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The peavey are passive but come with a phonic power pod
Prefer active speakers but the peavey and phonic would more than cover my needs
I don't actually like top cabs with 15s, especially when people try to use them to do the job of subs - and if you do have subs, then the tops don't need to go that low. I find 12s usually leave less of a hole in the midrange, and for most purposes 10s are fine too - although if you're trying to put a full mix (excluding kick drum and bass guitar, or low-range keyboards) through it then you might find 10s could struggle, but I'd way rather use tops with 10s and subs, than tops with 12s or 15s and no subs.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
In the end we'll only play small to medium pubs/venues.
Also found some mackie srm350 pair for £150 don't know if the 10 inch speaker will handle kick though
You could economise by only getting one sub, if you need to - subs are very un-directional, so you only really need one in a room - although that stops you using both of them as pole supports for the tops, avoiding stands.
In fact, that's exactly the sort of set-up I have for small gigs - unpowered 10" tops with a traditional mixer amp, and a single powered 15" sub. It won't really do full-on rock band levels, but it's fine for quieter and acoustic stuff.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've used two 12inch before for my louder rock band and I'll get a sub sooner than later
We've always used SRM450's for tops and they're awesome!
If I were you i'd get the 350's as they're a bargain, then you can see how you like them and save up for a sub and eventually upgrade to some 12" tops and easily sell the 350s for what you paid.
Just check they're working properly first as people rag them and then wonder why they stop sounding good!
Remove everything the speaker can't handle ..... so high pass from 80hz to 40hz depending on the speaker. This isn't something you can do by ear ... if the speaker can't produce these low frequencies you won't hear them but the voice coil will be heating up.
Use a compressor to tame the large transients so the speaker doesn't have to wildly move from a few mm to an inch. As a starter set the ratio around 4:1 with a short attack and lower the threshold until you see at least 6dB of gain reduction on the largest hits. Obviously this is drummer dependent. The better the drummer the easier it is. For live use get the mic inside near the batter head as in that position it won't pick up as much wash from the cymbals. Compression makes unwanted spill more apparent so this helps.
Repeat the same trick for bass guitar, big floor toms low end keys etc.
Have you looked at Thomann’s stuff? It was very very good value when I needed it, maybe less so now with EU import crap. Worth a look to compare with Used prices.