Behringer CE500A Powered Installation Speaker
Upgrade your PA system with this powered speaker from Behringer. It puts out superior sound quality with minimal background noise and wide-range frequency.
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Submitted May 18, 2014 by Jon R in Citrus Heights, CA
"Small P.A. for small situations."
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These are kid-sized powered P.A. speakers that put out 80w (peak, I think, I imagine it's 40w program). Smaller than a shoebox for an adult foot, and a little over 10lb each. 5.5in driver with a piezo tweeter. They also come with hardware to mount to a wall.
Sound
a little boxy, tell the truth. Pretty rich and full for the speaker size though. I wouldn't necessarily use these as studio monitors for mixing but they'd be excellent to listen to the mixdown in a room instead of near-fields. They could use a powered sub.
Features
They can take a hit better than a set of monitors. They're lightweight and small. Behringer should include a handle in their hardware with these.
They have RCA red/white in (they're mono, but if you have two one gets the red and one gets the white), balanced 3 pin microphone in and a balanced pin out for sending the signal to another speaker.
I would like a 1/4 in, but you can't have it all, can ya. That's why Hosa maked an adapter for everything.
The speakers have clip/limit protection, but I haven't gotten to that point yet.
Get a few sets and daisy chain them with the buffered signal out, or daisy chain to a sub with built in crossover.
Ease of Use
Unbox, plug in, RCA in, and turn on. That's it. Pretty easy if I do say so myself.
Quality
I was looking for something to PA around the house, something that my wife could use as a portable PA, and something I could possibly use as a sound reinforcement for my TV. These fit the bill on all parts, and are more rugged than home audio equipment or studio monitors. There might be a sacrifice of sound quality, but I'm not really worried about it.
Value
Value is subjective, but for my personal needs, this is a high value. My wife would not be able to lug any of the standard-sized PA speakers to work in my price range. Fitment in multiple situations is minimal with the bulky thermoplastic powered speakers, and imagine how horrifying it would be to suddenly have a small child dime the volume on a Class D 1000w speaker when watching a sit-com.
The main point however, is that there is almost no competitive-sized PA speakers on the market to this. It's assumed that the market doesn't want them because they don't buy them, but they don't buy them because they aren't sold.
Manufacturer Support
Haven't dealt with them, and I don't expect much.
The Wow Factor
The design of these is such that they try to minimize Wow factors. They're supposed to be unobtrusive, like most business music reinforcement speakers. They're fairly rugged, fairly loud, fairly light, and very utilitarian. The wow factor is that they do their job.
Musical Background:
I have seldom worked professionally in my 25 years of music playing.
Musical Style:
everything from black metal to alt country and classical.
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Submitted April 1, 2018 by Michael S in Poughkeepsie , NY
"This Speaker is Awesome "
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There isn't a lot of reviews on this Speaker. I bought 4 of them for a Meeting in a tennis clubhouse with 300 ppl. It was just used for voice and light music. I was blown away by the sound of these! The rooms were 40' x 60' with hardwood flooring and had 2 in each room. It filled each room with clear clean sound. In my sound test with music, they played louder then I expected. The music was clear, clean and punchy. Now you won't expect booming lows to shake a room, but these will make you take a second look. It had me thinking you can do a small wedding reception with them if you add a behringer 12" powered sub(s) they would do top ends nicely and clean and clear. You could also use one Speaker with just a mic for a simple PA.
I had these running thru a Behringer XR12 AIR Mixer which is an awesome piece of gear as well. I had them daisy chained from the mixer. With that setup, you can do most events from weddings to corporate events. If add more pairs to the system it just gets even louder and even coverage. I was able to find tripod adaptors that I could mount them on top of tripods and this made the system more portable. I packed 4 of them in 27 gallon tote storage bin ($ 8.97 Home Depot) with all cabling as well.
My settings on the speakers were set to 1 o'clock on the dial. Even with the loud music peaks during the test, it never clipped. Even when I pushed them they didn't clip, they just got louder. The speakers do have limiters in them to protect them. Per Speaker puts out 113db on my sound test. Which is pretty loud if you get 4 of them. You can only imagine having 4 more of them.
Over all this Speaker does what they say it does. It pack up easy and sounds amazing. I will be using these for a mobile sound setups. These are good speakers and can't say enough.
Musical Background:
Mobile Sound Professional for over 26 years
Musical Style:
R&B, House, Blues, Electronic, Reggaeton, and more.
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Submitted April 2, 2018 by Michael S in Poughkeepsie, NY
"Please look at these!"
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There isn't a lot on line about these speakers. You know what the ads say about them and what they do.( If you use these for just speech, you will need .5 watts per person times (x) how many people will be there. This event 285 x .5 = 147 watts needed to be heard clearly. So 4 of these will be more then enough.) But I'm here to tell how I used them. I just needed some small and portable for just Speech and light background music, for a crowd of 285. THESE SPEAKER ARE A HIT!! These aren't made to be just permanent installed speakers. I used them as a mobile speaker with tripod adaptors for mounting on tripod stands.
I used a Behringer XR12 XAIR mixer with 2 mics and 2 iPads (One to control the levels and sound of the mixer. The other for Music) and 4 Behringer CE500Bk. The rooms were 40' x 60' and it was 3 rooms of that size. Hardwood floors but the chairs were set up in only 2 of the rooms. This system was clear, clean and no distortion what so ever. It can be heard thru out the facility clearly! I had the dials on back of the speakers set to 1 o'clock . During my sound test I played music that had loud peaks and not one speaker clipped! The sound check with mics were equally impressive. During my sound test it was giving me 115db standing at various points in the rooms.
The sound of these are clean and clear with a punchy surprising sound that will make you take a double look. I can only imagine what 8 of these would do with a 12" Behringer Powered sub. You can get to party levels with the right equipment.
These are really good speakers. They can be tripod mounted with the Rockville mounts on Amazon for 8.95 a pair. You can pack 4 of them, with all cabling, in a 27 gallon tote storage bin from Home Depot for 8.97. These don't have to be just permanent installed speakers you can do other events like wedding ceremonies, school functions, lecture halls, corporate events etc.... But if you want a party these can do so. I used 4 of these and I'm very impressed. I will get 4 more for larger gatherings. If you add a sub, your in party mode with these. If you need something light and portable, these will fit the bill.
Musical Background:
Professional 26 years of Mobile Audio and Video Installer
Musical Style:
House, Jazz, Acid Jazz, R&B, Electronica, Electro Swing, Latin and more..
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