I play in a 5 piece covers band doing a mix of pubs and reasonable size events such as weddings etc. We have just had to let the singer go and are now in the position of needing to buy a PA, i.e. subs & top cabs since they used to belong to the singer. Can anyone make recommendations of a decent sounding PA system? Extra points for portability, clarity and output.
Max budget would be 2 to 2.5k but we'd preferably like to spend less!
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Avoid Wharfedale and Mackie. Nothing to do with sound quality/portability/price, this is based on what I see for repair more often than any other brands. I know they're popular and hence there are quite a lot out there, but I'm still not very impressed.
If your budget can stretch to it then the Allen & Heath QU16 would be really good. That is iPad only for tablet control though. I think the Behringer is iPad or Android.
Plus, the X32 is humumgous! The X32 Compact is obviously, er, more compact, but still a pretty sizeable thing to find a safe place for down the Dog and Duck.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/68526/full-band-pa-system-1200#latest
https://m.thomann.de/gb/jbl_srx812p.htm?gclid=CjwKEAjwsqjKBRDtwOSjs6GTgmASJACRbI3fQiMhRx_12D-c7XLfcQtPEWElXo4rfOYZfV_FjZxEHRoCi5rw_wcB
It's a nice bass reflex sub...better then alot of the tuneless thump boxes IMO.
The really clever system is the RCF Evox 12. A bit out of budget but it's one of the best portable bangs for the buck going