I worked a wedding at the local country club. 3500 sq foot room and probably 55X70 dimensions. They stick the DJ over in the corner of the room. As many of you know, I bought some Yorkie LS801p subs and have been using Carvin 3-way tops for the past couple of years. The past few weeks though I've been using my Bose L1/M2 with a single yorkie sub and have been getting compliments from the venue operators. Yesterday, I wanted to change things up a bit so I pulled out the EV Live-X 12 speakers. Ran a full-range signal from my Denon MC6000 mixer to the yorkie, then its output (100hz and above) to the EVs. Noticed right off the bat that the tone was much darker and weaker. Played with them a good 15 minutes but never could get them to what I call acceptable. Pulled out the Bose (with a single B1 sub), plugged it in and honestly couldn't believe the difference. I had the Bose about 50% and the Yorkie at 50% and they were perfectly matched. On sub duty, the Bose B1s seem to fall off at about 50 feet and the bottom end feels weak. By contrast, the LS801p is powerful and deep and filled the entire room. Add to that the coverage of the Bose top end and this was a seriously killer system that I was just barely pushing yet had that room filled. One other thing, this week I stacked the L1 tower on top of the LS801p. Not sure if it helps coverage but it sure seemed so. The pic shows the Bose sub sitting up there but I had to move it to the floor, as it was dancing around and would've fallen. This rig is a very simple and very quick setup and sounds amazing and with power to spare and I never saw even the first limit light on either the sub or the Bose (when used alone, the Bose will occasionally tap its limit light during the night). Here's a pic of my setup:
I'll add in, this was a party of about 100 and when they walked in, my first assessment was "this is going to be dead on arrival". The bride was not a dancer and the groom could only be dragged out on a slow song. I believe the Bose/Yorkie rig helped, a lot and this was a good dance set. The clients were very pleased with how everything came out.
I'll add in, this was a party of about 100 and when they walked in, my first assessment was "this is going to be dead on arrival". The bride was not a dancer and the groom could only be dragged out on a slow song. I believe the Bose/Yorkie rig helped, a lot and this was a good dance set. The clients were very pleased with how everything came out.
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