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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Manchester" data-source="post: 26491" data-attributes="member: 82">Re: Desparity in specification: PRX618S-XLF vs VRX918SP&nbsp;Silas you missed my point completely. I make half my living off of renting speaker on stick rigs for all levels of clientele that I DO care quite a bit about, and yes, I have a very loyal and rapidly expanding following of customers.&nbsp;My point was, and Marlow got it, that someone mentioned VRX or PRX being &quot;acceptable.&quot; My argument is that for the type and quality of boxes you are talking about, having them be &quot;acceptable&quot; is a moot point. Let me explain as though I was doing a sales pitch of the &quot;lesser sub&quot; the PRX to a number of clients going up the food chain and see if it makes sense.Bar Band: &quot;This new PRX is really great, the drummers love it, and yeah, it&#039;s JBL, they make really pro stuff! Sure, I&#039;ll do that gig for $350&quot;Corporate: &quot;Yes sir, this subwoofer will adequately give you the bass you wanted for your video just as we discussed over the phone. I&#039;ll go ahead and hide it back behind this pipe and drape so it looks nice and tidy&quot;C Level national Engineer: &quot;Yeah, these PRX subs work great, They can easily reach 110db back at FOH, I was metering it back at FOH last week when we had -national dj act- and we were hitting down in the 40hz range. There are 4 of them in here and one more for the drumfill&quot;A Level national act: &quot;Here are the touring quality L&#039;Acoustics subs you requested on your rider. Yeah, I&#039;ve got some of those little PRX subs, they work great, got some out on a little corporate gig right now bringing in some extra cash this weekend&quot;So my point was not to knock the quality of either box, I&#039;m just saying that up until the higher levels (which either the PRX or VRX would be marginal to satisfy) that &quot;acceptability&quot; is a non-issue. In fact I can&#039;t recall the last time that *anyone* in 8 years asked me what brand or model of SOS sub I was bringing out. Most people just want to see that little orange sticker. YMMV, I&#039;d get whatever sounds and performs better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Manchester, post: 26491, member: 82"] Re: Desparity in specification: PRX618S-XLF vs VRX918SP Silas you missed my point completely. I make half my living off of renting speaker on stick rigs for all levels of clientele that I DO care quite a bit about, and yes, I have a very loyal and rapidly expanding following of customers. My point was, and Marlow got it, that someone mentioned VRX or PRX being "acceptable." My argument is that for the type and quality of boxes you are talking about, having them be "acceptable" is a moot point. Let me explain as though I was doing a sales pitch of the "lesser sub" the PRX to a number of clients going up the food chain and see if it makes sense. Bar Band: "This new PRX is really great, the drummers love it, and yeah, it's JBL, they make really pro stuff! Sure, I'll do that gig for $350" Corporate: "Yes sir, this subwoofer will adequately give you the bass you wanted for your video just as we discussed over the phone. I'll go ahead and hide it back behind this pipe and drape so it looks nice and tidy" C Level national Engineer: "Yeah, these PRX subs work great, They can easily reach 110db back at FOH, I was metering it back at FOH last week when we had -national dj act- and we were hitting down in the 40hz range. There are 4 of them in here and one more for the drumfill" A Level national act: "Here are the touring quality L'Acoustics subs you requested on your rider. Yeah, I've got some of those little PRX subs, they work great, got some out on a little corporate gig right now bringing in some extra cash this weekend" So my point was not to knock the quality of either box, I'm just saying that up until the higher levels (which either the PRX or VRX would be marginal to satisfy) that "acceptability" is a non-issue. In fact I can't recall the last time that *anyone* in 8 years asked me what brand or model of SOS sub I was bringing out. Most people just want to see that little orange sticker. YMMV, I'd get whatever sounds and performs better. [/QUOTE]

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