I'm going to spend about $3-4K and I don't mind used stuff. Going to be doing my solo act and small ROCK bands in clubs with a capacity of up to 250 or so. I've used Mackie SRM-450's and the SWA-1501 Subs (2 each per side) and was quite pleased with them. Mics, cables, snakes and monitors I've got. So I'm really just looking for a mixer and mains. I can find used SRM-450v2's all day for $400. But when I looked at them, if memory serves, they seem lighter than the old SRM-450's. I'm considering actives for convenience but I'm open to suggestions.
BTW, my rock band is a few old deaf guys who play LOUD. And I'll be mixing my daughter's NuRock band too. I can tell them to turn down their stage volume and they'll listen to me.
I've got a Mackie 1202 for my solo act so I'd like a 16 channel console for the bands. I've been considering an O1v or the Presonus digital console, but that's $2K. Might be out of the budget.
I'd like to hear some suggestions.