Compact budget PA set-up to put bass through (without back-line).

[Al Krow]

RCF have launched the NXL 14A speaker. Looks innovative!

[warwickhunt]

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

RCF have launched the NXL 14A speaker. Looks innovative!

 

I'd like to hear those!  

 

[JPJ]

2 hours ago, Al Krow said:

RCF have launched the NXL 14A speaker. Looks innovative!

I like the look of the 44A - 3x10 that allegedly goes down to 45Hz. Could be a solution to my single box per side ambition.

However, I don’t like the look of the price 😬

[warwickhunt]

45 minutes ago, JPJ said:

I like the look of the 44A - 3x10 that allegedly goes down to 45Hz. Could be a solution to my single box per side ambition.

However, I don’t like the look of the price 😬

 

Our sub is 30% lighter than one of those and our pair of 10" QSC tops are lighter than one of those... no gains in weight or ease of transport but I'm 100% sure they'll sound great! 

 

[Greg Edwards69]

9 hours ago, JPJ said:

I like the look of the 44A - 3x10 that allegedly goes down to 45Hz. Could be a solution to my single box per side ambition.

However, I don’t like the look of the price 😬

I had a pair of Wemm 4x10 columns many years ago in my first band. I can t remember what happened to them. I sometimes wonder how well they would perform with a modern system. 

[Chienmortbb]

13 hours ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

I had a pair of Wemm 4x10 columns many years ago in my first band. I can t remember what happened to them. I sometimes wonder how well they would perform with a modern system. 

Probably better than you think, although there will not be a lot of either top or bottom. That sounds like a contradiction but the 4x12s stacked vertically aim the beam and those early 12s, rated at only 25-30 watts went higher than most modern 12s.

[Greg Edwards69]

7 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Probably better than you think, although there will not be a lot of either top or bottom. That sounds like a contradiction but the 4x12s stacked vertically aim the beam and those early 12s, rated at only 25-30 watts went higher than most modern 12s.

Correction, yes, they must have been 4x12 stacks - my memory is hazy, it was over 30 years ago! And it was Wem, not Wemm.  

[warwickhunt]

15 minutes ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

Correction, yes, they must have been 4x12 stacks - my memory is hazy, it was over 30 years ago! And it was Wem, not Wemm.  

 

Don't correct yourself too quickly...   

 

When I was a teenager I pulled a pair of Wem column speakers (my first foray into amplifying an instrument) out of a bin and they could well have been 10" or LESS!  

[Chienmortbb]

5 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

 

Don't correct yourself too quickly...   

 

When I was a teenager I pulled a pair of Wem column speakers (my first foray into amplifying an instrument) out of a bin and they could well have been 10" or LESS!  

Wem did both 4x10 and 4x12 columns.

[Greg Edwards69]

1 hour ago, warwickhunt said:

 

Don't correct yourself too quickly...   

 

When I was a teenager I pulled a pair of Wem column speakers (my first foray into amplifying an instrument) out of a bin and they could well have been 10" or LESS!  

We acquired ours from our old CO when my brother and I were in the Air Cadets. He mentioned he had a couple of PA speakers that he wanted to get rid of, and if we could collect them we could have them for nothing. Thank goodness our dad had a Volvo estate!

[Al Krow]

Have been using a pair of RCF 912As for a couple of years. One of them seems to be on the blink - giving out a worrying hum but no output at a recent gig, so we had to do the gig on one speaker! Not ideal, but a couple of comments about being too loud at one point put my main worry about a lack of volume to rest!

 

I've got the possibility of picking up a used single 932A to replace the faulty 912A. Essentially same woofer, but better mid range coil which will be better for vox and guitar.

 

Bad idea to mix two speakers even when their specs are pretty close? Or will the overall impact be a slightly better mid range from the two PA speakers, despite the mixed mid-range 1" and 3" coils/horns and potential interference? I'm guessing the interference may not be too bad, given the greater directionality of the higher frequencies, and not something the audience at a given location will notice, whilst benefitting from the better vox?

 

Or should I just get a replacement 912A, instead?

[Woodinblack]

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

Have been using a pair of RCF 912As for a couple of years. One of them seems to be on the blink - giving out a worrying hum but no output at a recent gig, so we had to do the gig on one speaker! 

 

Not that I can help with your speakers, but I woudn't call that 'on the blink' - that is way beyond the blink, that is full on broken!

[jrixn1]

4 hours ago, Al Krow said:

Have been using a pair of RCF 912As for a couple of years. One of them seems to be on the blink

 

You've probably already checked, in which case apologies - but don't they come with a three-year warranty, although perhaps it might depend on which retailer you bought it from and if you registered the purchase?

[Al Krow]

25 minutes ago, jrixn1 said:

 

You've probably already checked, in which case apologies - but don't they come with a three-year warranty, although perhaps it might depend on which retailer you bought it from and if you registered the purchase?

 

They do indeed, thanks John. And I'm planning on getting it repaired under warranty, but will involve shipping to Germany which could take a couple of month for the round trip and we will be needing a full PA in the meantime. Happened once before 5 months back - they couldn't find any fault with it and sent it back and seemed to be working fine since Jan, but 2nd time this has happened, so I'm thinking I may have a definitely faulty unit.

Edited Sunday at 20:50 by Al Krow