I've been looking at live sound equipment for the church - something we can use outdoors under the pavilion, in the basement, and have as a backup unit for the sanctuary. I had originally been thinking that we would go with an 8-12 channel powered mixer and some passive 12 or 15" speakers, plus stands. I was hoping to spend around $1,000. I had heard that powered speakers WERE NOT a good way to go, because with your amp in the speaker cabinets, so to speak, you run a higher risk of jarring something loose from speaker movement. However, I just consulted a salesman at Sweetwater, and he recommends just the opposite. He said you get way better sound quality out of powered speakers, and it's better to have a mixer with no amp in case something goes wrong with either. So... I dunno.
I had been looking at a Yamaha EMX 312SC or 512SC 8-channel powered mixer, plus either the Peavey PR 12 NEO or 15 NEO speakers. My sales rep suggested the Mackie CFX12 mxII B-stock mixer, with a pair of TAPCO THUMP TH-15A powered speakers.
While the system he suggested would probably be better - it's also $1,500. I could probably subtract out the case and it would be down to about $1200. While what I had been looking at could be had for $900 to $1000. Ugh. I hate trying to decide on things like this.
Does anyone have any advice - powered mixer or powered speakers?
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My advice is: wait 'til dinner, then ask that guy.
Ha! I didn't read this comment until after supper. Too weird that we were out with a guy who just started working at sweetwater. I was going to ask his opinion a couple of times, but... then I thought, I wouldn't really want to talk about work stuff in this context either. So... oh well.
A good night though.
I just finished my leftovers (urp!) Delish!
The music at the library was crapola, but nice weather though.
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