New guy here, need some help.

[Coachmoe]

Greetings!

Behringer customer support is virtually non existent so I have arrived here with a pretty simple question that I hope someone can answer.

My band has a pair of Eurolive B115 MP3 speakers that we use for mains for indoor gigs. I want to add another pair of Behringer B115's for outdoor gigs.

My question is this: Is the Eurolive B115 D speaker the same as the B115 MP3 only without the MP3 Player? Does it have the same speaker / horn, same amp only minus the MP 3 player?

It appears to be the same speaker, dimension wise, just trying to figure out which one to get.

Thanks in advance for any assistance anyone can supply.

[pvannatto]

Is the Eurolive B115 D speaker the same as the B115 MP3 only without the MP3 Player? Does it have the same speaker / horn, same amp only minus the MP 3 player?

Welcome to our forum. The published specs (1000W Class D amplifier, 15'' long-excursion driver,1.35'' aluminum-diaphragm compression driver) seem to indicate everything is the same except the addition of the MP3 player. Gut feeling is that they released the 115D years ago, then released the 115 MP3 after the success of the B207MP3 spot monitor.

[KMaxwell]

I can’t find the dispersion specifications, all it says is “Ultra-wide dispersion”. This probably means that it is 90 degrees wide or wider. These types of speakers are not meant to be used with more than just 1 per side of the stage for house speakers. They output will interfere with each other and sound bad due to that interference.

There is one way that you can use 2 per side with wide coverage speakers. Below is something I wrote for someone else but it might apply to you also.


I will assume that they are 90 degrees wide coverage or more.

If this is for use with a live band and you only need 90 degrees of coverage a side I would suggest that you use the Dual PA method. But if it for a DJ then this method won’t help.

With horns with 90 degrees horizontal coverage the chances are if you splay the boxes (next to each other) so the horns play nice together when in pairs you will have to splay the fronts too far apart and then the 15s probably don’t play nice together any more.

Have you ever heard of the Dual PA Method?

The dual PA method for you would be to put 2 speakers on each side of the stage and flat front them. Feed one on each side only the instruments and the other one on each side only the vocals. This can work great if all you need is the maximum horizontal coverage that you get with one speaker a side.

The first time I did a dual PA setup I was expected to use 2 speakers aside in a room that was capable of being covered with one a side because the dispersion was wide enough. And the room was only about 900 seats with a balcony but no under balcony. My solution was to do the dual PA trick and I loved it.

[Coachmoe]

K Maxwell,

Thanks for your input. I’ve not heard of the dual PA thing before.