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Yamaha DSR215 Anyone mixed on it yet?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marlow Wilson" data-source="post: 34902" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Re: Yamaha DSR215 Anyone mixed on it yet?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I used to own four EF500p's and four ES908 subs. The EF500p's were reliable when pushed into limit from my experiences (this only happened a couple times), but my feeling now is that I'd much rather have a pair of higher output tops without limiting than a barely big enough PA pushed into limiting all night. </p><p></p><p>The EF500p was too heavy and lacked a monitor angle for many of my potential uses, and didn't have enough balls for others (two per side outdoors sort of thing). While I was upgrading to larger mains to cover bigger gigs I replaced those four with a single pair of FBT Maxx 6a's which are easier to transport, sound better with and without subs IMO, complemented my FBT Maxx 4a's as monitors when needed, and had better dispersion to be used as singles per side (90 vs 60). I sold my EF500p's for fairly little because no one seemed to want them. </p><p> </p><p>I guess it all depends on how this PA fits into your larger collection, but I was never blown away by the EF500p and when I'm worried about things blowing up I prefer to send something like the SLS960 with lots of extra output that can coast along than something that will be driven to the rails. </p><p> </p><p>For example, when monitoring the output of a single SLS960 over two LA400's per side on the itech the 960 channel was in the 10-65 watt range all night while the subs were deep into limiting.</p><p></p><p>In summary, the EF500p wasn't enough of an upgrade over run of the mill SOS to be worth the extra weight and limited applicability IMO. I'd also take a look at the EV Zxa5 and some other higher output SOS from FBT, RCF, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marlow Wilson, post: 34902, member: 47"] Re: Yamaha DSR215 Anyone mixed on it yet? I used to own four EF500p's and four ES908 subs. The EF500p's were reliable when pushed into limit from my experiences (this only happened a couple times), but my feeling now is that I'd much rather have a pair of higher output tops without limiting than a barely big enough PA pushed into limiting all night. The EF500p was too heavy and lacked a monitor angle for many of my potential uses, and didn't have enough balls for others (two per side outdoors sort of thing). While I was upgrading to larger mains to cover bigger gigs I replaced those four with a single pair of FBT Maxx 6a's which are easier to transport, sound better with and without subs IMO, complemented my FBT Maxx 4a's as monitors when needed, and had better dispersion to be used as singles per side (90 vs 60). I sold my EF500p's for fairly little because no one seemed to want them. I guess it all depends on how this PA fits into your larger collection, but I was never blown away by the EF500p and when I'm worried about things blowing up I prefer to send something like the SLS960 with lots of extra output that can coast along than something that will be driven to the rails. For example, when monitoring the output of a single SLS960 over two LA400's per side on the itech the 960 channel was in the 10-65 watt range all night while the subs were deep into limiting. In summary, the EF500p wasn't enough of an upgrade over run of the mill SOS to be worth the extra weight and limited applicability IMO. I'd also take a look at the EV Zxa5 and some other higher output SOS from FBT, RCF, etc. [/QUOTE]
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