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Performer Guide
1. Select The Range:
Value
Professional
Ultimate
Value Performer
Whether you're starting off, semi-professional, a weekend warrior or playing for a living; you don't want to blow the gig because of a bad sounding PA. If you plan to buy PA boxes on a budget, you can easily end up with an unreliable pile of sonic junk that's more like a fire alarm than a crowd pleaser. That's why the RCF Art series is a good option – it's not the cheapest system on the market but it's the best value and most reliable in its price range.
Just because you have a lot of different needs doesn't mean you need a van full of gear. The Art Series offers reliable PA boxes that can do a bit of everything; yesterday it was the rehearsal PA, now it's a keyboard monitor, tomorrow a fold-back system, next week, it's covering a full band PA gig.
If you are on a tight budget, here are some options:
- Art 310a 2-way 350 RMS watt 10” + 1” polymer horn powered speaker system
- Art 312a 2-way 350 RMS watt 12” + 1” titanium horn powered speaker system
- Art 315a 2-way 350 RMS watt 15” + 1” titanium horn powered speaker system
Professional Performer
The Art 322a and 325a are the ‘Tradesman's Ute’ of the Australian audio rental industry. industry. In the 90s, the RCF 300a was the first plastic speaker system to be taken seriously by the PA industry. Ten years later, there are still many original Art 300a models in use by rental and production companies around Australia.
The Art 322a and 325a are popular because they have the output and performance of an expensive compact production speaker without the $4,000+ price tag. Not only that, the Art boxes have plastic casings and lightweight components, which makes them super ‘back friendly’ at 3:00am.
The RCF Art powered speakers most used by Pro audio companies are:
- Art 310a 2-way 350 RMS watt 10” + 1” polymer horn powered speaker system
- Art 322a 2-way 400+ RMS watt 12” + 2” titanium horn powered speaker system
- Art 325a 2-way 400+ RMS watt 15” + 2” titanium horn powered speaker system
Ultimate Performer
A 750W full range powered speaker box that weighs under 20 kg? ‘Tell 'im he's dreamin’!
RCF is a world leader in driver technology and they have teamed up with a cutting edge Danish hi-tech amplifier manufacturer to produce the most notable giant leap forward in speaker box technology we are going to see for some time. The only other powered speakers with this kind of technology cost upwards of $10,000 each and are usually only purchased by big production companies with big budgets.
The acoustic output of these boxes is around 131dB and for the non technical, that is about the same output a big concert PA box puts out per box when it is in an array of 30 or 40 other boxes and powered with 100 amps of 3 phase power. The amplifiers in the new 522a/525a boxes are 95% efficient and produce almost no heat so you can get all this output from a domestic power outlet in a box light enough to be easily stand mounted or flown by one person.
Thinking all this power will cook the speaker drivers? No chance – the drivers are manufactured from hi-tech materials built to handle massive power. Not only that, everything is protected by digital system controllers that optimise the performance without making it sound over-processed.
This doesn't mean that you want to blow the paint off the walls at every gig – it just makes for a system that has lots of reserve and can handle a big dynamic range, and full range music without stress.
If you want the best in a plastic powered PA system, you'll be waiting a long time before you beat this.
- Art 522a 2-way 750 RMS watt 12” + 2” titanium horn powered speaker system
- Art 525a 2-way 750 RMS watt 15” + 2” titanium horn powered speaker system
Select a speaker size below..
10”
When it comes to the load out, size is everything.
Not just for small gigs and rehearsals, 10” speakers can pack a real punch if used correctly. RCF 10” neodymium speaker drivers have a small cone area compared to the size of the motor driving them. This means fast response, clean bass and a defined mid-range, ideally suited for voice, sax, trumpet, keyboards and stringed instruments.
12”
The one size fits all solution.
The 12” speaker system can produce as much bass as the 15” speaker but with better mid-range. For size and weight, a 12” system can be the best compromise when you want a system that can do a bit of everything.
15”
The “S.U.V 4-wheel drive” of speakers. More weight, more punch, but do you need it?
15” speakers are good for bass but they need to be in a box big enough to really get them moving air. The 15” Art speakers perform more like a specialized ‘production PA’ speaker and are designed to match up perfectly when used with a separate sub bass. The 15” speaker packs a lot of punch but isn't as strong as the 12” speaker for vocals. Some say the compromise is worth it – it all depends on what you’re using it for.
…Match it up with a 15” speaker in a dedicated sub bass box – now we've got a really big sounding system for high horsepower productions.
