YA M A H A S TA G E PA .40 - STAGEPAS £464.60 - STAGEPAS . We all love shiny new stuff don’t we? Shiny new stuff is always good. But shiny new stuff that sounds great and fills a gap is especially good.

One of the giants in the PA industry, Yamaha, have now further expanded their battery-powered speaker range with the STAGEPAS . New and shiny it is, but an even better word is - versatile. 84 Battery powered technology in the DJ world is most definitely here to stay. Whether it’s lighting, lighting controllers, DJ controllers, radio microphones or even PA.

In PA in particular, the amount of choice has grown exponentially in a very short period of time. Battery development has been supercharged in a relatively short period. Power cell technology and chemistry continue to develop at a pace that makes it very difficult for product designers and manufacturers to keep up. Most recently, the development of chemical pastes that improve heat dissipation have resulted in huge strides in terms of increasing both the efficiency and durability of both cells and batteries.

So, battery-powered technology is powering product development and the use for it is growing. TikTok especially has allowed brides and grooms to be much more creative when organising their big day. The ability to deploy a powerful speaker at a moment’s notice is becoming increasingly important. I’ve been successfully working with battery powered speakers for some time - the flexibility to have a speaker set up in unusual places in a moment’s notice has brought a great deal of adaptability to my approach.

Rapidly deployed PA allows you to immediately respond to situations such as a boquet toss, a spontaneous outdoor first dance, or produce a DJ set during cocktail hour or room breakout. This type of PA can also be very helpful when adhering to a venue’s noise regulations. As we all know, there is nothing worse than the sound going off altogether during an event. But using speakers that are designed to deliver high sound pressure levels utilising only mid-top frequencies with the benefit of battery backup may mean less disruption.

Sensitive and unpredictable sound limiter? Battery powered PA is the perfect answer. The compact market which includes the type of speaker featured in this review has been evolving rapidly, and there are some huge brands making a lot of brilliant new products, not least of which is Yamaha’s STAGEPAS 200 ( in issue 118 of Pro Mobile), the bigger brother of this new product. YAMAHA STAGEPAS s battery power improves, the It’s a small unit speakers it’s used for get larger, x 21.5cm when in fact, this little unit is astonishing probably the smallest portable sound comes professional PA.

So they’ve gone unit. Connectivity the other way - Yamaha might be too. It has a on to something. on the front connections With a maximum SPL of 120db, one is a Neutrik the STAGEPAS is utilising a mic/line level every watt of the 100w class-D two is the same, amplifier. It’s extremely punchy a Hi-Z switch for such a small unit and will be a mini Jack and useful in a lot of situations as for Bluetooth. previously described. output for speakers.

Aesthetically speaking, it’s very different and really interesting. It’s very well put Out of the box I’m immediately expect from thinking “where’s the top hat for it really wins a speaker stand?” and "what’s sound. A single with the angled base?" Instead throat compression of a top hat, there is a thread create a really for a microphone stand that is really cuts perfectly positioned and nicely already said it, balances the speaker in pretty as soon as you much any position. much more YAMAHA STAGEPAS at 24cm x 31cm Battery life is impressive too. and weighs 5.5kg, Recharge time is two and a half considering how much hours, and can run for up to six out of such a small hours.

That’s certainly enough for is versatile a ceremony, drinks reception and three-channel mixer wedding breakfast. of the unit with on the rear. Channel Overall, I’m very impressed. It’s Combi Jack with like a perfect sounding Japanese switch. Channel Swiss Army knife of a product but incorporates that gives the competition much too.

Channel three is to worry about! can also be used It even has an XLR connecting to other together, as you’d Yamaha. But where is in the quality of 6.5" LF and a 1" driven coax punchy sound that through. I know I’ve but give it a listen can, there is so sound than you expect. 85