I've got a Studiomaster 16 channel mixer, 2-channel 4000-watt amplifier and 2 Rockville dual 15" mains. Picking up a 2-channel 31-band EQ tomorrow. Total cost: $900 including shipping and cables.
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What's your budget friendly live sound rig?
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Which Studiomaster do you have? I've got a Studiomaster 16-8-16 split console for the home studio (being phased out in favour of the Presonus) - that's a heavy bugger that I don't see myself dragging to a gig!
I have the Diamond 16-2. I love using mine. I built a case for it and am in the process of building a rack case for my other gear.
Interesting that basically very little discussion of buying used. Recently picked up two older JBL JRX 118sp subs, 500 watts per, for $300 each. Added to a pair of JBL JRX 100-15's, unpowered but fed from a (God please forgive me...) Behringer PMP 6000 board, 800 watt stereo blah blah blah. Gave $300 for the tops, $350 for the near new mixer, with accessories $1500 total in an older but solid and great sounding system. For a weekend warrior band playing a couple times a month it does a completely fine job. What's wrong with older, formerly near-top-of-the-line gear that gets the job done and still sounds great?
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Hmmm... Shows how much I know I guess. Back when that stuff was new it was pretty much the go to around these parts, pretty much all the "good" bands used it, so I assumed...
Still, as I stated. It gets the job done and still sounds great (it IS JBL after all), and it was reasonably inexpensive used which was my response to the OP's question.
Still, as I stated. It gets the job done and still sounds great (it IS JBL after all), and it was reasonably inexpensive used which was my response to the OP's question.
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Depending on the market you are in, around here, used gear is typically thrashed to within an inch of its life, and trying to be sold for only a few bucks under what full price retail on the items new is... I know different markets have different results, but for some reason, the folks posting used on CL around here are nuts.
The only way I can get decent used gear is a shop like Music Go Round, or Guitar Center. They typically sell for reasonable-ish rates.
Another issue is, like used cars, around here, a LOT of used music equipment got flooded in Hurricane Harvey. I don't want MDF or electronics that have been under water.
It should be noted that since I made my original post, I have added a few items to the mix, and haven't gigged since Hurricane Harvey blew in during a scheduled gig and wiped out 2 of the venues we gig at...
Anyway, our rig so far is...
Behringer Xenyx X2442USB 24 input mixer. Bought for me new as a gift on a SDOTD for about half the typical retail
2 @ Harbinger V2112 12" 600w powered speakers. Used as monitors. Bought on black friday sale.
2 @ Harbinger V2115 15" 600w powered speakers. Used as mains on stands. Bought lightly used (like 3 times) at guitar center for dirt cheap money.
Nady SP-5 mics. 15 years and still chugging along fine.
Behringer Utralvoice XM8500s. Been picking these up. They sound great, and won't break the bank.
Bags of misc cables.
12/4 100' snake.
It works. Audiences love it. I have dirt cheap money into it. I have loaned the gear out to another band that has gigs and lost all their gear to Harvey. They love it so much their replacements are likely to be Harbinger.
