Sound equipment question
Posted by: fbcmusic <fbcmusic@...>
and tell them up front you are working on a tight budget and need their
advice as to how to use the available funds most wisely. This may seem like
the more expensive route up front, but down the road it will very likely
save the church $$$ and you'll be getting the best "bang for your buck." So
many churches make the mistake of just buying a bunch of sound equipment
without considering that it might make a difference as to how it is
installed. Tests such as acoustic plots, SPL levels, room coverage, etc.
cannot be adequately performed by most local church members and should be
left up to professionals. It can make a world of difference!
As far as brands, I would personally recommend that you make the next step
up to, say, Soundcraft (http://www.soundcraft.com), Allen & Heath
(http://www.allen-heath.com), or a comparable brand of console. The expense for
their "bottom-line" consoles will not be much more if any more than the
Mackies and Peaveys you are looking at. Of course, the more features and
channels the board has, the more expensive it is going to be. I personally
have not had good experiences with Mackie or Behringer, and although I
believe Peavey has greatly improved their products over the last several
years, they are still not going to compare to a Soundcraft or Allen & Heath.
My dad always said, "You get what you pay for." Although there are
exceptions to this rule, it is still true. Go with the best you can
afford - you won't be sorry in the long run!
My .02¢ worth,
Alan Lott
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From: "Stan Travis" <[email protected]>
To: "Christian Guitar" <[email protected]>;
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Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:39 PM
Subject: [ChristianGuitar] Sound equipment question
> I remenber someone saying that Behringer sound equipment is just Mackie
> knockoffs and they didn't care for the equipment because of the copyright
> issues. I think they were saying that Behringer copies some of Mackie's
> electronics plans, then builds their own stuff using these plans. This
may
> be true, but aside from that,........
>
> Have any of you any experience with Behringer equipment?
> (Mixers, amps, speakers, eq's etc)
> Does it work well?
> Is it dependable?
> How is the sound?
> How does it compare to Mackie, Peavey, (name your brand)?
> Do you get descent bang for the buck?
>
> I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive PA installation for for our
> church. Cost is important, but dependability is a must. Our current system
> doesn't have any eq at all. It's not practical for what we want to do in
> the near future.
>
> I have the Shark Feedback Destroyer, but have limited experience with it.
> So far so good.
>
> FPC......we play a lot of Flatpicked guitar and mandolin in our
> church,....mic'd of course .
>
> TIA,
> StanT
>
>
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