Members drswm Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 I'm very poor and I'm trying to get my first PA for rehersals... I've got about $100 to spend on each speaker. help a kid out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 Originally posted by drswm I'm very poor and I'm trying to get my first PA for rehersals... I've got about $100 to spend on each speaker. help a kid out? Where are you located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drswm Posted October 10, 2003 Author Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 delaware. why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fossil Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 Originally posted by drswm I'm very poor and I'm trying to get my first PA for rehersals... I've got about $100 to spend on each speaker. help a kid out? How about $200 on one decent speaker? Someone has mentioned a Community monitor MVP (?) something or other around the $200 range. Someone will come along ang give the Model #. It will be something you can still use if/when you upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KipH Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 I got the PMX2000 as a learner mixer and for vocals in band practices. I chose to go with some monitor wedges as opposed to the mains. You will definitely use the wedges in the future (unless you buy total crap, of course). If you get awesome speakers in the future, once you are ready to go out and play, you will likely toss the old ones and still have to buy monitor wedges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 10, 2003 Members Share Posted October 10, 2003 Originally posted by drswm delaware. why? Shipping costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kid Klash Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 Originally posted by KipH I got the PMX2000 as a learner mixer and for vocals in band practices. I chose to go with some monitor wedges as opposed to the mains. You will definitely use the wedges in the future (unless you buy total crap, of course). If you get awesome speakers in the future, once you are ready to go out and play, you will likely toss the old ones and still have to buy monitor wedges. Yeah, that's a good idea. I have a PMX-2000 also (bought it for rehearsals and for a "vocal-PA" for smaller gigs), and I'm using our JBL wedge monitors with it. Like KipH wrote, you'll probably always want to keep your wedges, even if you decide to buy a bigger system later. If I were you, I'd be looking for some used Yamaha or JBL wedges in good condition, rather than buying some really inexpensive (cheapo) wedges. The PMX-2000 is a great compact powered mixer for the money IMHO, and you'll be much happier with the sound if you get some decent speakers to go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members preacherman672 Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 CGM makes fairly good monitors for the price (some on this site might disagree), I love the ones I bought and I got them for a little over 200 a pair shipped. The cheaper models don't look that sturdy, but the ARM-112H-1 is the one I have and they are great. Contact sales@noisytoyz for the best prices. In Christ,Les Webb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groove.77 Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 I'll vouch for the Community MVP28s. They've handled a stupid sound tech running a K2 bridged into them, an overnight soaking in rainwater, countless feedback roars, and general abuse. They are still structurally sound, no carpet peeling. The tweeter and woofer are still good. They're tough. They don't sound bad at all for the price; but the only hangup is the 150w RMS handling. I usually throw around 300w at each of them with no problems though. I agree - get monitors. If you buy mons. now, you can use them later. Not so for cheap mains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drswm Posted October 11, 2003 Author Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 thanks for all the help. what cheap monitors should I get then? I'm looking on musician's friend so if you could post a link to the page for them it would be great... because I'm not even sure about what will work and what will blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlamores Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 Please, help me. Would the Yamahas s12e be decent to play electric pianos asynths?Will they have any problem because they are only 125W RMS and the Behringer amp is 180W?.Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kid Klash Posted October 11, 2003 Members Share Posted October 11, 2003 Originally posted by jlamores Please, help me. Would the Yamahas s12e be decent to play electric pianos a synths? Will they have any problem because they are only 125W RMS and the Behringer amp is 180W?. Thanks for the help. IMHO, it looks like there would be no problem powerhandling-wise, as the Yamaha s12e is specified at 250w program. As far as running keys through it, I would think they'd work fine. And since they're also spec'd at 8 ohms, you could run four of them; two per side in a stereo configuration without monitors (or aim two at you, two at the audience), or run a pair for a mono front end and a dedicated single channel two cabinet monitor system. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 12, 2003 Members Share Posted October 12, 2003 Originally posted by jlamores Please, help me. Would the Yamahas s12e be decent to play electric pianos asynths?Will they have any problem because they are only 125W RMS and the Behringer amp is 180W?.Thanks for the help. MF sells the Nady MC12's for $299/pair. They are decent,much better than the low end Nady stuff. You might want to look used also. Ebay usually has about 4-5 pages of monitors. I bought a pair of Celestions there that were just like new for about $150/pair(under $200 shipped) They are pretty decent quality with birch ply construction. Keep your eyes open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FXWG84 Posted September 3, 2020 Members Share Posted September 3, 2020 If you are poor now you shall remain so by cutting corners on your gear. That PA has a lot of power and will fry any cheap speakers. I built my own cabs and purchased Eminence bass amp speakers and Altec horns and crossovers. Everything still works but the cabs were rattling since I did not use thick enough particle board, should have used MDF. I use the PA mostly connected to my PC and inputs (stereo) of the PA and that is my sound system at home. I once hooked a name brand but budget monitors to the PA on Independence Day to hear Jimi's Star Spangled Banner. I cranked it. I kid you not by the time the song was done the monitors had caught fire inside. The plastic tweeter horns had melted also! I never could unplug one of the cables to an input jack either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dookietwo Posted September 10, 2020 Members Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 9/3/2020 at 1:00 AM, FXWG84 said: If you are poor now you shall remain so by cutting corners on your gear. That PA has a lot of power and will fry any cheap speakers. I built my own cabs and purchased Eminence bass amp speakers and Altec horns and crossovers. Everything still works but the cabs were rattling since I did not use thick enough particle board, should have used MDF. I use the PA mostly connected to my PC and inputs (stereo) of the PA and that is my sound system at home. I once hooked a name brand but budget monitors to the PA on Independence Day to hear Jimi's Star Spangled Banner. I cranked it. I kid you not by the time the song was done the monitors had caught fire inside. The plastic tweeter horns had melted also! I never could unplug one of the cables to an input jack either... In all fairness this post is from 2003. I kind of doubt the person who made this post still has this issue. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted September 18, 2020 Members Share Posted September 18, 2020 And FXWG84 will remain poor because only somebody who is either poor or not educated in what barely "good" is would even consider particle board or MDR... both of which are below the bottom of the barrel. I find it ironic that you are giving advice on not cutting corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members happwith12strin Posted October 5, 2020 Members Share Posted October 5, 2020 pmx2000250watts into4 ohm stereo 180watts into 8 ohms stereo https://www.americanmusical.com/itemfiles/Manual/behringer/behpmx2000_manual.pdf for a bsand pactice pa well it depends on what type of music you play blue s pop rock metal assuming you sing and want to be heard overtop of the drums electric guitars keyboards also depends on how big guitar and keyboard amps are lets assume a 74watt max amp scoustic drums not miced and assume your voice is in the mix of instruments better gear costs more start out with behringer speakers then a couple of steps upp isPeavey good durable bar band gig level gear also depends on ehere you are going to leave the gear at a bar read the pmx2000 manual carefully or friends practice room hopefully a safe place for the gear also note vocal intensive music with the vocals out front in the mix implies better speakers you mite be able to just barely squeak by with a par of 100 dollar each speaker if the guitar and key board amps are 10 to 25watts an un miced acoustic drumsand your not doing heavey metal not you can plsy keys ang guitar and vocals all into the pmx mite consider a hand held condenser mic look at phantom power specs in pmx manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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