Hey,
First time poster here. I've been looking up a lot of reviews lately and a lot of them have led me here so I figured I would register.
I'm in the market for a powered speaker, just one to act as a DJ monitor. I work as a mobile DJ, but I can't afford to buy a pair, or a set of 4, so I just need one to use for practice at home, and to bring to gigs where they have an in-house system but require the DJ to bring his own monitor.
I play all kinds of venues, backyards, banquet halls, clubs, bars, restaurants, so the speaker needs to be versatile, and rugged (The wood-box of the EV ELX112p failed in that department, I know a wood box sounds better, but it looks like it would get beat up easily). I'll also be covering any and all genres at some point as well, so as ambitious as it might sound, I also need something that'll sound great with any genre or music, or at least have a somewhat flat response.
I also only use powered speakers in my mobile setup (the others are rented Yorkville NX55P's) so this "monitor" will have to be capable of being an FOH speaker in case one of them should fail.
Yamaha DXR12 ($699) - I love what I've seen and heard of the DXR line, except my local store only had the DXR8, but compared side by side to the EV ELX112P I was I was impressed. I'm a little weary about the fact that this line hasen't been around long, as reliability is of huge importance to me with mobile setups, but I'm really interested in this speaker.
JBL EON 515 XT ($699) - nobody around me stocks these, so I can't even hear them. Reviews seem hit or miss. Lot's of people report "Loud, inexpensive and so-so sound quality" which is what I remember of the G2's. Except that the previous 515 had really bad reviews so I'm weary about this too.
Mackie HD1221 ($650)- This speaker is a dealer demo, so I'm weary about the fact that it might have sat in a showroom for on for 10k hours. Sure it's tested and it works now, but there's no telling how long it'll last. I prefer to buy new. I've also never had a good experienced with "refurbs" or "floor models", so I'm operating on personal experience too.
Any opinions are helpful, although I'm somewhat stuck on these brands unless there's something of comparable (not more as it's already above what I initially intended to spend) quality/price.
First time poster here. I've been looking up a lot of reviews lately and a lot of them have led me here so I figured I would register.
I'm in the market for a powered speaker, just one to act as a DJ monitor. I work as a mobile DJ, but I can't afford to buy a pair, or a set of 4, so I just need one to use for practice at home, and to bring to gigs where they have an in-house system but require the DJ to bring his own monitor.
I play all kinds of venues, backyards, banquet halls, clubs, bars, restaurants, so the speaker needs to be versatile, and rugged (The wood-box of the EV ELX112p failed in that department, I know a wood box sounds better, but it looks like it would get beat up easily). I'll also be covering any and all genres at some point as well, so as ambitious as it might sound, I also need something that'll sound great with any genre or music, or at least have a somewhat flat response.
I also only use powered speakers in my mobile setup (the others are rented Yorkville NX55P's) so this "monitor" will have to be capable of being an FOH speaker in case one of them should fail.
Yamaha DXR12 ($699) - I love what I've seen and heard of the DXR line, except my local store only had the DXR8, but compared side by side to the EV ELX112P I was I was impressed. I'm a little weary about the fact that this line hasen't been around long, as reliability is of huge importance to me with mobile setups, but I'm really interested in this speaker.
JBL EON 515 XT ($699) - nobody around me stocks these, so I can't even hear them. Reviews seem hit or miss. Lot's of people report "Loud, inexpensive and so-so sound quality" which is what I remember of the G2's. Except that the previous 515 had really bad reviews so I'm weary about this too.
Mackie HD1221 ($650)- This speaker is a dealer demo, so I'm weary about the fact that it might have sat in a showroom for on for 10k hours. Sure it's tested and it works now, but there's no telling how long it'll last. I prefer to buy new. I've also never had a good experienced with "refurbs" or "floor models", so I'm operating on personal experience too.
Any opinions are helpful, although I'm somewhat stuck on these brands unless there's something of comparable (not more as it's already above what I initially intended to spend) quality/price.
