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RCF 312a VS. Yamaha DXR 12
Joseph Amodeo:
I am looking for 2 active speakers (tops) for DJing and my 4 person live band. I have been jamming and playing instruments with friends in my house for years and am sick of not making money... We have collectively decided its time to narrow down a set list and we have have 2 VERY SMALL yet popular local venues (+-100 people) that are ready to let us do some gigs. I also have a DJ setup im looking to gig with at these same venues... I have seen DJ's gig there with 2 EV zlx or elx (i couldn't tell) with absolutely no loudness issues... its basically the only dance floor in town and people with no knowledge audio think of it like a loud club... no one has ever complained about the EV tops loudness... I have also seen 2 Mackie thumps used without issue there
My main goal is to not have to use subwoofers as much as possible even though it has already been proven by other DJs that play there that subs are not needed for the venues we plan to play (give or take 100 people). If we were to move on to somewhat larger venues (200-250 people) It would be nice to not have to use subs...
Im told the Yamaha DXRs are geared having a nice low end...
but i also have some RCF 312a speakers available for me to buy for under 800 for the pair and I have heard truly great things...
It has become a choice between entry level Yamahas that (apparently) can handle most of your bass needs... vs owning an Italian crafted peice of history...
also what are thoughts about making due with using EV elx or zlx speakers for a 250 person venue
PS. I have a mixing console for all the microphones and instruments etc... and plan to use an electronic drum set (less need for micing) every band i have ever seen in these specific venues has used 2 speakers 2 wedge monitors run through mixing boards.... for DJing i have a Numark NS7 with XLR and RCA outputs... THE INPUT OPTIONS AND FEATURES ON THE YAMAHA AREN'T IMPORTANT TO ME I have a mixing desk for that...
Caleb Dueck:
--- Quote from: Joseph Amodeo on February 24, 2018, 06:06:43 PM ---I am looking for 2 active speakers (tops) for DJing and my 4 person live band. I have been jamming and playing instruments with friends in my house for years and am sick of not making money... We have collectively decided its time to narrow down a set list and we have have 2 VERY SMALL yet popular local venues (+-100 people) that are ready to let us do some gigs. I also have a DJ setup im looking to gig with at these same venues... I have seen DJ's gig there with 2 EV zlx or elx (i couldn't tell) with absolutely no loudness issues... its basically the only dance floor in town and people with no knowledge audio think of it like a loud club... no one has ever complained about the EV tops loudness... I have also seen 2 Mackie thumps used without issue there
My main goal is to not have to use subwoofers as much as possible even though it has already been proven by other DJs that play there that subs are not needed for the venues we plan to play (give or take 100 people). If we were to move on to somewhat larger venues (200-250 people) It would be nice to not have to use subs...
Im told the Yamaha DXRs are geared having a nice low end...
but i also have some RCF 312a speakers available for me to buy for under 800 for the pair and I have heard truly great things...
It has become a choice between entry level Yamahas that (apparently) can handle most of your bass needs... vs owning an Italian crafted peice of history...
also what are thoughts about making due with using EV elx or zlx speakers for a 250 person venue
PS. I have a mixing console for all the microphones and instruments etc... and plan to use an electronic drum set (less need for micing) every band i have ever seen in these specific venues has used 2 speakers 2 wedge monitors run through mixing boards.... for DJing i have a Numark NS7 with XLR and RCA outputs... THE INPUT OPTIONS AND FEATURES ON THE YAMAHA AREN'T IMPORTANT TO ME I have a mixing desk for that...
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I'm a fan of real subwoofers, regardless of venue size. There are very few speakers that play deep enough to consider using without subs, but they also carry a higher price tag. Such as the Danley SM80F or the SM100F. DSR112's over some flavor of single 18" subs works well and can scale up for the 250 seat rooms.
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Geert Friedhof:
Explain again why it would be nice to not have subs?
Geert Friedhof:
Here in Europe the dxr12 is priced right between a new RCF 712 mk4 and RCF 715 mk4, so maybe 2 of those are a better fit?
David Winners:
There is no way I would run an electronic drum kit without at least one sub.
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