(XPRS 12) | £1,099.00 (XPRS 15) As far back as 1937 the founder of Pioneer it's no surprise that the team at Pioneer Pro the present day! A few years ago, they launched aimed mainly at the high-end club install market. and Pioneer collaborated with the well-respected Powersoft to provide the amplification. The that Powersoft was also the amplifier supplier team came to develop the new active XPRS about the XPRS series and what it’s designed 7700 | £1,299.001 (XPRS 215S) developed a loudspeaker, so Audio revisited this idea in the XY series, which is These are passive cabs, amplifier manufacturer success of that project meant of choice when the Pioneer range.

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VAT output £349 colour-mixing. 12W 09/12/2016 15:51 Pioneer Pro Audio XPRS Series There are currently three units in the full range cabinets the series: the XPRS 12 and XPRS of these is fitted with 15 full range active speakers, and 35mm slot in its base, the XPRS 215S active subwoofer. you to stand the speaker As you can probably guess, the above the sub, or XPRS 12 contains a 12” woofer, 7 degrees. This is while the XPRS 15 is fitted with yourself setup on a a 15” version.

Both of these also want to point your incorporate 1.75” titanium diaat the dancefloor. phragm compression driver tweetmodels also feature ers. Finally, completing the line-up, designs which allow the XPRS 215S has – you guessed as wedge monitors it – two 15” woofers. horns can also be cabinets are used The XPRS range has been designed switch the 90 x for use either as part of a fixed pattern. installation or for mobile events. The cabinets are all made of 15mm The XPRS 12 will birch ply, finished with a durable sound level of 135dB black textured coating, and fitted and its frequency with smart-looking steel grilles to to 20KHz, whilst the protect the cones.

They have dedeliver a marginally cent recessed handles built in: one sound level of 136dB on each side of the full range cabs and has a slightly and two on each side of the sub. range of 40Hz to XPRS 215S will deliver The XPRS 12 and XPRS 15 units have level of 135dB at standard M10 rigging points whilst frequency range of the XPRS 215S has a set of four heavy duty castors fitted to its rear The XPRS 12 and panel. The subwoofer also has an range cabinets both M20 screw mount to fit a distance class D amplifier and pole so that you can mount one of complete with DSP 72 circuits, capable of delivering a whopping 1200W RMS, 2400W peak!

On this module, you will find an IEC mains inlet, mains switch, power LED and limit LED. A threeposition switch also allows the LED on the front of the speaker to be switched between off and indicating mains power or activation of the limiter. There is a master level control along with an EQ selector offering four different modes: flat, bass+, speech, and wedge. A separate switch also allows you to set the speaker to fullrange mode, for standalone use, or low-pass mode, for when an XPRS 215S is also in use.

The in-built mixer offers two sepaabove it. Each rate input channels, each with an a dual angle individual level control. The first which allows has a combined XLR and 1/4” TRS up straight jack input with a rotary gain switch angle it down by that allows selection between four useful if you find different gain levels: 0dB and 12dB high stage and (for line-level sources), and 24dB mid/tops down and 36dB (for a mic). The second Both full-range channel is fixed gain (line level) and angled cabinet also features a combined XLR and them to serve 1/4” TRS jack input socket, but this if needed.

The time alongside a pair of RCA sockets rotated when the to allow a stereo signal from someon their side to thing like an iPod to be connected 60-degree coverage (this will be summed into mono). Each channel has an XLR line output ‘Link’ socket as well as a signal presdeliver a peak ence LED. The module also features at 1W/1m, a ‘Mix’ line output XLR socket. This range is 50Hz allows a pair of speakers to be used, XPRS 15 will for speeches as an example, with higher peak the input sources connected to one at 1W/1m, speaker and the mixed signal passed wider frequency on to the second speaker.

20KHz. Finally, the a peak sound The XPRS215S has the same class 1W/1m, with a D amplifier, which delivers 1200W 40Hz to 160Hz. RMS to the two 15” woofers, but the mixer section is a little simpler. It XPRS 15 full just has two combined XLR and 1/4” have the same TRS jack inputs, each with XLR link mixer module, outputs, along with a master level and protection control, front LED switch and status PIONEER PRO AUDTHIOE X EPARRSL YS EDRAIYESS LEDs.

In place of the EQ rotary seprovided all the lector found on the full-range cabinections I needed, nets, there is also a rotary switch unnecessary allowing the crossover frequency to be set to 80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, or The sound was 150Hz. There is also a ‘Phase’ switch clear across the to change the polarity of the unit and there was depending on its location. Mains is Although, it has again supplied through an IEC inlet, seriously powerful with a rocker power switch. running it nowhere ity.

It was a So, what are they like? Well, I received some amazing a pair of XPRS 12s and a pair of XPRS don’t often hear 215Ss which I have put through their I really liked the paces at a few different events. I also ers too, the had the chance to hear an XPRS 15 been thought being used at the Pro Mobile Conend of the night, ference back in the spring, and it though the sounded very promising. it is also easy to feel tired from The first event where I was able to sound (well - use the full system was a wedding to play some with 180 guests.

The client wanted a was a very range of music, but as it was a fairly young crowd overall, there was plenty I have also used of opportunity to play some decent out the subs dance and urban music. Transporting over the last the system was OK, as the bass enclotle apprehensive sures are on decent castors, although had a crowd of they do weigh quite a bit having two a sound limiter 15” speakers inside each cab. The the speakers mid/tops are not particularly heavy enough as they though, considering that they are mally use either wooden speakers.

The handles are of Yamaha very well placed for getting a good but I was pleasantly grab for mounting, and the speaker that the XPRS is well balanced when being carried. lute treat there Setting up was very straightforward was crystal clear and I found that the mixer modules in full-range PIONEER PRO AUDIO XPRS SERIES Pioneer Pro Audio XPRS Series controls and convided a very full sound. Obviously, but without any not quite the same as when you add ‘clutter’. a pair of double 15” subs into the mix, but it was more than enough, very well-defined and and certainly sounded better than full audio spectrum, my usual 15” plastic cabs.

I used no distortion at all. them a couple more times at differto be said, this is a ent venues, and was very happy with system and I was the results. I also used a single XPRS near full capac- 12 in speech mode with an SM58 real pleasure to hear radio microphone for speeches at a low notes, which I wedding. Again, the output was very on other systems. clear and plenty loud enough, while look of the speaksetting up was very easy and quick. design has obviously about a lot.

At the In conclusion, it’s great to hear I realised that even new systems coming to the market, system is very powerful, and this one has clearly been well listen to, and I didn’t researched and put together using listening to a harsh some very high quality elements. apart from when I had There are a few little things I was Abba!). So, all in all, it not keen on. First and foremost, pleasant experience. the weight of the bass bin at 56Kg is a bit too much for me personally the XPRS 12s with- (I’m getting old!), but it’s perfectly on a few occasions manageable as it’s on wheels.

I’m few weeks. I was a litalso not too keen on the M20 verthe first time, as I sion of a pole mount, it seemed 100ish guests with quite fiddly and tight - I prefer the in the venue. Would normal slot in versions found on cope? Would they be other speakers.

Finally, as a mobile are only 12s? I nor- DJ, I would have loved to see some a Bose L1 or a pair decent protective covers supplied DBR15s for this venue, as standard. Despite this, the XPRS surprised to find range looks great and sounds amaz- 12s worked an absoing, however – as you might expect too. Again, the audio – the speakers come at a cost which and the XPRS 12s, not everyone can afford.

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