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Originally Posted by dravenzouk I'd love to hear your impressions about sound quality with this rig compared to your "big rig" that you used to have. Most of us are trying to head in the other direction - ie: upgrading - (I know I am). In fact I run Club series speakers and eventually want to go with something like MRX's or SRX's; it would be interesting to hear your perspectives now that you've "gone the other way". Well, speaking purely sound-wise, it's a downgrade. Definitely not the chest thumping lows I was getting from dual 12s over dual 18s. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to A/B the systems. Things just cut through better without being 'louder' with the SRX rig. But there was always something about the high-end on the JBLs that my ears never fell in love with. I call it the sizzle. But again, I went for something that fits in my minivan and sounds decent. These corporate gigs are way more about looks and showing up on time than having top-o-the-line gear. For the money, the Clubs can't be beat (my opinion). Going from the Midas to the Yamaha was a bit of a kick in the nuts, soundwise. The EQs just work so smooth and the pre's really let things shine. But again, cost and size restraints leaned me toward the 01v. I got a smoking deal on it 2nd hand. Good thing too, I couldn't squeeze any more outboard in my van as it is. Otherwise it would have been a mixwiz for sure. I have been extremely impressed by the P7000s amps though. A ton of good sounding power, light weight, and affordable. The internal x-over is a little weak, but that's sort of expected. I cooked them in a couple of hot, long outdoor gigs this summer and no problems to report.

I just relocated and sold off the 'big rig' of SRXs, Midas, etc in the box truck. I did retain one steady band that pays well and put together a rig basically for them, but I'll take any work I can get. I'm 30 and work as sales support for a corporate AV house (boardrooms, classrooms, etc). My huge concern was fitting this all in a minivan. I run: FOH Yamaha 01v96- Learning curve, but reduced my size req. ADA8000- Actually works great 2 Galaxy wireless IEM systems- They work... 2 DBX231 EQs- for monitors. again, they work Power amp rack 2 Yamaha P7000s Amps- Mains. Lots o power 1 QSC 1804- Monitors. Great, even though it cools the other way. Rane X-Over. Big upgrade over internal in the P7000 Speakers 4 Yamaha CM112-V for mains. Can't be beat for the price 2 Yamaha CW118-V subs. See above 2 EV Force-I Monitors Super small footprint and decent sound 1 Mackie SRM350 Dusty, just for backup Mics Sennheiser E835 for vocals. Three pack great price, sound good Heil PR20 for snare. Killer mic Audix Micro-D for toms. I love 'em Audix D6 for kick. Best kick mic I've used Sennheiser E609 for guitars. No stands needed, sounds good. Countryman DIs for bass/keys. What can I say? Lights P64LEDs in front. Light, low power draw, blinky to impress chicks. DJ-Scans in back. Lots of 'wows' from a cheap light. Elation DMX Operator Pro console. A little overkill... Like I said, it all barely fits into my minivan. I didn't mean to be so Yamaha, but they offer some great product at the price I was looking at and it sounds pretty good for what I do (mostly corporate top40 stuff). I have a shallow 6 space rack for FOH and a rolling 8 space for amps. Compact and powerful. I ran a couple of outdoor gigs with it this summer and I'll admit the bass was a little lacking with just one pair. But indoors, it's more than I need for this gig. I run stereo, but am thinking of switching to mono to free up a snake channel and run two less speaker cables. That's a project for a different day