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Meyer Sound MJF-208-RMS-3 Active Stage Monitor
Anyone compare this to the MF10 or CLRDouble the price!!!
Yea I read the problems with CLR too - I think the guy from CLR chimed in about that - have to find it.
If you’re covering a stadium you should be sending a feed to FOH and using the EVs for what they’re designed for, stage monitors at your feet, at which point they will work great.
The issue currently is getting them in the U.S.
They’re loud, but it depends on what you’re trying to use them for. In a small room they’re plenty loud to use as a back line and your personal monitoring. In an arena or outdoors they still will work fine for your personal monitoring but not to match the FOH sound so you need to send to FOH.
I'd be concerned about service in the US too, not because I've heard of problems with them or with getting them repaired, but if they can't even get them for retail, I'd worry about parts availability.
And then there’s Dynacord, EV’s parent company, which covers places in the world EV doesn’t.
Those would be the gold standard but are they 50% better that really up to your ears
Having worked with a fair amount of Meyer gear, I’m sure these sound great. But they are not coaxial. Personally, I’ve grown to really appreciate what coaxial sound does.
Yes, the coaxial speakers work really well.
A friend has a pair of Meyers as his PA, and they sound insanely good, but their price and the fact that they're engineered for that particular use and position kept me from trying them with the modeler. It'd be an interesting experiment though.
What are the criteria for the comparison?
It depends on whether I feel like running monaural or stereo. Obviously stereo takes up extra space on stage which can sometimes be at a premium, and the sound off the stage really won't transfer into stereo in the audience, but it sounds cool as h-e-double-toothpicks to me.
If I know and trust the sound man and the sound system, I might use one as backline, or just use my IEMs. In venues with unknown sound systems and techs, one EV can pretty easily accomplish what my 1x12 combo would. And it can get loud enough that I’m not as reliant on a thin, buzzy tone that happens when the sound tech sets my channel, before even listening, with a HPF at 500Hz, a boost at 4kHz, and doesn’t check the input gain on the channel of his Peavey board. Not that this has happened to me.
I recommend to use 2 speakers at all venues that has the space and also for rehearsals.
It depends on the stage and situation. If I don’t need two I use one. If I want to project stereo from the stage I use two. I could even send stereo to FOH and run a single cab behind me because I know it’s doing the right thing.
I just saw your response, but 100% dead on. It's about knowing and trusting the system and whether you trust FOH.
having toured with the MF10s I would say you'd want two of them if they are your backline. They were enough for me to keep up with a drums and bass in a rockin' power trio, but I wouldn't have wanted to have any less.