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http://www.guitarcenter.com/Harbinger-APS15-15--Powered-PA-Speaker-105122774-i1430143.gc
It's rare that I find a piece of gear so bad it's worth posting just to dis it but I ran into these things at a gig recently. It was a small venue and they were on sticks where I would normally put my speakers so, having never heard of them, I had to test them out. :lol:
First off, who though it was a good idea to give any audio product a name where your first reaction is "A Behringer knock-off?" I mean Miere, or ElectroVox or JPL... maybe but Harbringer. It smacks of quality.
When I came in, they were playing some standard soft rock/trance guitar wank stuff quietly in the background. It sounded like the "loudness" switch was on, extra 60-80 hz and extra 6-8k.
After asking to test them, I flattened the "eq" and selected line input, and plugged in my eq's output. Getting them even near "background at a wedding reception" volume, maybe mid 80's, and they were breaking up. I checked the levels along the path and still the peak like was blinking way before it should have. It's unfortunate that some kid will purchase these with his hard earned money thinking he's going to d.j. his friends' parties. Clearly, in the store they're going to seem fine at the levels they demo them but he'll look like a dope when the party starts.
Now that I look at the GC site I see its 180 watts. It's a 15" cab. What are they thinking? It's like having a 15" version of a computer speaker. "BEEP" I guess there's no end to how bad things can get when marketing is the only goal. Sucker bait.
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http://www.guitarcenter.com/Harbinger-APS15-15--Powered-PA-Speaker-105122774-i1430143.gc
It's rare that I find a piece of gear so bad it's worth posting just to dis it but I ran into these things at a gig recently. It was a small venue and they were on sticks where I would normally put my speakers so, having never heard of them, I had to test them out. :lol:
First off, who though it was a good idea to give any audio product a name where your first reaction is "A Behringer knock-off?" I mean Miere, or ElectroVox or JPL... maybe but Harbringer. It smacks of quality.
When I came in, they were playing some standard soft rock/trance guitar wank stuff quietly in the background. It sounded like the "loudness" switch was on, extra 60-80 hz and extra 6-8k.
After asking to test them, I flattened the "eq" and selected line input, and plugged in my eq's output. Getting them even near "background at a wedding reception" volume, maybe mid 80's, and they were breaking up. I checked the levels along the path and still the peak like was blinking way before it should have. It's unfortunate that some kid will purchase these with his hard earned money thinking he's going to d.j. his friends' parties. Clearly, in the store they're going to seem fine at the levels they demo them but he'll look like a dope when the party starts.
Now that I look at the GC site I see its 180 watts. It's a 15" cab. What are they thinking? It's like having a 15" version of a computer speaker. "BEEP" I guess there's no end to how bad things can get when marketing is the only goal. Sucker bait.
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