New Pa recommendation

guitarmangler

Owing to some bad member movement, I am in the market for a new PA. 

Old one were a pair of mackie thump 15’s. They were fine, we only ever ran vocals through them. I can’t afford the £800 to replace them (as I need lights and monitors, too).

Any recommendations for similar power? Do I need 15’s if I’m just running vocals ?
I was thinking maybe passive speakers second hand and an amp?

maltingsaudio

You certainly don’t need 15” just for vocals,but would recommend 12’s as they are more scaleable into a bigger system in the future.

Passive and an amp is the way to go secondhand as most have moved to active and therefor prices are a lot better on a passive set up. EBay and fb marketplace are the best places to have a look locally, always check befor you buy something that replacement speakers and tweeters are available

Chris_J

What's the budget?

You can prob get a pair of 12inch tops for £500 that would be more than adequate for vocals and guitars, you could then add a sub a later date if you wanted to put the whole band through through the PA.

Some thing like this...
https://www.kennysmusic.co.uk/alto-professional-tx312-750-watt-12-inch-2-way-powered-speaker-p5980/s5980?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=alto-professional-tx312-750-watt-12-inch-2-way-powered-speaker-584524&utm_campaign=product+listing+ads&cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqpSwBhClARIsADlZ_TmPdK2TnOCa7y9yGbgrOgUMR2G-o5vsRp03ic_wh65A6cEi5TZdbJIaAsnFEALw_wcB

There's a newer version out hence the discount.

Lights and monitors, you could spend a little or a lot depending on your requirements.

If you're willing to wait for the right thing the second hand market has no end of passive speaker plus power amp rigs.

Lights, I'd go for LEDs. We use a fairly simple setup of a couple of party bars behind us, plus mount 2 led pars on each speaker stand to wash across us and the stage. Think the lights were around £400 including a few dmx cables to link them together. Fine for the pub and village hall type gigs.

Split the cost with the rest of the band?