Looking for a bigger setup

[Al Poulin]

Yamaha DSR112 or DSR115's

Agreed these are an excellent choice for high output applications. Powered at 1300 watts RMS to very high quality drivers and with some serious DSP making things sound as good as posisble at all times. I've got an opportunity to trade in some of my lesser perfoming cabs for a new pair of these which I might just take up in the next few days.

Al

[gdawg55]

You could also look at the FBT Promaxx 14a. I've heard good things about these though I've not had the pleasure of hearing them yet.

[richard stringer]

The EV ZXA5 cabs are can output more spl than the RCF Art425 cabs, the ZXA5 cabs are pretty damn loud but hell they're a lot of money. If it was me mate i'd go for the ZXA5 cabs over almost any other powered cabs out there at that price.

[GaFFLe]

The EV ZXA5 cabs have more SPL output than any powered 2-way less than $2k, the ZXA5 cabs are pretty damn loud but hell they're a lot of money. If it was me mate i'd go for the ZXA5 cabs over almost any other powered cabs out there at that price.

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[Incognito]

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The output of the EV ZXa5 is only 133db which is a calculated output so it will fall short of this to the effect of 3db to 6db real world (power compression plus other factors withstanding) & on top of that the calculated output is based on half space so really it's not some mystically unheard of or unobtainable output based on real world results. The ZXa5 also tends to have a slight harshness in the high end when pushed to spec so it's not the end all to be all of powered speakers in the sub $2,000 market with various other offerings falling in the same range as the ZXa5 SPL wise.

[GaFFLe]

The output of the EV ZXa5 is only 133db which is a calculated output so it will fall short of this to the effect of 3db to 6db real world (power compression plus other factors withstanding) & on top of that the calculated output is based on half space so really it's not some mystically unheard of or unobtainable output based on real world results.

Specs... smecs...

Read the conclusion page of this article: http://issuu.com/fbtelettronica/docs...omparison_test They state in reference to the EV ZXa5: "...the best in terms of dynamics and sound level...", "...they deliver more over a greater distance..." and "...top tier SPL level...", plus out of all the 2-way powered cabinets they mentioned, it was their favorite (barring it's higher price). The FBT ProMaxx 14a claims a 135dB max SPL, yet are not as loud as the ZXa5s so I'm throwing EV's dB specs and half-space measurements out the window.

The ZXa5 also tends to have a slight harshness in the high end when pushed to spec so it's not the end all to be all of powered speakers in the sub $2,000 market with various other offerings falling in the same range as the ZXa5 SPL wise.

True, I can attest to this as I own a pair; however, they probably sound just as good or perhaps better than any less than $2k speaker at that speaker's highest non-clipping level... YET, the EV will have more headroom to get even louder; albeit with some slight harshness.

[Incognito]

Specs... smecs...

Read the conclusion page of this article: http://issuu.com/fbtelettronica/docs...omparison_test They state in reference to the EV ZXa5: "...the best in terms of dynamics and sound level...", "...they deliver more over a greater distance..." and "...top tier SPL level...", plus out of all the 2-way powered cabinets they mentioned, it was their favorite (barring it's higher price). The FBT ProMaxx 14a claims a 135dB max SPL, yet are not as loud as the ZXa5s so I'm throwing EV's dB specs and half-space measurements out the window.

I have read that review & if you notice most of the speakers it's compared to are budget based speakers, it did however over all fall 2nd to the FBT Max in that same review, what you need to also consider is a lot of people base the performance of a powered speaker by the point it's limiters kick in. The ZXa5 has a short coming in it's limiter section thus it fools a lot of people & also is why you hear that harshness when the ZXa5 is reaching its' spec output, where as any other power speaker would already be deep in their limiter thus preserving the musical integrity at the expense of a little SPL. Keep in mind the SPL without quality is just noise....

[DJStevieRay]

I don't want to rehash this from another forum, but on the conclussion page they say they are rating them from worst to first, and then mention the ZXA5's last, meaning they have them rated the best, they do however bold their statement about their third place FBT's saying that IF you factor in price, then the FBT, are the best price/performance wise (ie best bang for the buck). Hell I am sure they would say that they are a better value than Meyer, but not neccesarily a better speaker.

You say it yourself

Twisted reality is my reality, who are you to judge

Just because you can twist reality, just means it is your reality, no one elses.

[Incognito]

I don't want to rehash this from another forum, but on the conclussion page they say they are rating them from worst to first, and then mention the ZXA5's last, meaning they have them rated the best, they do however bold their statement about their third place FBT's saying that IF you factor in price, then the FBT, are the best price/performance wise (ie best bang for the buck). Hell I am sure they would say that they are a better value than Meyer, but not neccesarily a better speaker.

You say it yourself


Just because you can twist reality, just means it is your reality, no one elses.

Nice try,



Bottom to top yes, but you notice what they gave the point on once you read the full review. However the proof is in the pudding on the very same page you make mention of, now go back & read my post.....

[DJStevieRay]

You highlighted "the real winner is FBT, but convieniently forget to highlight "IF we take into account PRICE as well as performance" Also I do get your point about their limiter, but you can easily match the FBT's sound quality at the same SPL, and still have plenty of headroom left.