PA Intimidation speakers any good?

TFleming · 22 Apr 2010 at 18:24

Hi all buying some new PA speakers very soon, been eyeing a few up and it's a toss up between these -

http://www.whybuynew.co.uk/Package-With-Intimidation-115-&-DA300-Inc-Stands.html

OR

http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR335393

OR

http://www.whybuynew.co.uk/Package-With-Peavey-Pro15-&-DA500-.html

Was at a mates party and he has some Intimidation speakers and they sounded horrible and tinny, someone said the amp was wrong and the DJ just said the speakers are ******* so i don't really have much of a good initial stand point with them but would like to be proven wrong.

Notice the latter doesn't have stands and the other two do. £300 is the limit really. Which would you recommend and are there any other that you would go for?

Thanks.

Philtor · 22 Apr 2010 at 21:51

Are you a DJ or using DJ equipment? If so then Look at JBL or Alesis

Intimidation made decent mixers back in the day but never knew how to make proper speaker systems. I would probably go for a set of Alesis powered monitors tbh.

Wicksys · 22 Apr 2010 at 22:24

Those wharfdales would be spot on mate. All i can say.

TFleming · 22 Apr 2010 at 23:18

Yeah they're for DJing, i DJ Deep and tech house usually, JBL and Alesis are too highly priced for me.

MikeHunt79 · 22 Apr 2010 at 23:36

when you say DJ'ing, what are you planning to use the speakers for? Booth monitors? FOH? there are so many different speakers for different applications...

I must say, I've not heard of Intimidation, so I would say go for a well know brand such as EV or turbosound.

Philtor · 23 Apr 2010 at 08:07

What's your budget? To be honest it's worth buying the best speaker system you can afford. OCuK don't sell speakers for DJ'ing so im going to link you to what I feel is a good value speaker system I have used myself and can vouch for the sound quality

http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR168063

Philtor · 23 Apr 2010 at 08:08

The Wharfdale system you linked is quite good also

TFleming · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:34

My budget is £300, using them for parties and bedroom DJ use. I DJ quite deep sounds so need to be able to handle it. Don't really want monitor speakers tbh as i'm using them for parties.

Wicksys · 23 Apr 2010 at 20:28

Then the Wharddales you have linked to at htfr will be great. I myself DJ minimal and Tech house and have experince with that package and thought it was very well put together for the price.

MikeHunt79 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:53

TFleming said:
My budget is £300, using them for parties and bedroom DJ use. I DJ quite deep sounds so need to be able to handle it. Don't really want monitor speakers tbh as i'm using them for parties.

something like a mackie srm 450 could be had for around £300 2nd hand... This works well for house parties and also a bedroom booth monitor in my experience.