Greg Ferguson
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They’re rated for 129dB IIRC. I’ve had mine putting out about 110dB, which was keeping up with the FOH system.
They can get very loud, and I refused to stand in front of them when they were doing it because I value my hearing.
They’re rated for 129dB IIRC. I’ve had mine putting out about 110dB, which was keeping up with the FOH system.
The EVs are indeed the best floor monitor I have found for the fractal but… the Laney cab had that “real cab” compression and feel under my fingertips. Standing away from them there was a clear winner in tone exactly but as the player, the Laney felt so nice. I’m actually about to purchase the fender Fr-12 cab after doing a lot of research and listening to examples where the fr-12 sounded even better than the Laney!
Please post your experience of the Gender vs Laney when/of you get it. I am considering one of these for home.
Are you concerned that the fr colors what you're hearing in ways that foh and recordings don't hear?
Good to know! I was already putting my EV’s up for sale after trying the Laney. Of course I have my concerns buying before trying but the mounting evidence that the FR-12s are widely loved has given me the confidence to drop the money. At least sweetwater is good about returns in the event it’s a flop.
That doesn’t match my experience with my EVs. They output what I send to them, without injecting their own sound coloration.
Lately I'm having great success in part because of upgrades in the FM9 and AF3, but also because I'm dialing in things first in my EVs, then checking with studio monitors. I was finding that I overtweaked when working in reverse order. Our sound guy says most rooms he doesn't have to do much if anything to it. Played a large venue Saturday and the engineer said he left my guitar pretty much flat and "maybe cut 4k just a hair." Cell phone videos of it sounded great out front...understanding they are cell phone vids, but in general, I'm feeling good that what I'm doing is working.
This is my experience as well with the EV and FR12. I wound up selling the FR12. I've run the EV on a pole behind me for a stage fill but that's kind of cumbersome and it really doesn't have great dispersion or throw in that configuration. I have an EV Evolve 50 and have used that for the some purpose and it fills the room really well, but looks kind of goofy. My next plan for those situations is to just bring a guitar cab and use my TC BAM200. 90% of the time I just use the PXM as a monitor in front of me and let the FOH fill the room but there are occasions where that isn't feasible.
Was this preamp just to fix the hiss in some of the older ones? My 2 FR-12's don't have the hiss problem. Would the archangel preamp still improve it? If so, in what ways?
This is rather surprising to me coming from the one that started this thread! If it hadn't been for you I may have bought something different and I was looking! I still have my EV's but I have been curious of the Laney offering. I have listened to YT demos and they come across as woolly or dark sounding by comparison.
I’ve been a happy user for sure but… when you try something new and it’s obviously better, GAS is inevitable
That's the same sort of comment I get from FOH.
So you're not missing the Coax vibe that the EV's have? That was one of the things I noticed early on with the two different types of systems. The Coax sounded more guitar speaker like with how the sound came off the front of the box but just had a wider dispersion.I’ve been a happy user for sure but… when you try something new and it’s obviously better, GAS is inevitable
