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DJ Guide
1. Select The Range:
Value
Professional
Ultimate
Value DJ
Ever been to a European nightclub? The Americans might have invented rap and funk but the Europeans (particularly the Italians) have always had the best bass. Any technophile will tell you that no other PA system will handle 12 hours of full power bass better than RCF.
The RCF Art series makes it possible to get the authentic Euro sound from a PA you can fit into a small car. Art series boxes are made in RCF's Northern Italian factory with technology you would only expect to see in a much more expensive product.
If you're a DJ looking to put together a quality compact system, the Art 312a or 315a make a great foundation to a bigger system or on their own as a compact and powerful gig partner.
If you are on a budget, or looking for something to get started, 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 DJ
A professional DJ that has to battle with a second rate speaker system is in for a hard night. If your system starts pumping out 120dB of distortion or worse - the system dies, everybody will be looking at you for all the wrong reasons and t's mighty lonely up there when you're on a DJ podium bathed in sudden silence.
You're only as good as the PA so if you don't want to be experiencing the premature end of your career, you'd better start demanding a better system. If compact portable PA gigs are your market, the RCF Art series really is the last word in plastic powered speakers.
The RCF Art Series speakers most used by Pro DJ rental companies and experienced mobile DJ's 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 DJ
A 750W full range powered speaker box that weighs under 20 kg? Yo Baby!
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 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.
The RCF art 10” 2-way speakers will never be a 'doof machine' because a 10” speaker will never be able to put out the bottom end a DJ needs. They do, however, have clean and defined mid-highs, and if you add a separate sub bass, you'll get a hi-fi club sound that is portable and fast to set up.
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 any track with vocals and this includes yours. When you start pumping the crowd they'll really hear you because nothing gets vocals across a room more than 10” speakers.
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 are similar to the old 'J Bin', which produces a sound with loads of bottom end – a sound that engineers often try to simulate digitally. The 15” speaker packs a lot of punch but isn’t as strong as the 12” speaker for vocals. Some will say the compromise is worth it – it all depends on what you're using it for.
…Put the 15” speaker in a dedicated sub bass box – now we're making real bass.
