Those IQ12's are pretty affordable if I recallI actually auditioned the IQ 12, 10, 8 and the ip1000 yesterday...but for FOH duty.
I was with a pro sound engineer friend who has some of the most ridiculous PA systems you could think of.
I trust him more than I trust myself....he has the best ears in the biz.
Anyway, we compared the iQ12 to the qsc hpr122', qsc k12, atomic CLR, rcf rx12ma, jbl srx712, eaw la212, mackie srm550....and I think that's it. I would have put a xitone 1x12 in there...but we only were auditioning pole mounted speakers.
I didn't want to like the iq12....but we all liked them best. I was shocked how clear they were, great instrument separation, and crazy loud.
We had a Robert plant song playing and there was this drum fill that we were using as out measuremet for how well they could handle transients like toms at really loud volumes....my atomic farted out, my rcf farted out.....the IQ did not. I was kind of mad. All my speakers did not keep up.
I bought the demo set of iq12's from the rep....I'll be trying my axe through them soon.
The iq8 was excellent as well....and the iq10 was good, but had some boxiness that would need to be dialed out.
They interface to the iq series, we did that too....pretty cool....you can daisy chain turbo speakers together with one cat5 out of the xrack, and assign them all a specific mix out of the x32 software. You send one cat5 to your top....then cat5 from there to a wedge...then cat5 to another wedge...and cat5 from there to another top..or sub...and in the software you just assign them the feed you want them to get. Because it's cat5, the runs can be 100 feet.The marketing for the synergy between Behringer and Turbosound looks good on paper too.
I hold the new Behringer digital desks in high regard. They interface digitally to (some) Turbosound speakers.
We ran out of a Midas console....their version of the x32 (which was actually designed before the x32).Turbosound is a recent partner in The Music Group along with Midas and Behringer, IIRC. Turbosound used to be exclusively pricey tour-grade quality stuff, and though I doubt they've recently produced any total garbage, they shifted gears quite a few years ago to add offerings in the pro-sumer market, for better or worse. The only thing that would give me pause with the iQ series is the composite injection moulded housing, rather than a wood product carcass. It may or may not be fine, but I like to give them my own low end rumble stress test in person to satisfy any possible misgivings. They are fairly lightweight designs overall. The 12" iQ really has my interest.
The partnership with Behringer probably helps them fabricate their technology with inexpensive components & labor that they may not otherwise have had access to, in order to be competitive with the JBLs and QSCs of the world.
The Behringer+Midas relationship has helped reset Behringer's standing somewhat in the mixing console segment. They're probably hoping their Turbosound relationship does the same for them with loudspeakers.
Turbosound is a recent partner in The Music Group along with Midas and Behringer, IIRC. Turbosound used to be exclusively pricey tour-grade quality stuff, and though I doubt they've recently produced any total garbage, they shifted gears quite a few years ago to add offerings in the pro-sumer market, for better or worse. The only thing that would give me pause with the iQ series is the composite injection moulded housing, rather than a wood product carcass. It may or may not be fine, but I like to give them my own low end rumble stress test in person to satisfy any possible misgivings. They are fairly lightweight designs overall. The 12" iQ really has my interest.
The partnership with Behringer probably helps them fabricate their technology with inexpensive components & labor that they may not otherwise have had access to, in order to be competitive with the JBLs and QSCs of the world.
The Behringer+Midas relationship has helped reset Behringer's standing somewhat in the mixing console segment. They're probably hoping their Turbosound relationship does the same for them with loudspeakers.
Interestingly the only review on the thomann page is pretty bad...
I've seen really good and really bad turbosound products over the years.
For its price and features I can't really imagine it beating the CLR or RCF, but I don't know the box personally.
@BBN, I saw the posting on FB up in Manchester, NH. Now I know where the Atomic CLR came from in one of the pictures LOL! I'm not surprised at all by Turbosound. In the early 1980s I put together a club system that I used for almost 15 years that consisted of 4 of their TMS-4 cabinets. They were one of the earlier all-in-one cabinets, with a down-firing 18", 10" mid and 1" throat horn. Great boxes, and about as close to a studio sound in a live rig that you could hope to get for the time.
Anyhoo, I was looking at their line-array stuff (IP2000 powered sub+column) in the same series to use for some of the tight stage setups I do with an acoustic duo/trio. Setting up speakers on a tripod actually takes up too much space and blocks a lot of view, and these line arrays look very cool. But now you've got me thinking about these IQ series speakers, too, especially because of the way you describe it handling transients. God, I can't help myself! LOL.
Where did you see the post? Jewel FB? Or Neil moxim?
One thing I mentioned to the rep...the design of how the top just plugs into the sub is very cool...until someone leans on it with even with a small amount of pressure...it's going to fall right out.
They make a wood version as well. They cost $50 more. If they had those, I probably would have bought them...although they're 62lbs.nice price if equal to CLR and QSC, but poly vibration like qsc is not desirable