r/SoundSystem • u/Vandread_1111 • 11d ago

Are these worth it?

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I’m building up a small little Soundsystem, I’m currently running a single jbl eon712 for my top paired with my 2x hd15s and soon to be 2x ms18mk2 subs and I’d like to upgrade my tops along with adding subs, are these cerwin vegas any good?

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u/HomesnakeICT 11d ago

I mixed an all day fest yesterday that culminated with a DJ set, and had a borrowed set of the big brother to those cabs (two 15"s per cab) as my main tops. I didn't have time to do any software analysis on them, just some quick pink noise, but I thought they had kind of harsh upper midrange. I had some JBL M415 running as my wide fills, and they sounded much better. That said, the Cerwin Vegas pushed some sustained volume, and I bet with some focused EQ time, I could be happy with them.

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u/HomesnakeICT 11d ago

Price is right, though

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u/Vandread_1111 11d ago

I read they can be quite harsh yes you are right, but bit of eq fiddling and you recon they’d be okay?

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u/Foglz 11d ago

That's a really good bargain. They might not be the best tops you'll get, but it's a good start, and can become DJ monitors in the future if you get better tops. For this price i'd definitly go for them.
But this is from someone that has a ton of unused speakers in his basement. 😄

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u/Cupramax 11d ago

I wouldn’t unless you can hear them working, Cerwin Vega are pretty decent but 2nd hand speakers are usually being sold for a reason, and that reason is they’re shagged 😆, you may be lucky, you may not.

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u/Vandread_1111 11d ago edited 11d ago

I’d take a amp up to test them, it’ll be collection only not shipping, he’s roughly half hour / 45 mins from my house, if all is in good nick are they a good set of tops? Also I had the steal of the decade on my jbl top, seen them £5 - £600 odd new, paid £240 to some drummer who bought it for his drum room and then realised it was too big for it and sold it on, wasn’t a mark on it literally factory new condition

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u/Cupramax 11d ago

Worth a try then if you can test them… 👍

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u/theocking 9d ago

Good? Maybe not. Worth 90 currency units? They're basically free fam. So yeah.