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Choosing the Best Portable PA System for YOU!


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Portable PA systems come in all shapes and sizes, so it’s crucial to identify your needs early on to find the perfect PA for you and your bandmates. In this video, Mitch Gallagher highlights a selection of Sweetwater’s painlessly portable PAs that deliver stellar sound without the backbreaking weight. Check it out!

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0:00 — Intro
0:29 — Homework Assignment
2:47 — Bose L1 Pro8
3:23 — Bose S1 Pro
3:57 — JBL EON One MK2
4:33 — JBL EON One
5:06 — Fender Audio Passport Event S2
5:49 — Mackie SRM-Flex
6:24 — FreePlay LIVE
7:02 — Fishman SA330x
7:46 — Samson Expedition XP106w
8:27 — Electro-Voice EVOLVE 50M
9:05 — The Wrap-up

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42 thoughts on “Choosing the Best Portable PA System for YOU!

  • Leave the backbreaking weight behind! Make sure to like and subscribe while you’re here ????????

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  • I have 2 Alto buskers , not shown here, over 30 gigs flawless, great mixer, run for 5 hrs and not even come off the green, louder than the s1 pro which has a junk battery not even close I had 6 s1 pros all batteries were toast after 2 hrs at full volume. Just my experience they never show the underdog and I would never trust anything made by Samson sorry

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  • Cost difference during comparison of each system would have been very helpful!!!!

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  • So, the fishman – the top comes in at 330w, but the sub comes in at 300w of power. Does that make that a 630w system, or is that now how the wattage would be caluclated?

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  • No mention of the aux port 3.5mm mini jack industry standard connector. All my devices use this, even my car. We are talking audio here so this is the elephant in the room. I an electronics expert and mean guitarist. I know lots of stuff don’t I?

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  • I'm so old that I remember that the first question about speakers used to be "how is the frequency response on this thing?" Are all speakers so close to "flat response" nowadays that there is no reason to list it? Or is that question not really useful and I'm just old school?

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  • I’ve got the smaller E.V 30M. it’s great but kinda want the 50 for that extra low ends and slightly bigger tweeds. still sounds pretty good though.

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  • For an acoustic 3 piece, are you meant to stand behind these column PA systems or are they meant to be setup behind the band?

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  • About the BOSE S1 PRO: The Microphone Preamp is PATHETICALLY WEAK! I just traded in mine for a new EV EVERSE8. Wow, wow, what a difference! A remarkably powerful and yet clear microphone preamp and umpteen EQ settings. The Everse8 is the NEXT GENERATION; sorry, S1Pro, goodbye! Though, used with a Mixer, the S1Pro is perfectly fine in terms of volume and clarity.

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  • It's a good time to be alive. So many choices and incredible products available to hobbyist and professionals. Thank you Sweetwater and my sales guy! My new TS speakers and SC mixer are rocking the Nevada desert. Coyotes and rabbits gather around to the good sounds. Friends dancing to EDM. When the EDM stops the rabbits either run or are invited to dinner.

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  • Our needs-
    Metal Band

    Portable from a trailer
    Small to large venues
    Scalable, so we can start small and keep building
    Powered Single point, but vertically stackable so we can add more speakers as we go.

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  • Do any of these have better built in vocal effects or reverb ? Planning on gigging with bass guitar , backing tracks and 2 vocalist including myself

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  • I have a zoom L8 mixer and want an active speaker powered by batteries. I want a simple one without any inputs other than XLR from the mixer. Do you have one?

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  • I understand it the room and not the people. If you were doing JUST vocals say for speech would you still buy two? Im an auctioneer and looking for a system (Prefer Battery power) for benefit auctions where they dont have sound. Some dont have power. I dont need a ton of woofer just vocal clarity and ease of set up as we dont generally have luxury of preset ups. Just show up and go. I have had house systems go down before because often the event people really arent prepared and know nothing of sound systems. I always carry a portable hailer with me but it sounds like a old farm auction them. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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  • Can you please recommend me a portable pa speaker with STEREO line-in inputs? For playing outdoors with friends with a digital piano. Budget under $500-700

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  • Singer/Songwriter ? That term makes no sense, a singer is not writing songs while performing on stage. What about One-Man-Bands ? Most of those systems are designed for people who play guitar, some of us use keyborards, needeing some bass power that guitars players do not need. Which one would you suggest for a singer/keyboardist who also uses a drum machine and whose repertoire includes a lot of latin music (salsa, merengue, mambo, etc) ? Thanks for your opinion, Blessings from San Juan PR ????????

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  • I've just purchased an LD Maui 5 and Maui 5 GO for running in stereo for smaller gigs. These sound fabulous for their compact size and look great as well as being very discrete.

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  • Thanks for the video. I've been using two Kustom PA50 systems for about $100 each for years with a Mackie mixer. Works fine for my casual needs of parties, outdoor movie setups, etc. Very portable too.

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  • That was good, it would have been nice to have a top two favorite in each category near the end of the video. For example, your top two favorites for a DJ and why, or your top two favorites for a solo artist and why.

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