I'm looking at getting some powered monitor wedges for my church. They could also double as front of house for a portable set up for small events outside the church.
I want something decent quality that will be reliable so avoiding bottom end of the market (Behringer etc). Budget would be up to £300 each. It would be difficult to go wrong with the Mackie SRM 450 V2. It looks decent and seems to have a good reputation for reliability, but I quite like the look of the EV ZLX 12P as well.
Probably looking at 12 inch speaker but a 10 inch speaker like the SRM 350 would save space on stage, but not sure it would quite have enough power.
Does anyone have any experience of any of these, or any other suggestions?
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It looks like there is a V3 of the Mackies on the way. Thomann have an August delivery date on them. There might be deals on the V2s in a couple of months. Problem is I need them the week after next. We have a big event on and we've had a couple of our old monitors die.
@Danny1969 - its relative. £300 will get us a lot better than the stuff we have now.
Has anyone used the EVs?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Good point, always does the job.
Unfortunately I ended up having to buy them from Thomann.
http://www.thomann.de/gb/ev_zlx_12p.htm
They are pricing them at €319 - about £255 at today's exchange rate. Most places in the UK seem to have them advertised at £329. There was some movement on that but I couldn't find a UK dealer who would go anywhere near £255.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
The major problem with them is that if they do break out of warranty, they are often built in ways which make repair very difficult, expensive, or just uneconomical at all given the new replacement price... so it's truly gear for the 21st Century - buy it, use it, if it breaks get it replaced under warranty, and if it isn't under warranty throw it away and buy a new one.
I also have an issue with them basically stealing other companies' designs - but amazingly, in some cases they're actually better built than the originals!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein