the box PA 302

I speak in this opinion of the speaker PA302 passive, unamplified.

I myself am a sound engineer by profession, I work with all types of facades L Acoustics, D & B, Nexo ...
Because of their very tight budget, I bought 6 PA302 with a Crown amp for sound reinforcement XTi1000 a gospel group with 15 singers (taken by 4 room mics) and 4 musicians. The console is a 01V96. The band often plays in churches and sometimes in concert halls.

The sound of this speaker is very accurate. Snare slap in the midrange though, the treble voice of the Charleston or ride high and are filled with harmonics. Basses are matte, they do not reason in the fund.

For cons, the chamber has all this potential but before we get there, there are a few adjustments!
When I tested the first time after unpacking, I heard many mediums, a little less treble and virtually no grave.

So luckily I was pushing these speakers with an amplifier incorporating a digital processor Crown completely customizable. So, using a computer plugged into the USB on this amp, I have created in the processor, a preset dedicated exclusively to these speakers. I among others available in the software, EQ, two shelving filters and a synthesizer sub-harmonics (sub-woofer). Finally, after 1 hour of manipulation, I got a sound that, to my ears, was downright jaw-dropping for a speaker of this price! To give you an idea, the quality is decent home studio monitors between 250 and 400 € the enclosure.

Of course, if we were near an L. Acoustics MTD112 or enclosure of the range D & B, we certainly hear a real difference but the price is not the same either! Here we speak of a pregnant amateur, for the price (155 €) has everything a great!

In conclusion, having heard many other speakers from my job, I think the fans, bands or DJ, can throw on this forum. Provided, however, have at least an equalizer at the output of the console to modify and adapt its frequency response that is not initially optimized (like all small speakers, even the pro, which is added a processor provided by the manufacturer).

* For how long have you been using it?
For 2 weeks unless I host with a friend who has a pair for about six months.

* What thing do you like most/least about it?
Most: deep bass, crisp and colorful design quite correct, a potential to climb up (what I did with both feet millennium) An appropriate weight in relation to power, practice wear with handles.
Minimum: The power cord is not very large or very small (1m) which can be problematic when benefits on large scenes. Provide a small extension

* Did you try many other models before getting this one?
I personally Mac Mah thus 2 * 200w that I used back now, I have already made some with groups bringing their own equipment so I had the opportunity to test their equipment, but I can not remember not really precise models. Otherwise I had already tested the same speakers with the tweeter 100w original replaced by a JBL 200w (just adjust the amp to the interior, and we feel the 500w at all

* What is your opinion about the value for the price?
This is the best quality / price ratio I've seen to date for pre amplified speaker. € 255 for 400w rms course.

* Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? ...
Without hesitation! with perhaps more a subwoofer for a more peps can: D