoot ya down but I think they will come up a little short what is loud? I would get the 12s if it were me rember trying to get kick in your mains can be a driver killer be carefull dont let things clipp a 80hz pass filter may be a good idea just to help keep the wolffer clean and not fatuige the driver cone. you may think about the 15s God Bless Gig On!!!
 
#3
I have a pair and I use them in a rehearsal space. They will sound fine but they will struggle a bit outside if you use them as a main and push the volume. As a monitor they seem to do pretty good. The other poster is right, go for the PR12 if you can swing the extra cash. They aren't much more money than the tens but they aren't nearly as light and compact. The plastic cabinets on the PR12 are the size of most 15" cabinets and the PR15's are huge.

The PR series is a cheap speaker that sounds okay. Nothing to write home about with the sound quality but they will get the job done. They are very durable. My pair is five years old and have been through a lot, they used to be rentals. Never have had a single problem with them.

I used to have a small rental sound company. We had a large inventory of PR10's and PR12's that we rented with small mixers and wireless mic setups for seminars and small out door speaking events. Never had one fail or come back broken. That cannot be said for the JBL EON 1500's or M-Pros that we had.
 
#5
Thanks for the replies so far.

I should probably define loud - we're loud, but we're all also 40 years old - so not stupid loud, if you know what I'm saying. Clubs we would probably be using house sound rather than our own gear, but for parties (< 100 people) and practice. Our practice space is pretty small - so having the speaks we use there is a bonus I suppose.

You really think that the 12" has that much more bass than the 10"? I cannot find the specs for the PR 12 - the peavey site doesn't have it. The PR 10 is 54Hz to 21kHz, which admittedly shows that it is not tuned for alot of bass. I think the tuning generally has more to do with bass than the speaker size - I mean, I have an Ampeg combo with 4-8" drivers and it is the bassiest cab I own. Yes, bassier than an Eden 410 and 115. It's all in the porting.

OK, so if we don't pump kick into the 10s OK? Mainly vocals, until I come up with the scratch to add a sub and amp. Then I can pump the synth in there and some kick.

I wouldn't mind putting the phatty thru my bass rig but there's always the problem of only one input - still haven't solved that one....
 
#6
I have a bunch of PR 15's. I like them a lot. We get complimented on our sound quality all the time. Note...They are mainly used for digital music playback. We've only had a few live acts thru them. They worked well for that, so far. Maybe find somebody that can demo the stuff for you.
 
#9
Impulse series is a far better speaker. Better driver and components over all in the same cabinet as the PR. Yes they are better but cost 3 times as much new. If you can find a decent pair new at a good price get them.

The PR12 has a bigger cabinet and will produce better bass response. The additional suface area of the 12" driver will help in the volume area. Again, they are not great sounding speakers. The Impulse seires sounds much better.
 

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