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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Brown" data-source="post: 39066" data-attributes="member: 1035">Re: Chauvet SlimPar Pro RGBA ReviewHi TJ, and everyone else,Writing from Canada, my first post on the forum (I&#039;ve been lurking until now).&nbsp; First of all, thanks for all your pictures and reviews so far - it has been a great help to a newbie like me.&nbsp; I was wondering if you could help me with a little advice?I&#039;m setting up a small lighting rig from scratch, and am waffling between 4 SlimPar Pro RGBA or SlimPar Pro Tri for front wash lighting.&nbsp; This is to start - might get into back or up lighting in the future, but I&#039;m a small fish and have only limited money to spend, hopefully on quality gear I can use perhaps for a bigger system in the future.&nbsp; I&#039;m waffling because of beam angle and color-mixing considerations.&nbsp; I will often light from close up, perhaps with the cans mounted on top of speakers (they have threaded inserts I can take advantage of, maybe with two lights on each speaker) and sometimes on their own, separate lighting stands.&nbsp; If I&#039;m close I&#039;m worried the RGBA&#039;s will not have optimal color mixing.&nbsp; Tri&#039;s should be no problem at close range.&nbsp; But the RGBA&#039;s have a wider beam then the Tri&#039;s, giving better coverage at close range.&nbsp; Also, the RGBA&#039;s offer the lens upgrade in case I get into lighting from a further distance in the future - could prove very useful.Both models are fanless, which is a major consideration (I sometimes do folk music concerts which are about 50% sound-reinforcement (ie. quiet music).&nbsp; Also, video compatability is a nice feature.&nbsp; Another fellow here in Ottawa has complained about his Bilzzard slim cans because of noise, and it&#039;s no surprise to me.I guess addition of amber lights in the RGBA is another consideration.&nbsp; Being mainly a sound guy and performer, I guess the implications are sort of lost on me.&nbsp; I&#039;m told it&#039;s what you really need for lighting faces, so maybe this pushes things in the RGBA direction if the Tri just can&#039;t do this...So you can see my conundrum.&nbsp; Beam width vs. color fringing/mixing with amber light production as an added consideration.&nbsp; Any advice would be really helpful!&nbsp; You seem to have a lot of experience with these fixtures....Anyone else with advice is of course very welcome to chime in....Many thanks in advance,...Greg</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg Brown, post: 39066, member: 1035"] Re: Chauvet SlimPar Pro RGBA Review Hi TJ, and everyone else, Writing from Canada, my first post on the forum (I've been lurking until now). First of all, thanks for all your pictures and reviews so far - it has been a great help to a newbie like me. I was wondering if you could help me with a little advice? I'm setting up a small lighting rig from scratch, and am waffling between 4 SlimPar Pro RGBA or SlimPar Pro Tri for front wash lighting. This is to start - might get into back or up lighting in the future, but I'm a small fish and have only limited money to spend, hopefully on quality gear I can use perhaps for a bigger system in the future. I'm waffling because of beam angle and color-mixing considerations. I will often light from close up, perhaps with the cans mounted on top of speakers (they have threaded inserts I can take advantage of, maybe with two lights on each speaker) and sometimes on their own, separate lighting stands. If I'm close I'm worried the RGBA's will not have optimal color mixing. Tri's should be no problem at close range. But the RGBA's have a wider beam then the Tri's, giving better coverage at close range. Also, the RGBA's offer the lens upgrade in case I get into lighting from a further distance in the future - could prove very useful. Both models are fanless, which is a major consideration (I sometimes do folk music concerts which are about 50% sound-reinforcement (ie. quiet music). Also, video compatability is a nice feature. Another fellow here in Ottawa has complained about his Bilzzard slim cans because of noise, and it's no surprise to me. I guess addition of amber lights in the RGBA is another consideration. Being mainly a sound guy and performer, I guess the implications are sort of lost on me. I'm told it's what you really need for lighting faces, so maybe this pushes things in the RGBA direction if the Tri just can't do this... So you can see my conundrum. Beam width vs. color fringing/mixing with amber light production as an added consideration. Any advice would be really helpful! You seem to have a lot of experience with these fixtures.... Anyone else with advice is of course very welcome to chime in.... Many thanks in advance, ...Greg [/QUOTE]

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