turbodave
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£4500 ex vat
#967825 - 01/02/12 09:54 PM
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Hi, Just a quickie..if you had the above amount which active speaker configuration would
you go for tops and subs..and which manufacturer, bearing in mind that it is to be used by
numpties so must be decent and robust. Off the top of my head I'm thinking RCF , Milan,
QSC and maybe 12 inch tops with 15 subs, but don't know. Any thoughts? Cheers Dave
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necromunger
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: turbodave]
#967832 - 01/02/12 10:27 PM
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turbodave
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: necromunger]
#967868 - 02/02/12 08:12 AM
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Quote necromunger:
this was on
ebay but its sold now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160699723817?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksi
d=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_1464wt_1396
Not quite what I had in mind!...but thanks 
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Bob Bickerton
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: turbodave]
#967890 - 02/02/12 10:12 AM
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Common Dave, give us a bit more info. Permanent installation? Use? Without
knowing I'd go for QSC HPR153s with Peavey QW118 subs (or QSC subs if they were within
budget). Bob
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uphillbothways
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Quote Bob Bickerton:
Without
knowing I'd go for QSC HPR153s with Peavey QW118 subs (or QSC subs if they were within
budget).
The HPR series is
discontinued, replaced by the KW series. If you shop around, you could just about squeak
KW153s and KW181s at that budget. Should handle most things with aplomb, only caveat would
be that the tops are 40kg each.
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Richie Royale
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: turbodave]
#967905 - 02/02/12 12:15 PM
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turbodave
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Quote Bob Bickerton:
Common Dave,
give us a bit more info. Permanent installation? Use?
Without knowing I'd go
for QSC HPR153s with Peavey QW118 subs (or QSC subs if they were within budget).
Bob
Furry muff Bob! It will be
in a school hall ...the tops and subs will hopefully stay in situ, but I also want powered
monitors that can be used for outdoor and elsewhere use as PA tops. The applications will
be varied. I am looking for reliable and built like a tank first and foremost. Dave
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Dave71
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: turbodave]
#968064 - 03/02/12 11:23 AM
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Tannoy Power V12's?
I have just put a pair of HK pro12A's into our school hall
(smaller than most) and have mounted them about 8ft up using the angled top hat. Sound
pretty nice but have to use them in anger yet (which i doubt will happen anytime soon)
Light enough to lift off with ease for other uses (sports day etc)
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shufflebeat
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: turbodave]
#1017522 - 07/11/12 12:22 PM
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Where I come from that's the price of a good PA, a car to move it round in and a night out
to celebrate the bargain.
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Ohm's Law states, "Your PA isn't as powerful as you think it is".
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RhinoTime
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: turbodave]
#1017542 - 07/11/12 01:21 PM
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Personally I'd be very tempted by QSC K12s and subs.
I recently put the K12s
on their own into a local church building (16M square and high ceilings)Very good
intelligability for speech, nice musical sound, and quite effortlessly loud. Also not
terribly heavy for moving the tops around to other events.
The only down side
from the high level of clarity means some 'musicians' don't sound so good through them, as
all their little faults are exposed.
Regards,
Grant.
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turbodave
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: turbodave]
#1017642 - 07/11/12 10:20 PM
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Well , believe it or not my local secondary has bought a pair of Milan tops and a Milan
18inch sub. All installed and working..they are becoming more relaxed with the gear and
starting to use the hall more to recoup the expense...and the price of £4500 was enough
to include a few install bits and bobs too!  Dave
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John F
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Re: £4500 ex vat
[Re: turbodave]
#1017763 - 08/11/12 06:42 PM
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Couldn't resist adding to this.
My band today went to purchase new pa for our
small/medium self-pa'd gigs. We play early 80s pop..
Intention was 2x QSC K12
and 2 Subs of some sort (all powered)
Came away with 2x Yamaha DXR15 tops
(blew the QSCs away, even the DXR12 did - very surprising)
1, yes 1 x Mackie SRM18
Sub, 1100w. Wow. We're very happy with this.
Also purchased Mackie Pro22fx
desk - all for about £2500. Just need couple of reasonable monitors now. Oh, and 7 year
warranty with the Yamaha tops.
Looking forward to gigging it Saturday….
john
-------------------- Current live keyboards - Kurzweil PC3x - Korg Triton Extreme + Moss - Roland V-Synth V2. www.xyzband.info
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