I alluded to the changes I was making in another thread, but I've basically just completely overhauled my speaker inventory. After several months of back-ordered waiting, I finally got a chance to take my RCF NXL 14A and SUB 18AX combo out to hear them in a real room. It wasn't necessary to take a system this big out for this particular wedding, but I just wanted to see and hear them together to give it a bit of juice. They look good, and they sound phenomenal.
My thesis was that this raises my headroom meaningfully for larger and outdoor weddings. And I've always found the Evox-12 to sound pretty good, but a little muddy to my ear. I think these are crisper sounding tops. This is also more modular with the ability to use a single sub or dual depending on what I need to do.
My original thought was that I'd sell my Evox-12s. And then I got nervous that I'd get into situations where I have to hand carry speakers into a venue and these new subs will be a nightmare at 100 pounds. For a while I considered just keeping the Evox-12s for those situations. But the reality is that they aren't particularly light either. The sub on those is 70-75 pounds. They're on the bulky side for being a speaker I take out only when transport and load in is a problem.
So I decided to buy one more set of speakers and purchased a pair of J8s. With a composite build and a 12 inch sub, they are at 60 pounds including the top speaker. Which I can easily carry one in each hand and limit the number of trips up and down stairs in those one-off situations.
I thought I was nuts to buy another set of speakers. But the J8s were on a deal with cases at about $2,100. And the Evox-12s look like they're selling used for almost $4,000 still. So I'm going to touch up a couple nicks in the paint and list them. But even if I can only get $3500-$3,700 on them I'll cover well above the cost of the J8s while freeing up some garage space.
Complete overkill? Maybe, but I've got a brand new speaker inventory and feeling pretty happy about all the options I've got now.
My thesis was that this raises my headroom meaningfully for larger and outdoor weddings. And I've always found the Evox-12 to sound pretty good, but a little muddy to my ear. I think these are crisper sounding tops. This is also more modular with the ability to use a single sub or dual depending on what I need to do.
My original thought was that I'd sell my Evox-12s. And then I got nervous that I'd get into situations where I have to hand carry speakers into a venue and these new subs will be a nightmare at 100 pounds. For a while I considered just keeping the Evox-12s for those situations. But the reality is that they aren't particularly light either. The sub on those is 70-75 pounds. They're on the bulky side for being a speaker I take out only when transport and load in is a problem.
So I decided to buy one more set of speakers and purchased a pair of J8s. With a composite build and a 12 inch sub, they are at 60 pounds including the top speaker. Which I can easily carry one in each hand and limit the number of trips up and down stairs in those one-off situations.
I thought I was nuts to buy another set of speakers. But the J8s were on a deal with cases at about $2,100. And the Evox-12s look like they're selling used for almost $4,000 still. So I'm going to touch up a couple nicks in the paint and list them. But even if I can only get $3500-$3,700 on them I'll cover well above the cost of the J8s while freeing up some garage space.
Complete overkill? Maybe, but I've got a brand new speaker inventory and feeling pretty happy about all the options I've got now.
