On April 5, 2018 at 21:42, Brad Humphrey said...
Oh wow.
Proficent are some of the worst, crappy, bottom-of-the-barrel, nasty, horrible speakers you can get. Flea market speakers = they belong being sold at a flea market (Not sure what a flea market type of venue would be called in the UK).
Go with the Sonance. They are OK speakers for the money and they offer a large assortment to fit many install needs. They should be able to cover everything and more, that you were using from Proficent.
I have sold Proficient speakers one or two times in all of my years in this business, mainly because of the comments about their bad sound, etc. They can sound decent, but a HP crossover and some EQ are needed. I did a fitness facility a couple of years ago and installed eight of the 8" coax in the ceiling. Once I had everything connected, I fired it up and was surprised to hear them sounding better than expected. This is in a large, rectangular room with a 14' ceiling, so it's more than reverberant, but they handled whatever I sent their way, although it wasn't terribly loud- that would have just sounded bad with any speakers. Once the sub was connected and I had a chance to EQ the system, I fired it up and to be honest, it rocks. I have done live sound with very good equipment and this kind of setup isn't foreign to me, but it does work well.
I was as surprised as anyone. The clients are friends of mine and the budget was tight, so I used a mix of inexpensive, but capable equipment. Haven't touched it since it went in.
