Members SusieP Posted June 9, 2014 Members Share Posted June 9, 2014 A young lady we know is currently working as a singer in a Band in a Hotel and keeps getting asked if she will do some private gigs...............but she has no P.A. She asked our advice on a mixer, and of course we recommended Allen & Heath's Zed FX series.Then she asked about speakers..........and we are out of the loop with what's fabulous these days. We still use our HKAudio Actor rig because we often play large rooms with our 80s show and need a lot of oomph.And without the big speakers we can switch the small speakers from Satellite to Full Range for smaller rooms for our jazz shows.But this rig is too big, too heavy for a solo girl singer to lift and carry about. And expensive. And overkill for backing tracks and no instruments. We have heard good reports about the Yamaha dxr12 powered speaker - and they are small enough for a solo girl to carry and lift onto a stand, but a local store - which sells Allen & Heath mixers is offering her a package deal with some Proel powered speakers. We have never heard of this Brand, and are wondering if anyone here has heard anything about them or has any personal experience of them? Company after sales service. Parts availability, warranty, performance, durability, light, heavy, easy to handle etc. Obviously, it will be her choice and she is going to have a demo of them at the store, but any background info on this Brand would be welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted June 9, 2014 Members Share Posted June 9, 2014 Don't know anything about Proel, but just got a single Electro-Voice ZLX-12p powered monitor and am very very happy with it. Nice balanced sound, including good bass; 1000 watts of loud if needed, 35 pounds and quite reasonably priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted June 9, 2014 Members Share Posted June 9, 2014 In the past, I haven't been too fussy about the Yamaha DXR's or the DSR's but I think I'm the only person in the world that feels that way, but read on... The Proel subs were a "big deal" on the live sound HC forums a few years ago. I never heard one but many folks said they were a good budget sub. I don't hear much about them anymore and couldn't even guess as to the top boxes for sound or reliability. The good (and maybe bad) thing about the Yammies is that they have a scooped mid voicing (IMO) and so you get a pleasing hifi sound right out of the box. For vocals and acoustic guitar, light backing tracks and so on, I think they could work well. I just used a Yamaha DXR10 yesterday as a stage monitor. We had vocals and my electric guitar. Basically doing our "impersonation" of Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald for a Sunday Jazz brunch. I ran from an A&H Zed 10FX into the house system and used the aux out to feed the monitor. I just ran my guitar into a multi pedal and straight into the board and it sounded great, as I like a smooth 630hz centered mid scooped sound and as previously mentioned, the yammies have that scooped mid going on - again IMO. If she does get the DXR12 or perhaps the DXR10 they are light and easy to carry, but protect them with a cover or blanket or something. EV is another company that's making some good affordable powered boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SusieP Posted June 10, 2014 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2014 Thanks guys - I recommended Electro Voice for her because they have always been great for solo vocals. And I think the Yamaha ones are over her budget. I've recommended the A&H zed fx 10 of course. But this guy in the local store is really bigging up Proel speakers and I had never heard of them, so I just wondered if they had a good reputation or a bad.Obviously she will demo them all and choose the ones she can afford and carry on her own.Thanks for the comments guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted June 10, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 10, 2014 I searched for a bit for any reviews on Proel...and came up with nothing...either the brand is too new...or no one cares about them...But if this person is just singing to tracks, any 2 input powered speaker should work for her without the board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted June 10, 2014 Members Share Posted June 10, 2014 Here's an older review http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/dec09/articles/proelflash.htm Here's an old HC discussion about a Proel sub not working http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/LivePerformanceCategory/acapella-33/369097- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted June 12, 2014 Members Share Posted June 12, 2014 I thought that was a shampoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members miden Posted July 10, 2014 Members Share Posted July 10, 2014 Anything Proel (unless your budget forces you to) avoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SusieP Posted July 12, 2014 Author Members Share Posted July 12, 2014 Anything Proel (unless your budget forces you to) avoid! Thought as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members West End Music Collective Posted April 10, 2021 Members Share Posted April 10, 2021 This is an old thread but really can't let it end like that, I recently picked up some big ol' Proel Powered 3-way speakers. These are Italian made speakers like RCF and FBT (also good), and they are way better than anything else I've heard recently. Maybe I just got lucky and albeit you could A/B them against some Meyers or L'acoustics, however compared to new over DSP'd crap like QSC they sound much much better. Maybe I got lucky on the model, but generally speaking you can't do too badly buying speakers Made in Italy. I personally don't like the crispy high end of RCF's though, Yamaha's are solid and okay sounding but never exceptional in terms of tone. As a professional keys player I'm quite specific about my sound, most of the speakers you can access in music stores in Australia are pretty crap. Unless you want to seriously level up and empty your wallet on some KV2's or the even more high end brands where you'll be paying over 5 thousand per box... Give the Proel's a listen especially if they're Made in Italy, otherwise try to find some FBT's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted April 13, 2021 Members Share Posted April 13, 2021 I've got EV ZLX-15Ps, and they are the best sounding that I've tried so far. I wouldn't doubt the 12 are good also. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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