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This is a Behringer Europort EPA150, which is a 150w PA system, including powered mixer and two speakers.
The original instruction manual is included as well as the original box & packaging. I’ve only used it a handful of times so it’s in decent condition too.
The powered mixer is built into a hard plastic shell which doubles up as a case for storing & carrying the whole system, including the speakers.
The main pic shows the hinged door removed for clarity.
Picture 2 shows the hinged door in place, so the system can still be used with the door attached, which prevents it from getting lost. The inside of this lid also has basic instructions printed on it, so if you’re at a gig & have forgotten the manual & need to check something, it’s there for you. Note the pouch just behind the mixer which is also attached in place & is useful for storing the speaker and mains cables (all included) and also your capo, tuner, picks, spare strings etc and other small gigging accessories.
Picture 3 shows how the hinged door can be semi-open, so the controls can still be reached, but discourages curious fingers from tampering. Cute!
Pictures 4 and 5 show how the unit looks when the speakers are attached onto the side of the case for ease of transport & storage. It’s very neat & compact and the handle folds down too.
Picture 6 shows the mixer panel. There are 4 channels in total, 3 mono and 1 stereo.
Each channel has a 3-band equaliser (treble, mid and bass), a level fader and an effects knob, which sends that channel to the built-in effects unit. There are stereo output faders and a separate control for the headphone volume.
There is a headphone socket, phono outputs (useful if you want to record your performance into a separate recording device, for instance) and a direct jack output. This is very handy as it enables you to hook up the whole thing as a foldback device, to (for instance) an external PA system that may be at the venue where you’re performing. So for instance, you can use this unit to hear yourself onstage with the speakers pointing towards you, while the audience get the more powerful main PA system’s sound.
Along the top of the unit is a 7-band graphic equaliser, which acts on the output, so affects all channels. It can be bypassed with the controls left where they are. It also has a feedback buster built-in, to help you to stop feedback, but the equaliser must be switched on for this to work.
The built-in digital effects processor is also global and therefore affects all channels, but you can control how much of each channel goes to the effects. So for example, if you like lots of reverb on the vocals, less on the guitar and none on the keyboard, you can do that, or whatever balance you wish. However, you can’t have reverb on the voice and a different effect on the guitar for instance, you can only have one effect at a time.
The effects processor has reverb, delay, chorus and pitch effects and also has ‘multi’ settings where two effects are combined.
Picture 7 shows the mixer’s front panel connections. Channels 1 and 2 are mono and can take an XLR mic or line level input. Channel 3 also has a line-level input plus a jack for mic or hi-Z instrument use (guitar etc). The jack sockets on channels 1,2 and 3 can accept balanced or unbalanced jacks. Also these three channels can only take input from one of their inputs at a time. Channel 4 is the stereo channel and can take jacks or RCA phonos (but again only either or). So for example, you could have two mics, a guitar and a stereo keyboard all running through at the same time if you wished, or three mics and a keyboard.
The back of the mixer has only the two speaker outputs and the IEC mains connector.
Picture 8 shows the back and underside of the speakers, the connector used is a speaker-level quarter-inch jack (cables included as mentioned above). The socket underneath the speaker is designed to enable the speakers to mount onto standard mic stands, NOT traditional PA speaker stands.
Please note that this unit needs mains power to work (mains cable included, as mentioned), it has no battery facility. Also it has no bluetooth or wireless facilities of any type, so if you want to play your backing tracks through it from your phone, tablet or mp3 player, you’ll need to use mixer inputs. But for a solo performer, it shouldn’t be a problem as there are enough inputs to spare.
The dimensions of the unit when closed are approx. 60cm long, 32cm high (with the handle down) and 18cm deep and weighs about 12kg in total.
It’s an ideal small PA system for acoustic coffee-shop gigs for a small band, for a solo performer who perhaps wants to use more than just a mic and a guitar onstage, as a band rehearsal PA to take to your local church, town hall or even garage, or even as a foldback system, where the band/artist can use it just to hear themselves while also connecting to a larger PA system at the venue for the audience.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask :)
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