Now sorted. PA Speakers??? Help

ellangus

My son's band have just taken a rehearsal room and now require some PA speakers.

They have a Carlsbro 5 channel powered mixer and a pair of speaker stands and one unidentified speaker and another which doesn't work also unbranded but different!! (This will ultimately cost them £80 as it stands).

They're looking to buy a pair of matched PA speakers to go with the above. 

The PA system will only ever be used in the rehearsal room, never for gigs

Their budget is £150ish for a pair of speakers OR
£250 MAX for a full system.

Any advice welcome. 

If anyone has anything to sell - it would need to be not too far from Oldham area.

Thanks all.

ICBM

The Carlsbro is fine if it's recent enough to have XLR inputs, and if not it's cheaper to buy some line transformers than a new PA head. They're reliable and you don't need any more than 120/150W (whichever version it is) for a rehearsal room.

You'll easily get something like a pair of Peavey Eurosys 3s for well under £150, possibly under £100. Just check all the tweeters are working (there are dual units in the horns on these) and you're good to go - it's much rarer for the bass drivers to be blown. There are many other brands/models in that price range too, lower-spec old PA gear does not hold its value.

hassleham

These would do the job for cheap..

https://www.gumtree.com/p/speakers-monitors/carlsbro-alpha-15-pa-speakers/1187422877

Keep checking gumtree, loads of people get rid of passive speakers on there. I saw a bunch of peavey speakers going cheap earlier but now I can't find the ad!

ellangus

hassleham said:

These would do the job for cheap..

https://www.gumtree.com/p/speakers-monitors/carlsbro-alpha-15-pa-speakers/1187422877

Keep checking gumtree, loads of people get rid of passive speakers on there. I saw a bunch of peavey speakers going cheap earlier but now I can't find the ad!

Thanks for that - They're all sorted now - just.