

This is the equipment I was thinking of getting:

  • 1 X American Audio PXW18P 800W Powered Subwoofer
  • 4 X Behringer EUROLIVE B115D 15in Active Speaker

I assume I will connect them in a daisy chain style?







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  • But with an active speaker, if its amp fails the "gig is dead" as well. Plus, it will be more expensive to replace an active speaker instead of just buying a new amp. – d.free Jun 19 '13 at 17:36
  • Well probably since an active speakers contains both an amp and the speaker itself. The amp is just the amp. – d.free Jun 20 '13 at 16:59

I like the idea of the active set up and I'm also not worried about the weight of them.If the speaker blows( which shouldn't if you handle the set properly) you can just unplug,sound may suffer but the party goes on(may be expensive but you could have a spare/2nd hand speaker to hand,just as you would a back up amp. My concern is that can active 18" subwoofers give out the same deep bass as a passive 18" bass bin?if I can be convinced they can I'm gonna go with an active set! Anyone know if they sound the same or better and is it down to the more expensive the speaker the better sound!

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Powered systems will not provide the bass response that you want if you are providing sound for a band. If you are simply doing the DJ thing go with the simplest and most convenient (powered). If you want to amp up the bass presence then add a powered sub woofer to do that. In virtually all live applications best sound comes from a passive system with good amps, 31 band eq, a crossover for the bass and separate bass cabs. It is very difficult to reproduce the sound quality of high end components and frequency response matched to the venue in a all in one powered system. If price is the major concern then go with powered speakers but if you want quality then go with the separate components and passive speakers and monitors.

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  • Frequencies responce is not an aspect of the way the speakers are powered. Of course if you use higher-wattage amps to power a 2 or 3-way speaker system, then you will get more bass, but the same-wattage per driver powered vs non-powered systems will not have inherently different frequency responce. – user9881 Dec 13 '16 at 22:10

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