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We're looking for some reasonably priced powered floor monitors. Power rating around 200-300W, and say up to £250 per monitor.

They're not going to get particularly heavy use but do need to have a decent sound (not cheap and boxy) and be robust and reliable. They'll mainly be used as floor monitors but will occasionally be used as a front of house vocal pa in small pub venues.

Have so far found these:

- Alto Tourmax SXM-112A
- Samson 612M
- Behringer F1320D

Would appreciate any input on these - what's good and what to avoid - or other suggestons/recommendations.

Cheers

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thought I'd posted earlier but it doesn't seem to be here. We're looking to upgrade, we have the Laney 12 and our keyboard player had a Laney 10. they are cheap and reliable but the vocal sound is pretty poor to be honest, hence looking to upgrade. I was looking at the Wharfedale EVP's in a shop in Bristol which are well spec'ed for the price but the sales guy said the Alto's sound better, I didn't have time to check this out but if I do I'll get back to you.

Our singer uses a Yamaha Stagepas 300 for her vocal monitor. Sounds good and is very compact and comes with useful mixing facilities (4 mics + 2 line) for the smaller gig. The only problem is the output is limited at 112dB which is struggling if you are very loud .

Let us know how you get on

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Thanks Phil, the feedback on the Laney is very useful re poor vocal sound. The Stagepas 300 looks interesting. We're not loud but 8" speakers and 150W a side may be just a bit on the light side. Neat package though, I'll add the 300 and 500 version to my short list.

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[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1347901408' post='1806410']
thought I'd posted earlier but it doesn't seem to be here. We're looking to upgrade, we have the Laney 12 and our keyboard player had a Laney 10. they are cheap and reliable but the vocal sound is pretty poor to be honest, hence looking to upgrade. I was looking at the Wharfedale EVP's in a shop in Bristol which are well spec'ed for the price but the sales guy said the Alto's sound better, I didn't have time to check this out but if I do I'll get back to you.

Our singer uses a Yamaha Stagepas 300 for her vocal monitor. Sounds good and is very compact and comes with useful mixing facilities (4 mics + 2 line) for the smaller gig. The only problem is the output is limited at 112dB which is struggling if you are very loud .

Let us know how you get on
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I bet you are using these - http://www.laney.co.uk/show_prod.php?prod=cxp-112

Which are pretty much like a 'my first monitor' The one's I posted would be more than adequate compared to Wharfedale and Alto

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We use Wharfdale 15's at times as wedges and they are ok... wouldn't really want to use them FOH, tbh.
If you want to double, then I think buy decent and buy them once
Something like these

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCF-ART-Series-322A-Active-Speaker-PAIR-/130767890891?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item1e725fa9cb"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCF-ART-Series-322A-Active-Speaker-PAIR-/130767890891?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item1e725fa9cb[/url]

The 10's are VERY pokey and will do small pubs and loudish units. They wil run out of steam with a full on-band but then you will really have to know your P.A by them anyway.

For a cheaper option, try EV SX300's... again decent but not for LOUD bands.

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[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1348175761' post='1810584']
Something like these
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCF-ART-Series-322A-Active-Speaker-PAIR-/130767890891?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item1e725fa9cb"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e725fa9cb[/url]
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Thanks JTUK, agree with your point about buying quality and this pair of used RCF ART 322-As is definitely worth watching. I'll look into the 310s as well but unfortunately most RCF gear is beyond our budget to buy new.

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