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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Barracato" data-source="post: 32650" data-attributes="member: 24">Re: QSC K12 and KSubTim,Since I own K10&#039;s and not K12&#039;s, my personal experience is probably 1 show with K12&#039;s for every 10 shows with K10&#039;s, however one local band I am with fairly often uses K12&#039;s as mains. I have had the misfortune of having to mix a number of small shows with both from side stage where I could not see the HF horn at all. In each case my educated ears tells me that much of the sparkle goes missing the further off axis you go, however, they seem to retain much of the high mid needed for vocal clarity. As a matter of fact, directly to the side, they sound rather like some boxes that have a disproportionate mid to high ratio (think PV or Mackie plastic boxes) sound directly in front. I have found it easier to calibrate what I was hearing off axis with what was actually happening in most of the room on axis. As a contrast I recently had some serious problems at a show in a tent with Sx300&#039;s where the high mid&#039;s absolutely broke up as you moved off axis.Since I tend to use these as small show mains, or as side/center fills, I am not really sure if this attribute of the pattern control is really a positive or a negative. I would like to try to measure some polars, but unfortunately, my laptop has died and is awaiting replacement so I am Smaartless for at least a couple of weeks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Barracato, post: 32650, member: 24"] Re: QSC K12 and KSub Tim, Since I own K10's and not K12's, my personal experience is probably 1 show with K12's for every 10 shows with K10's, however one local band I am with fairly often uses K12's as mains. I have had the misfortune of having to mix a number of small shows with both from side stage where I could not see the HF horn at all. In each case my educated ears tells me that much of the sparkle goes missing the further off axis you go, however, they seem to retain much of the high mid needed for vocal clarity. As a matter of fact, directly to the side, they sound rather like some boxes that have a disproportionate mid to high ratio (think PV or Mackie plastic boxes) sound directly in front. I have found it easier to calibrate what I was hearing off axis with what was actually happening in most of the room on axis. As a contrast I recently had some serious problems at a show in a tent with Sx300's where the high mid's absolutely broke up as you moved off axis. Since I tend to use these as small show mains, or as side/center fills, I am not really sure if this attribute of the pattern control is really a positive or a negative. I would like to try to measure some polars, but unfortunately, my laptop has died and is awaiting replacement so I am Smaartless for at least a couple of weeks. [/QUOTE]

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