[quote title=TM S&L wrote on Mon, 01 August 2005 12:53]
abs wrote on Sun, 31 July 2005 20:07 |
are you looking at the s112iv's or v's or are you looking at the s12e's? I have the s112iv's and they are rated at 300 w program, 600 continuous. the s12e's use a cheaper phonelic horn driver and have lower power handling.
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I think you meant 300W program and 600W peak..? but the rms rating is still 175W..? But of course we go for quality over quantity providing it proves as useful when we do our outdoor gigs.. I'll check to make sure I was looking at the correct model.. Is this the right specs?
http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/products/speakers/v_series/spe cifications.html
We'd be looking to put through vocals and some hand percussions and some electronic percussions..
We have double 15s we use for side and drum fills in larger gigs.. but I just hate having 3 different types of wedges for everything else.. we use quest and Australian monitor wedges for other stuff.. its not very flexible because while one wedge is good at one thing the other is better at the other.. and I can't make flexible configurations for casing or anything else really..
I was considering going all Australian monitor but they're plastic boxes as are the quest.. I want to get something more rugged and reliable.. mind you the XR12 have a rotatable horn which has proved very good for vocal monitoring. We used to use the 15" 450W quests and now find that vocalist like the sound of the AM XR 12s 300W more.. The only other problem with plastic boxes is that its more the sound of box rather than the speaker that is good.. because as you get further away.. especially during outdoor gigs, the sound is not consistent.. more so with the quest than the AMs. better plastic boxes are not so much cheaper as getting good wooden wedges.. which can take a beating..
Thats why i figured if I get rugged 12" wedges with a good flat response and a decent horn then it would be a good investment..
I tried asking for anyone's experience with XR12s on this forum but I didn't get any response so I figure its not safe to go and buy heaps of something no one knows anything about.. If I run into trouble I will have no one's experience to learn from..