PA Speaker advice/recommendations

Looking at getting hold of a PA speaker with a built in Amp and want to spend like $600 max.
Maybe down the track get hold of another but 1 will do for a start.
This will be for private type parties, I fear my Sony stereo is about to blow when we get the sound cranked.
I know nothing about sound equipment and need a bit of an idea what to look for.

Anyone got any recommendations

Derringers have JBL EONS 15P & G2'S on special to clear how do there rate?

Cheers for any help.

$$ 600 for a pair ??

with built in amps aswell.. be pushing to get decent sound quality at that price . but finding some on sale will help the cause.

I readily concur. It is extremely unlikely you would find something good for that price.

oh hes after 1 speaker.

600 could be fine

JBL EONS 15P & G2'S ARE $679
Are they any good, I should have a chat to Macro.

jbl speakers are good .

sus out the amp size too.

JBL EON15P = 175Watts $699ea
JBL EON15G2= 400watts $1150ea

Massive differance in sound quality and sound pressure levels.... i'll be here all day tomorrow, give me a buzz then homie, home time.... i'm outta here.

imo it's all about the Mackie SRM450's 









whoops, you don't wanna spend much

Maybe in my lack of knowledge in this area I've under estimated how much money I need to spend.

Expensive fucking equipment

I guess the real question is would 175watts cut the cheese for what I want to use it for.

If you can't spend much then you may have to settle for a passive PA and get a decent power amp

Personally I've always wanted a set of Bose 802-series. They look like something from Star Wars. Piew! Piew! Piew!

Check these...

Yamaha MSR400

http://www.yamahamusic.com.au/products/proaudio/speakers/powered.asp

These are probably the best value for power i can think of at the moment with out going for a cheaper brand. They retail for $1049 not that retail really has any meaning in this industry. 5 year warranty too.

You can go for something like behringer but you will be giving up overall sound quality and reliability, they have the power though.

http://www.behringer.com/B315A/index.cfm?lang=eng

Cheers for that info, the Yamaha's sound nice

What are the behringers worth?

AUSRRP$699

Id rather have 1 under powered great sounding JBL than 2 over powered crap sounding Behringers IMO 

I'd prefer AIDS over anything by Behringer 

Cheers for the tips guys

Ever heard a JBL 15P being pushed to hard? Worse than the last mix you heard by grooverider 

Completely agree with that. Behringer=Shit

Thrush>Behringer

I've got a single Yamaha Powered PA... Had it for about 3 years & I still fucking love it. 

However, I do feel it does lack some levels of Low end. I also wish I purchased two instead of just one...

It is sufficient but sometimes I really miss Stereo sound. 

I actually now looking into Stands for her?? Anyone tell me if it's worth the expenditure?

Speak to leezee Ari

Would the audio heads here recommend even considering anything like the kits available from a place like the loud speaker kit:
http://www.theloudspeakerkit.com/

?

the problem is the reliable boxes are out of your price range; I pickled up 2 eon 15in G2s 2+ years ago- never looked back.

but if you're not gonna hire them (and / or) yourself out to recoup the losses, its too much, even for one speaker.

Still, I'd personally splurge on an EON or mackie. they have 5 year warranties because you wont have a problem, unless you do something stupid- and blow them up.

Cheers.. 

Mackie are about to release a version 2 of the srm450, thank god, since they went to china they just haven't been the same so, hopefully they have done something new besides change the look of the box.

Speaker stands for these kinda boxes range from about $75 up depending if you are using them in public places and need them weight rated.

Big Ups Macro. 

Might come Window Shopping - DJShop Open on Saturday???

Sure is dude, i wont be here though.... ask for andy.

That's pretty damn expensive for a kit, you could get a nice Dayton Subwoofer with a nice box and a 400watt box amp for half the price of their top model sub I think.

Which kit are you referring to?

Anyway I don't really care about subs. I was referring to basic stereo setups for at a desk really... Not for a home theatre system or anything to piss of everyone who lives within a kilometre.

China = POooooo.

Oh ok, I was talking about their top model sub, well alteast the most expensive one.

behringer = cheap, generally this is synonymous with shit but not in all cases.  something is better than nothing innit?  behringer patch bay ftw