Product: Electro-Voice SxA250
Price Paid: USD 650 USED
Submitted
07/30/2007
at
02:04am
by
KeysMan
General Questions
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8
Powered PA speaker. Bi-amped 2-way speaker with 15" woofer and 1.25" compression driver. Wood enclosure with tolex-type material covering.
Technical Specs
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8
The power is touted as 350W to the woofer and 80W to the tweeter, which sounds really RAD. In fact, this is peak power and if you read the fine print of the specs, it's powered at 150W + 50W continuous (RMS).
Can accept XLR or 1/4" input.
Volume, high, and low freq controls.
Weight is 49 lbs.
Sound Quality
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10
I've used a pair of these as main PA speakers. But mainly I use them for keyboard amplification. They have excellent reproduction of both high and low freqs that are so essential to good grand piano sounds. Very true, natural sounds. I routinely crank the volume knob to about 8 or 9 and get zero distortion.
These are LOUD! I play blues and rock in small-club settings and one of these is usually enough to compete with a drummer, bassist, and a guitarist wailing away on a 60W 2-12 tube amp. On occasion I've needed the 2nd one, but only to compete with a really heavy-handed drummer or when the guitarist goes to his 100W half-stack.
I am very fussy with my keyboard sound reinforcement and these are heads above any keyboard amplifier I've used. You don't get that "boxy" piano sound as with the Roland keyboard amps, and they don't have the "hiss" of the Barbetta amps.
Features
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Recessed handles on top and side. Has a speaker-pole adapter built in. Also has a trapezoidal shape and so can be easily used as floor monitor. They're heavier than the plastic-housing powered PA speakers made by others, but the weight isn't too bad and they do really sound great.
Overall Rating
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8
My only negative comment is that if you're using these as I do for instrument amplification, the access to the volume/tone controls is a bit inconveniently placed (in the back). But this is true of all the powered PA speakers. As PA mains this wouldn't be an issue.
They have been completely reliable over the past 3 years. I bought them used from a professional sound company - I think they'd been used as rentals for quite some time. I've put hundreds more hours on them and they still sound great!
You can get 15" 2-way powered speakers for less money, however I think due to the excellent sound quality and total reliability they have proved to be a great value.
