Amazed by how good these sound.

[JPJ]

Having never really used anything smaller than 12” tops, I’ve always been a bit reluctant to try 10s as FOH but when a pair of mk1 Italian made RCF Art 310A came available locally for a give away price I decided to jump on them. Fast forward to this morning, and we held a ‘technical’ rehearsal for our acoustic Americana three-piece to test these out alongside my recently procured Behringer Flow 8, ahead of a gig next weekend. 
Firstly, these things are amazingly loud (probably louder than my EV ZLX15P’s), and also much clearer. The line-up is female lead vocal, male BV, two acoustic guitars, and me fumbling away on double bass. The guitars needed no eq whatsoever, and only the lightest of fairy dust on the vox. The 310’s handled the bass admirably, and I was able to get a very natural sound. 
The Flow 8 (should really be called the Flow 6) continues to amaze me and took no time at all to set up. With five of the six channels in use, plus FOH, and a single monitor feed, this diminutive little mixer coped brilliantly. 
So I now have a complete setup that will fit in the car without losing the back seats, and will arguably sound better than my ‘big rig’ for the types of gigs we play with the acoustic band 😎

[Steve Browning]

Things have moved on since the days of the HiSys2s.

[Phil Starr]

Welcome to the club.

 

I bought mine way back way before Covid for the simple reason that Andertons were selling them off cheap and I couldn't resist. They started life as floor monitors and immediately gave me way more headroom before feedback down to a truly flat response. I quickly adopted them for rehearsals and the vocal sound was so good I started using them for gigs. They've become my go to speakers for small gigs and for my semi acoustic duo and my duo partner bought a second pair for his solo gigs and for us to use as floor monitors. I now put everything through them including kick and bass and my best ever live sound for bass has consistently come from these up on poles.

 

They are completely unspectacular, they just put out the sound you feed in to them, reliably and at volume. They aren't exactly light but the compact size means they are completely manageable and oh, that vocal sound from what is really a budget speaker.