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[Scott Olewiler]

 Craigslist ad : Pair of  JBL MPro 412  $600.

Yes?  No?    If, yes, then best use, tops for small rig, center fills or monitors or all of the above?   I have the specs, just want some real world opinions.

Just to keep the right perspective, I don't need any more speakers at the moment but if they were a great deal,and they look like new in the photos ; I might find a use for them.

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[Jamin Lynch]

Craigslist ad : Pair of  JBL MPro 412  $600.

Yes?  No?    If, yes, then best use, tops for small rig, center fills or monitors or all of the above?   I have the specs, just want some real world opinions.

It's difficult for us to give you a yes or no, sight unseen with no details. Depends

Back in the day those were OK speakers. Monitors or tops

[Spenser Hamilton]

Craigslist ad : Pair of  JBL MPro 412  $600.

Yes?  No?    If, yes, then best use, tops for small rig, center fills or monitors or all of the above?   I have the specs, just want some real world opinions.

I know a guy that buys up M-Pros and old Community boxes, he swears by them for situations where he doesn't want to send his A level gear, or where they might not come back in one piece.

[Thomas Le]

Bit expensive for used cabs unless they're like-new. They're like the equivalent of JRX today, the TR that was the predecessor, the entry stuff. What's the condition? Original drivers?

There's the Yamaha CM12V if you're looking for an alternative that has same build quality as the MP400 series was not in carpet.

[Bob Leonard]

Scott,
Don't buy the Mpro's, the entire line is junk. Save your money until you have about $600 per cabinet and then you can move up into the better JBL cabinet lines.

[Jamin Lynch]

Bit expensive for used cabs unless they're like-new. They're like the equivalent of JRX today, the TR that was the predecessor, the entry stuff. What's the condition? Original drivers?

There's the Yamaha CM12V if you're looking for an alternative that has same build quality as the MP400 series was not in carpet.

You must be thinking of the MPro 200 series. Those were not so good. The 400 series wasn't too bad. Had a 2406H HF driver. I would say those are much better the HF in the JRX line

[Spenser Hamilton]

You must be thinking of the MPro 200 series. Those were not so good. The 400 series wasn't too bad. Had a 2406H HF driver. I would say those are much better the HF in the JRX line

This, I was under the assumption that the M-Pro 400 series was the precursor to MRX500.

[Jamin Lynch]

This, I was under the assumption that the M-Pro 400 series was the precursor to MRX500.

The MRX500 series had different components than the MPro series

[Spenser Hamilton]

The MRX500 series had different components than the MPro series

I'm talking from a marketing perspective, I know quite well just from lifting them that the M-Pros had different components than MRX.

[Alex Rigodanzo]

You must be thinking of the MPro 200 series. Those were not so good. The 400 series wasn't too bad. Had a 2406H HF driver. I would say those are much better the HF in the JRX line

What he said!  The 400 series was way, way above the JRX, SF, TR series. They were certainly NOT the entry level line as the SF was being sold at the same time.  Even the 200 was a step above those.  I've used all of those lines, and my Mpro 415's were a very good mid-line speaker.  I used them for tops above my 4719's and had no complaints at all.  The band I'm with now used to use them for monitors (they went with the previous BE when he retired - he actually owns my old ones as well).  They kick the snot out of what they're using now.

$600 is high for used 12's.  I paid $900 new for my 15's as display models.  Look on feeBay and you'll see these are hardly ever listed.  That means the folks who own them, like them.  If they're clean, offer $400 and see where it goes.

FWIW, I got perfectly acceptable bar band sound out of the TR & SF lines.  There are certainly far worse cabinets out there than those bottom feeding JBL's.

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