Hamster Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I'm not having much luck with choosing reliable active foldbacks for the stage - we take care of them but the ones we've had have only lasted 2-3 years of comparitively light use doing about 70 gigs a year. What [u]reliable [/u]active stage monitors do you use? - we don't put the bass through them so they'll only be for guitar/vocals/keys etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Good budget range from wharfedale are ok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 I was thinking about those - do you mean the EVP or SVP range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I really liked the sound of the EVP-X15PM and it seemed to have a lot of 'body' in a small box, with clarity [url="http://www.prosound-dj.com/wharfedale-evpx15pm-active-wedge-monitor-p-1771.html"]http://www.prosound-dj.com/wharfedale-evpx...tor-p-1771.html[/url]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 (edited) Yeah as Dood says evpx range... Edited April 4, 2010 by crez5150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 another vote for wharfdale.... make decent practice amps too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaedrus Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 We have four HK Audio Powerworks RS122MA active 1x12 monitors. At times they've struggled to cope when on-stage drums & guitar (and by necessity, bass) got too loud (we put just vox & keys into them too), but overall we're quite happy with them - decent tonality, tough enough so far (4 years on the go), look the part. "Good" active monitors can be pretty expensive. If I coud buy again, I'd probably be looking into stuff like Yamaha MSR400, RCF ART312A, Mackie SRM450. Not tried them, but all well respected, and all under €600 each. Over €600? I'd check out DB Flexsys F12 and Dynacord D-Lite D12A. Under €400? Maybe DB Basic 400? Anything under €400 or "own brand" may struggle with volume or just sound crap, no matter what the spec, and I'd suffer on till I could get the right monitors rather than convenient monitors. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Plus one for Wharfedale EVP. I've got a 12 incher (ooerr misses!) and it'd pretty darn good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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