jon the art guy
Nerdy Nerd
I went and bought a pair of these:
This is one of 2 Behringer CE500a sound distribution speakers I bought. 80w active, 5.5in driver. Mic in, RCA in and speaker link, which doesn't do much beside link all speakers. I was under the misapprehension that they also had a 1/4 in so I bought some solid speaker cables. Turns out I will be selling those.
They're light. a little over 10lb. Walking into the PA room of any local GC will prove that this is about half the size of the smallest PA systems that are last-year tech. The latest small form-factor Class D active PA speakers are still a little bigger and heavier, but pack much more wallop.
That's one of my size 13 shoes. It's not big.
Why did I buy these? Why would I not get real ones?
Well...it's complicated. My G.A.S. and my penny-pinching are always at odds. I wanted to get a set of active 12s from Behringer, Alto, or used Mackies or Yamahas. As soon as I went into the GC PA room and started lifting speakers I realized that even an 8in driver PA setup would be too heavy and ungainly for my wife to lift.
Also...well, I don't need 400-600w program aimed at my face from 3 feet away. I don't need it in case I want to play music in a nearly empty house. I don't need it when I run my POD into them and play in my garage. I don't need them for my wife to get a little portable sound reinforcement for various teacher moments in or outside.I just didn't need it.
Near-field monitors took care of part of the problem, but the price was difficult to want to pay, especially since monitors aren't really rugged.
What I needed was something small, rugged, lightweight, cheap and something I wouldn't mind adapting to my edrum kit if I ever get a bigger system. Luckily these come with wall mounting hardware to mount them horizontally or vertically. I could mount them to uprights of my rack and get a small passive mixer to run outs to both it and a sub if need be.
I'm pretty happy with them. They've got enough oomph to carry without deafening me, and they're an excellent size for someone who doesn't have a lot of upper body strength.
This is one of 2 Behringer CE500a sound distribution speakers I bought. 80w active, 5.5in driver. Mic in, RCA in and speaker link, which doesn't do much beside link all speakers. I was under the misapprehension that they also had a 1/4 in so I bought some solid speaker cables. Turns out I will be selling those.
They're light. a little over 10lb. Walking into the PA room of any local GC will prove that this is about half the size of the smallest PA systems that are last-year tech. The latest small form-factor Class D active PA speakers are still a little bigger and heavier, but pack much more wallop.
That's one of my size 13 shoes. It's not big.
Why did I buy these? Why would I not get real ones?
Well...it's complicated. My G.A.S. and my penny-pinching are always at odds. I wanted to get a set of active 12s from Behringer, Alto, or used Mackies or Yamahas. As soon as I went into the GC PA room and started lifting speakers I realized that even an 8in driver PA setup would be too heavy and ungainly for my wife to lift.
Also...well, I don't need 400-600w program aimed at my face from 3 feet away. I don't need it in case I want to play music in a nearly empty house. I don't need it when I run my POD into them and play in my garage. I don't need them for my wife to get a little portable sound reinforcement for various teacher moments in or outside.I just didn't need it.
Near-field monitors took care of part of the problem, but the price was difficult to want to pay, especially since monitors aren't really rugged.
What I needed was something small, rugged, lightweight, cheap and something I wouldn't mind adapting to my edrum kit if I ever get a bigger system. Luckily these come with wall mounting hardware to mount them horizontally or vertically. I could mount them to uprights of my rack and get a small passive mixer to run outs to both it and a sub if need be.
I'm pretty happy with them. They've got enough oomph to carry without deafening me, and they're an excellent size for someone who doesn't have a lot of upper body strength.
