Richy4Fingerz
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Since day one that I got my axe fx I've been to broke to buy any kind of live amping system so I just used my good ol Marshall 4x12 stereo cab and Rocktron Velocity 300 stereo power amp. It sounded ok but not what I expected and certainly not what I wanted.. I finally managed to scrape $600 together and decided I would spend it on some kind of amping system for stage reference because I send everything to FOH....
I spent hours and days surfing the threads on here reading and listening to comparisons and believed the majority of folks who kept saying that the QSC K systems were one of the best respectfully. The keyboard player in one of the bands I play in uses the K12's for his Nord system so I went over to his place and spent a few hours with it and it did indeed sound much better then anything else I'd been using.
So with Presidents' Day sales going on at my local GC I went early today and had them pull down a K12, JBL, Harbinger and an Ev ZLX 12P..........I literally spent 6 hours in that store ABing back and forth between them all...I was down to two and those were the QSC K12 and the Ev ZLX 12P.......heres what I found...
Keep in mind I am not a sound engineer so all of the technical data doesn't really mean allot to me...I do however have a BFA in performance and have had allot of ear training.....so with that being said I understand that the genre of music someone plays I think makes allot of difference in which system would be best for them.....I play everything from jazz fusion to funk to rock and blues so this is my genres inwhich I made my choices from....my patches were built in my home studio through Mackey studio monitors....I found the K12's had a bit more of a high end shrill and that was the same thing I found when test driving my keyboard players as well....I think that through some time spent tweeking patches and EQing as well as understanding that when playing with a band that the high end could be tamed a good bit.....I also found that the Ev's had a bit more darker low end to it and also with a bit of tweeking and EQing that as well could be tamed....
So with all of that being said I ended up getting the Ev's simply because I could get two for the same price as one QSC...now I'm not a huge fan of running stereo rigs but that is an option but being able to travel with a powered PA system is an added plus as well as being able to leave one in my home studio and one ready to go to a gig....
Keep in mind that I was on a budget and have not had access to all of the high end gear such as Xitone which was what I truly wanted but wasn't willing to spend the money without trying it out as well as the other high end monitors and wedges that allot of guys are using.
I think the Ev's had the most bang for my buck in the end, now I will follow up on this thread in a few weeks after I've had a chance to road test it with some of the bands I play after the newness and novelty wears off some.....Oh please keep in mind that I am using these strictly for the stage and that because what I was hearing coming from FOH was different then the stage so with the Ev's my stage sound is closer to what is coming from FOH and most importantly it matched my sound when building the patchs with my Mackeys in my studio...even the guys at GC mentioned that it sounded like a good FOH mix from a standard guitar rig...
I paid $339 each for the Ev's at GC which I have no affiliation to either company other then being an end user as a consumer......
I spent hours and days surfing the threads on here reading and listening to comparisons and believed the majority of folks who kept saying that the QSC K systems were one of the best respectfully. The keyboard player in one of the bands I play in uses the K12's for his Nord system so I went over to his place and spent a few hours with it and it did indeed sound much better then anything else I'd been using.
So with Presidents' Day sales going on at my local GC I went early today and had them pull down a K12, JBL, Harbinger and an Ev ZLX 12P..........I literally spent 6 hours in that store ABing back and forth between them all...I was down to two and those were the QSC K12 and the Ev ZLX 12P.......heres what I found...
Keep in mind I am not a sound engineer so all of the technical data doesn't really mean allot to me...I do however have a BFA in performance and have had allot of ear training.....so with that being said I understand that the genre of music someone plays I think makes allot of difference in which system would be best for them.....I play everything from jazz fusion to funk to rock and blues so this is my genres inwhich I made my choices from....my patches were built in my home studio through Mackey studio monitors....I found the K12's had a bit more of a high end shrill and that was the same thing I found when test driving my keyboard players as well....I think that through some time spent tweeking patches and EQing as well as understanding that when playing with a band that the high end could be tamed a good bit.....I also found that the Ev's had a bit more darker low end to it and also with a bit of tweeking and EQing that as well could be tamed....
So with all of that being said I ended up getting the Ev's simply because I could get two for the same price as one QSC...now I'm not a huge fan of running stereo rigs but that is an option but being able to travel with a powered PA system is an added plus as well as being able to leave one in my home studio and one ready to go to a gig....
Keep in mind that I was on a budget and have not had access to all of the high end gear such as Xitone which was what I truly wanted but wasn't willing to spend the money without trying it out as well as the other high end monitors and wedges that allot of guys are using.
I think the Ev's had the most bang for my buck in the end, now I will follow up on this thread in a few weeks after I've had a chance to road test it with some of the bands I play after the newness and novelty wears off some.....Oh please keep in mind that I am using these strictly for the stage and that because what I was hearing coming from FOH was different then the stage so with the Ev's my stage sound is closer to what is coming from FOH and most importantly it matched my sound when building the patchs with my Mackeys in my studio...even the guys at GC mentioned that it sounded like a good FOH mix from a standard guitar rig...
I paid $339 each for the Ev's at GC which I have no affiliation to either company other then being an end user as a consumer......