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[Brad Tartaglia]

I use Meyer Sound equipment at my job(UJP-1 for tops and 600-HP for low end)... but I wasn't really "wow'd" enough to spend that kind of cash to purchase them for my own business. Everyone tells me that Meyer is the way to go. Has anyone had any great experiences with Meyer equipment? Is it REALLY worth its massive price tag?

[Charlie Zureki]

I use Meyer Sound equipment at my job(UJP-1 for tops and 600-HP for low end)... but I wasn't really "wow'd" enough to spend that kind of cash to purchase them for my own business. Everyone tells me that Meyer is the way to go. Has anyone had any great experiences with Meyer equipment? Is it REALLY worth its massive price tag?

  Well... I suppose it depends on what you intend to use the proposed gear for...

    If you want to spend your hard earned money on gear that is acceptable for any tech rider or Corpy producer....then, yeah... it's a good product and more than acceptable name.

   If you plan on purchasing the gear for kids birthday parties and donated charity gigs... it'll be more than adequate, but.... would you want to spend the money?

   If you are not wow'd by the Ujp-1...then, it wasn't being used in it's intended application or, there was either something wrong with the boxes or the signal driving it...

   If I'm not mistaken, those models have been around for a while,  I'd look at possibly purchasing used... it's easier on the bank account, and easier to jusify for those small club gigs.

   Hammer

[Robert "VOiD" Caprio]

Has anyone had any great experiences with Meyer equipment?

Too many to count.  Like Charlie said, if you weren't "wowed" it's likely something wasn't right.

[Loren Aguey]

I use Meyer Sound equipment at my job(UJP-1 for tops and 600-HP for low end)... but I wasn't really "wow'd" enough to spend that kind of cash to purchase them for my own business. Everyone tells me that Meyer is the way to go. Has anyone had any great experiences with Meyer equipment? Is it REALLY worth its massive price tag?

All my experience on Meyer rigs is positive. They're great sounding speakers and robust. My house gig has 2 UPA-1p's and 2 USW-1p's and its a pleasure to mix on and in a small room I have headroom for days. The horns do need to be tamed in this small room however, especially with female singers using our beta 58's.

Almost all of my corporate gigs are mixed on UPA's and for talking head stuff they're known for great intelligibility which they certainly deliver.

I've never mixed on their bigger line array boxes but I regularly mix on the smaller M'elodie boxes and they are fantastic. Coupled with 700HP subs it makes for a very nice sounding rig in my opinion.

Now, as for whether they're worth spending the extra money on, as Charlie said, it depends.

If I were to buy a rig on my own dime would I buy Meyer? No. Because I can get great sounding boxes for much less than the Meyers and unless I was shooting straight for the corporate market, my potential clients probably wouldn't appreciate or even notice the difference between an SRX 712m and a UPA, even though the UPA costs several times more.

So it wouldn't be a justifiable cost in my situation. Not to mention very expensive repair costs if drivers get blown.

[duane massey]

Sounds decent, very rider- and consultant-friendly. Very overpriced if you're not dealing with a rider- or consultant-driven application. Probably worth the $$ to some, obviously.

[Scott Bolt]

Meyer speakers are hard to beat; however, I doubt many people could tell the difference between a good JBL SRX rig and a Meyer.

If you are doing small to medium clubs, then I doubt many people could tell the difference between a JBL PRX and a Meyer rig.

So here is my rundown:

cost: 
Meyer>SRX>PRX

Best sound arrayed in a larger venue setting
Meyer>SRX>PRX

Best sound in a larger venue non-arrayed setup

Meyer=SRX>PRX

Best sound in a small to medium (~250 people) indoor gig
Meyer=SRX=PRX

Rider friendly
Meyer>SRX>PRX

Simplicity to setup and get sounding good
PRX>SRX>Meyer

I use a pair of Yamaha DSR112's over a pair of JBL PRX618S-XLF's (with an additional pair of Cerwin Vega CVA118's for larger gigs) and can play for ~250 in a decently large room (~100x150ft) and sound pretty good doing it.  Anything bigger than this and I would be renting out an SRX rig for the FOH.

