afrodude Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 looking for some solid body moving bass. powered or passive for a sub ? heard good and bad things about beheringer wats the verdict ? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pill Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 verdict is if you buy cheap, you get cheap.Behringer is decent gear, but you can't expect it to last as long as mackie or Jbl gear, especially if you punish it.Whatever you do, do not buy the 12 inch passive subs from jaycar. I wasted $500 on a pair of those, and while they are alright, you can get an 18 inch bg for $600ish.In a cheaper one, definately go passive, as the built in amps are generally nowhere near good enough to run all night - buying a seperate amp for $~700ish and then a decent P.A. crossover will greatly increase the longeivity of the system (but I'm a bit of an anti-active-cheap gear nazi).From my point of view, it's definately cheaper to just hire one for ~60/night as I find I don't often use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrodude Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 yea cheers mang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourceRaver Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Big fan of active speakers but subs with inbuilt amps weigh a tonne!Like Pill said, its often better to hire them as you may not use them all the time and you can get a pretty good Mackie (powered) sub for arround $60 a night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabDJ Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I have a 8", 10"passive and 18" powered sub.I prefer the 10" as it gives crisper sounding bass.Even my daughter's 12" BJ car sub sounds better than the 18" muffled bass rumble boom box.The 18" weighs 31Kg, hate using the thing, wasted 500 dollars at DJ Warehouse.Fab DJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrodude Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 yea well at the moment im running with four 12 inch subs which are clear but dont give enough lyk hit u in the face kind of bass so i was leaning towards an 18inch powered sub of some kind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pill Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 the mackie srm-1801s are perfect for that, but are also $2600 haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevChelios Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 dont worry hes got da money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pill Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 fuck it then go the 1802s, and some kind of lifting device so you don't break your back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrodude Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 they do look rather sexy dont they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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