BehringerEPS500MP3

Nice little system. Comes with speaker cables (16 ft each), a surprisingly decent vocal mic (see brochure on company website for the model), a pretty long XLR male/female cable for the mic, and of course the speakers and sound board. Mine also came with what appears to be an attachment for mounting the board to a stand. I also ordered speaker stands separately. 4 stars because the digital reverb is limited to a "studio" type setting, but that is how it is advertised, so no foul. And limited reverb on this type of system is not uncommon, admitedly. The system has some power and sounds really great to me right out of the box. I recommend getting the TC-Helicon Voicetone R1 voice-tuned reverb pedal to enhance your reverb options for the main vocal mic. It's just over 100 bucks on Amazon. The mic would connect to the pedal, and then you'd run another XLR cable to the board, so get one of those if you go this route and don't have an extra. Karaoke folks may want to add an Audio 2000S portable flat panel monitor stand and maybe a second mic, and you'd have a really nice system. Overall, I am quite pleased. Of other systems in the price range, this one is a leader of the pack in my view.UPDATE: As I mentioned, the reverb on this PA is limited, and I felt bad giving one person good reverb through the TC-Helicon Voicetone R1 reverb pedal that I've been using, while the other person had a mic directly into the PA with the more limited reverb. So, I found this solution: the Galaxy Audio JIB/C Mic Combiner XLR 2 to 1. This little box accepts inputs from two XLR mics, combines the signals, and then has one XLR output which you can run into the reverb pedal. Works great as long as you aren't in a professional setting where each vocalist needs their own channel. Also, when I first set up the reverb pedal with a cheaper mic, I got some bad line noise. Could have been a fluke, but when I plugged in a Shure SM58, no noise. However, when I ran the Shure SM58 and the cheaper mic through the combiner and then into the reverb pedal and on to the PA, no line noise! So, now I can use my two mics through the reverb pedal. Obviously you'll need a bunch of XLR cables if you want to rig up two mics along with the combiner and the reverb pedal. I couldn't be more pleased with the system as a whole now. The PA sounds great by itself. Add the TC-Helicon reverb pedal and the Galaxy Audio combiner, and you're in business. With the Audio 2000S portable flat panel monitor stand (mentioned in my review) and a mic stand, all of this makes for a great home karaoke system, assuming you have a laptop and can run a VGA cable to the monitor on the monitor stand to mirror what's on the laptop screen. Get yourself an account with Singsnap.com or similar site, and your karaoke parties will last until dawn. The finishing touch is a small DIY/homemade mini-stage (mostly just to hide cables) and some track lighting with colored GU10 bulbs. : )

I really must express one frustration about this product. I was lied to by the seller, and manufacturer, regarding the wattage. It's NOT 500 Watts. It's only about 100, to 150 Watts RMS. This dishonesty has got to stop, now.However, in a small venue, up to about 1500 square feet, it does sound fairly decent in the mids, and highs. Even the bass notes didn't sound bad.I am awaiting a subwoofer, which is supposed to be a 300 Watt RMS type. I'll update.The mixer is fairly decent for it's size. There's a fan inside it, which you can hear if you put year ear close enough to it.The MP3 player is quite pointless, because there's no display to show you what you're playing. But, I suppose it would make for a ready backup, if you only have one playlist on a USB stick. LOL.I did have to crank my tablet PC (playback device) all the way to 90 percent, and the mixer's main output, and input gain all the way to about 7, with bass, and treble set to the 3:00 position to fill the room with about half the volume a DJ would be running. I'm guessing I'll be able to pull back on some of those volumes once the sub comes in.At the above mentioned volume settings, I walked to other rooms of my house, and it did seem fairly powerful, for it's size.Oh, speaking of size, the shipping dimensions are way off. I think the seller was talking about just one speaker. The box was about the size of one of those roll around storage tubs, and was fairly heavy.Each speaker, on it's own, is not very heavy, especially once you remove the mixer, and stowed mic, and cabling. I found the included stand adaptor for the mixer, and was able to attach it to the top of a mic stand, no problem. I do wish the adaptor had the same quick release feature the mixer has for stowing, and in-stowing to, and from the speaker cab. You might want to tape a zip lock baggie on the mixer, for storing the two screws that hold the adaptor to the mixer. I'd also recommend getting a video lighting stud, to threaded mic stand adaptor, so you can quickly attach, and remove the mixer, during teardown. You'll be looking for the smaller mic stand adaptor threading, not the 5/8. As it is, I was able to thread it onto a clamp on mic boom, which I removed the arm with the 5/8 bit from, in order to use the smaller threaded mic mount. When clamped to the stand I'm using, it worked perfectly, just a wee bit of motion, if you bumped it, but quite stable enough for my gig needs. My theremin will go on main part of the stand, along with a clamp on tablet holder, and clamp on mic holder.Yeh, it sure would've been nice, had the RMS Wattage been listed prominently in the product description, along with the continuous, and peak Wattage. I wouldn't have bought it. Sort of wish I hadn't, but I suppose the compact size, and power will work out fine in small pubs, where there are only about 25, to 50 peeps yammering away, as they have mug, and a pipe, with a wee sup, and fellowship. Eh?Now I've had a chance to try it out, I'll certainly keep the system, but just for small to medium rooms.I've got me eye on a fairly decent system which does have the RMS wattage of about 400 RMS watts, which should be fine for the slightly larger rooms, but this system will have to do, for now.Oh, I do recommend getting a left angled female IEC to male mains cable, to make the power cable run from the mixer less "in the way".The only other knit pick I have is the spacing of the mixer elements (channels) are a wee bit tight for my tastes. For example, the right angle speaker cables tend to block the USB port, or the meter LEDS, if you don't remember to slip the one nearest you under the guard rail, and then plug it in. The other can go in, as is, no problem. I recommend using straight plugs when going into the aux input, if you intend to have anything else plugged in near it. Other than that, right angle plugs can be used for XLR, or 1/4, next to each other, no problem.I'll be conducting a mic check on the mixer, and will update, soon.Speaking of microphones, the only gripe I have over that, is the mic clip is just a wee thing, isn't it? The XLR cable just barely fits into it. The main body of the mic won't You'll break the poor thing, if you try. LOL. I recommend you pack along one, or two of your favorite mic clips, to be safe.Regarding overall quality of sound, I'd say this works quite nicely. I did not notice any hissing, or humming. I do have poor wiring, so that's a very good sign.The speakers slipped onto my 35mm speaker stands, no problem.I like the handle on top of the speaker, which makes for easy unpack / repack. I only wish the speakers had side handles for easier mounting on stands.I noticed the speakers have floor wedge on one side, so it can be used as a monitor. Speaking of which.By the way, if you're using a nice, higher RMS wattage system for a medium to large venue, and need something to liven up dead spats in the room, this system might be the answer for that.I only wish the seller, and factory had been up front, and forth coming with the actual RMS Wattage. I did ask the community about it, and got no answer. Hmmm...Also did NOT appreciate the product having been shipped in it's factory retail box, which would tell every bloody porch bandit who happened along, what was waiting on the porch! Oh yes, I did catch someone trying to steel it this morning. Just happened to be watching the security cam at the time, when the delivery showed up.Right. Anywhoo, I'll update, once I've got the sub on the system.