A couple of years ago I heard Train and Lifehouse on the beach in Cancun on a Meyer rig (4x UPA's per side, 2xcenter speaker, 4 subs) outdoors.  There were probably ~500 people in a decently large area and it sounded fantastic.

I have heard an SRX rig (2x 722's per side over 2x728's per side) sound very good outside too (perhaps not so good as the Meyer system though).

IME, the bigger the gig, the harder it is to get good sound and therefore the more important the speakers are.

[Dave Dermont]

I doubt many people could tell the difference between a good JBL SRX rig and a Meyer.

Anyone who can't tell the difference between Meyer and JBL SRX should be doing lights.

If you're taking about the audience, that's a definite "It Depends".

I agree with what others have said about having the right tool for the right job.

I find that the quality of Meyer takes the system "weak link" away from where we are so used to having it.

Whether or not what you spend on them is "worth it" is a decision you need to make for yourself.

[RYAN LOUDMUSIC JENKINS]

Meyer speakers are hard to beat; however, I doubt many people could tell the difference between a good JBL SRX rig and a Meyer.

If you are doing small to medium clubs, then I doubt many people could tell the difference between a JBL PRX and a Meyer rig.

I am just trying to figure out why SRX/PRX speakers are even being mentioned in a thread about Meyer boxes.  That's like comparing apples to pizza.

One of my most favorable gig's I mixed was a UPA1P rig and I loved the sound of it.  Very clear, amost loud enough for the 500 people in attendance and NO ear fatigue.  I have never hear an SRX rig sound nearly as good but I have heard SRX give me some serious ear fatigue.  So let's compare something more appropriate like Nexo PS10/PS15 or L'Acoustics 108P/112P or other properly optimized speaker systems.

[Loren Aguey]

I am just trying to figure out why SRX/PRX speakers are even being mentioned in a thread about Meyer boxes.  That's like comparing apples to pizza.

One of my most favorable gig's I mixed was a UPA1P rig and I loved the sound of it.  Very clear, amost loud enough for the 500 people in attendance and NO ear fatigue.  I have never hear an SRX rig sound nearly as good but I have heard SRX give me some serious ear fatigue.  So let's compare something more appropriate like Nexo PS10/PS15 or L'Acoustics 108P/112P or other properly optimized speaker systems.

I originally brought up SRX as a deliberate example of a speaker that's not even in the same league, but still sounds good. To make the point that depending on what your goal is, a smarter purchase decision could be something like SRX if all you need is a good sounding and powerful system that's up to the job. But don't have the clientele to justify spending what Meyer charges for their speakers.

And I know this is getting a bit off topic but since it was brought up a few times, I think there's plenty non sound oriented folk that would not notice a difference between the two. I could replace the Meyer rig at my club with SRX and of course I'd notice, and some of the regular muso's would notice also. But the average clientele of a small club? I say no. I don't even think most of the bar/wait staff would notice either to be honest.

You still have a good sounding system and if the average punter is getting good mixes, then they're still gonna walk out thinking it sounds good just like it sounded good a few months ago last time they were in there and listening to a Meyer rig.

To be clear I'm in no way saying they're even remotely close to equal. But lets face it our standards of fidelity are (generally speaking) much higher than most people who don't do this for a living.

[Brad Tartaglia]

  Well... I suppose it depends on what you intend to use the proposed gear for...

    If you want to spend your hard earned money on gear that is acceptable for any tech rider or Corpy producer....then, yeah... it's a good product and more than acceptable name.

   If you plan on purchasing the gear for kids birthday parties and donated charity gigs... it'll be more than adequate, but.... would you want to spend the money?

   If you are not wow'd by the Ujp-1...then, it wasn't being used in it's intended application or, there was either something wrong with the boxes or the signal driving it...

   If I'm not mistaken, those models have been around for a while,  I'd look at possibly purchasing used... it's easier on the bank account, and easier to jusify for those small club gigs.

   Hammer

You were right!  We have the tops in a theater where we run the same show daily. Last night we had a special event where I used my Macbook and my audio. All I can say is that these tops are VERY good. So in the end, it was a bad show mix. As for price... I still feel they are a little overpriced.