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| Re: Peavey Versarray demo available in Maryland.. [message #256496 is a reply to message #256412 ] |
Mon, 22 October 2007 17:42   |
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 Tom Manchester
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| Rob Spence wrote on Mon, 22 October 2007 14:31 |
The Friday band really sounded great. Was it better sounding than Saturday? Hard to tell since I liked the Friday band music better 
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Hmm, something doesn't add up there, according to the Bar tab we drank more on Saturday so theoretically "Guiness focusing" should have taken over and made it sound really great on Saturday  .
Others have covered all the info on the layout so I'll just give my impression of the sound of the Versarray. I thought they were decent sounding boxes. Like everyone says the vocals really stayed on top and made it to the back of the room unlike many other systems I have heard. The boxes did get loud enough for the room but I thought I detected a hint of brittleness or distortion on the louder vocal parts, I can't say for a fact it was the array. The VRX subs kicked real well. They looked to be a little shorter and wider than the QW-218 subs, but they feature a tilt back rolling system. Overall I thought it was a good sounding system. To be honest I wouldn't put them as being my new favorite system, but for the money to performance ratio I wouldn't mind a set.
-Tom
TM S&L
Foh Engineer, AV Installer, Lighting designer
"Less brand stroking, more useful discussion please!"
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| Re: Peavey Versarray demo available in Maryland.. [message #256505 is a reply to message #217106 ] |
Mon, 22 October 2007 18:00 |
Chris Semler
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Registered: June 2007 |
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I was there Friday. My previous experience with Peavey Speakers only being original SP2's and PR-15's. I was quite impressed. This is a very Pro Audio sounding PA!
I agree that the VR-218's did the job very well.
I was hearing some distortion in the upper mids in the vocals. I asked Marty what the crossover frequency was and he said that it was very high because the PA was in a safe mode so that guest engineers could not blow the ribbons. So possibly what I was hearing was the 12's trying to extend to far. Or it could have been channel insert related as it was different for the different singers. I would like to hear the VR112's with the recommended crossover frequency.
Overall my impression was very favorable the system was very nicely designed for the room. I also agree a 5th VR112 would be nice. On a separate amp so shading can be applied.
Chris
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| Re: Peavey Versarray demo available in Maryland.. [message #256564 is a reply to message #256250 ] |
Mon, 22 October 2007 20:28 |
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Mike Butler (media)
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Lee, if you had stuck around for Saturday night's band, your wish for some more urban material would have been fulfilled. They played a combination of old-school and modern hip-hop and R&B with a touch of modern rock--and even some classic Skynyrd (our resident Mississippian LABster said something like "when you have a band with a black lead vocalist singing 'Sweet Home Alabama' we've come a long way." LOL!) and some acoustic guitar work on such tunes as Outkast's "Hey Ya" and George Michael's "Faith."
The sound of the array was crisp and tight, with no intelligibility problems and a definite "upfrontness." Clearly the benefit of longer throw from using line arrays was realized, with the sweet spot hitting about 2/3 of the way back. This is where 3-way boxes like the QW3 might have gotten lost, but the combination was enough to punch through. And like Rob said, the somewhat unconventional config works. I realize the array was being used basically for vocals, but that's where you need the most articulation. Amusingly, the stage wash from Friday night's band was almost all the lead gtr you needed to hear anyway.
Midway through the show I began considering how a pair of QW3s might work its way into my inventory as some multipurpose tops. They certainly don't sound anything like the old bar-band Peavey boxes so many of us used back in the day (and most of which are probably still being used by somebody, judging from how often I still notice them turning up).
To add my 2¢, I would be more comfortable seeing the array on a chain hoist to make maintenance easier. It's not that I don't trust ribbons (did I say that out loud?) or don't like ladders (I like them a lot better than milk crates  ), it's just that the time estimate for changing anything out or even adjusting the angles of the boxes is totally out the window once climbing enters the picture. OK, since I mentioned ribbons, there was nothing about the sound that I would say waved a big red flag that these weren't compression drivers. Then again, there's that old adage about nobody ever got fired for buying IBM gear, and the same might be true about comp drivers. I suspect that if I started having trouble with the ribbons, I would begin to feel a little uneasy about taking the road less traveled. That said, Marty's description of the "safe mode" sounds like it will fend off most user-induced mishaps.
I would have no problem using those subs for "urban" material as long as I had the juice to back them up. They were pretty hard-hitting and sounded like music. Of course, you'd want at least twice as many for reggae or dance-hall, well, just because.
http://www.mikebutlermedia.com
Mike Butler Media * AV/video production * corporate event production * presentation services * marketing support * creative research * graphic design * photography
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| Re: Peavey Versarray demo available in Maryland.. [message #257918 is a reply to message #256714 ] |
Sat, 27 October 2007 00:23 |
Don Lanier
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Registered: April 2004
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Yes Unfortunately the QW 3 has gone the way of the Bean Counter, not enough sold to keep them around, I like the QW 2 and use it for these needs and I have an flying rig that lets me fly three cabinets and adjust them left and right, up down etc and Its what Ive used until I got the Versarray, There are three presets available for the Versarray, SAFE, NORMAL, ROCK AND ROLL,
Safe has the most protection for components from the guest engineer and is very conservative, Normal is less on the protection and more trusting of the operator, and sounds better.
Rock and Roll is for the Heavy Shred Metal gods....such as the Jager stage used, each having varying degrees of limiting, and crossover settings, ie Bessel etc. 
Don Lanier
Pearl Productions
http://www.pearlproaudio.com
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