cgar18 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Looking to buy this or Electro-Voice ZLX-12P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoeWoe Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I have a single 612 as my home speaker. I really like it. So far I've had great luck setting tones and having them sound very close at church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ric1966 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I play my Firehawk FX through an EON 612 and my band's other guitarist plays his Helix Floor through an EON 610. We have been playing guitar together for years and our rehearsal/live sound has never been better! In a live situation we both run from from our Line 6 units into the powered speakers using mono XLR output and then feed the house from the speakers' XLR outs (pass thru). For the sound man, it's just like getting a hot microphone signal, only it requires no EQ! We have both tweaked the EQs on our EONs to sound as much like our JBL 515XT mains as possible, so all patches dialed in on the EONs sound almost identical through the mains. The EON Connect smart phone app is very useful for setting them up this way. Highly recommend EONs at the $350-400 price point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hideout Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I have EON610s and they're plenty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 A couple of 610s here. Scott at thehelixchannel.com uses 612s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriciogac Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Hi. Im just getting a pair of Eon 612 to match it in stwreo with the Helix floor. I want to ask what are the Eq do you use to get the better results. I can use the android app. Thwnk you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurston9 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I use EON 615, interested in the 610 for a smaller, more portable monitor. How do they compare? Would a 610 hold up on its own for practice/jamming/rehearsal without going to the PA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I have a couple of 610s at home. I have them set to Monitor mode since I have them on the floor as wedges. If you are going to run them above the floor, I would suggest "main" mode which would be a "flat response" without the cuts to bass coupling of "monitor mode". If you are a metal player, you may need a little extra bass response in the 612s, but that is beyond my personal needs. They can hold up in terms of volume. I have only gotten up to about 50% on them before wife and kids start yelling at me. Building presets on the JBLs translates well over to a QSC system for me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ric1966 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 EON Custom EQ settings: Bass +2.5, EQ1 300 Hz +1.5 dB Q=0.25, EQ2 600 Hz +1.0 dB Q=0.50, EQ3 3900 Hz +.75 dB Q=1.0, Treble -1.5 dB. These values are intended to make an EON sound like a JBL 515XT (our mains). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ric1966 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Here's a screenshot from the EON Connect app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriciogac Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Do you use this values in "monitor" dsp? I measure the freq response throwing pink noise to the speakers and use more gain dB in similar frecuencies to flatten the response of sound.... also cut the bass and roll off the highs.... but im not "there" yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriciogac Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Anyone has a measure of the freq response of the speakers in the real world.... I found that flatening the response ... more natural is the sound and more similar to have the real amp beside me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ric1966 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I use this custom EQ curve with the "Main" setting overall. I think it sounds good with the speaker on a stand or on the floor in monitor position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzumwalt Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I use one 610 as a wedge monitor and it is loud enough by far for my purposes (electric guitar at church and acoustic guitar in a cover band). At church I plug Helix Floor into channel 1 and my monitor mix from the house into channel 2 and I can adjust the relative loudness of my guitar from there. I use 1/4" plugs for both channels, although the monitor feed is XLR from FOH up to a DI box on stage I use in reverse because I never got around to buying a Male/Female adapter. Or I just don't know what I'm doing. The house monitor feed gives me a bit of hiss (the Helix is dead quiet by comparison), so I set a fairly big dip in the EQ around 9K, as well as a good amount of high cut. I also use a little low cut and a small bump around 1K. I always use the monitor setting. I don't change the EQ when I play acoustic guitar, I use different Helix presets for that and, obviously, I set them up accordingly. What I try to achieve is something close to the sound of the main loudspeakers, without so much bass that it gets muddy, and that sounds good practicing at home. As I mentioned above, I use a small amount of low cut. So I don't have any need for more bass response as it is, and I've never considered upgrading to a 612. Now, I generally prefer more mids than bass, so, if you love bass, my opinion may not mean as much to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsdenj Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I use two EON610s for live gigging and run stereo. I have to back off the high end a little as those speakers can be a bit bright and harsh. But overall they sound fine, are quite light and seem pretty reliable. Good value for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock2112 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Just bough an EON615. So far liking it a lot for both guitar and bass. Hope to buy another soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpdennis Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 For rooms under 5,000 SqFt the band I am in uses 5 to 6 of these for monitors based upon the stage. I am told the sound of my Helix on stage is amazing. I know I like it. So, from that perspective I find them to work very well. I typically go straight in to the PA with no FRFR directly connected to my Helix. However, this past Sunday I used my Alto TS215 as a FRFR in a church that is more "Wall of Sound" on stage and that sounded very good. I will see about using one of our ZLX-12P next Sunday and report back. Not to high-jack the thread but since this is really about FRFR ... we had a pro-setup last Saturday at a fair. The sound engineers were blown away that they could run my Helix straight to the board and have my Helix channel EQ flat. One of the sound engineers is also a guitarist and I do believe I have converted him as he said he now knows what he want to buy next. Resistance is futile ... you will be assimilated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbiekol Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Reviving an old thread. I'm running my Helix through a JBL EON 615. Twice now I have lost the gain at very important moments. I cant duplicate the problem at home but am suspecting it has to do with heat. Has anyone had these cabinets cut out on them?....any experiences with heat?...anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsdenj Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I have use a pair of EON610s for a number of years with Helix and never had a gain dropout. Maybe you have a power problem at the gig location? I use a Powercab+ 112 now instead of the two EON610s. What I have noticed is that the Powercab sounds more natural (less hyped bass and treble) than the EON610s, requires less low and high cut on my IRs, and cuts through the mix a lot better. That may be because I use the Powercab on an amp stand and get it off the floor. That will make it project better and have less flub in the bottom end due to bass coupling with the floor. My setup is mono now, but simpler, lighter, faster to setup and sounds better. I can still use the 610s to create a real nice wet-dry-wet setup, but I haven’t found the need for that yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestOpinion Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 15 hours ago, Robbiekol said: Reviving an old thread. I'm running my Helix through a JBL EON 615. Twice now I have lost the gain at very important moments. I cant duplicate the problem at home but am suspecting it has to do with heat. Has anyone had these cabinets cut out on them?....any experiences with heat?...anybody? I have had them fail as they heat up. In my experience using JBLs that has usually been the symptom of a failing board/power supply , usually it gets worse but maybe you'll get lucky and it is something else. You can try playing recorded music through it for a while to see if it happens again. Might not be a conclusive test if is just starting to fail though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarbloke1980 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I'm using a JBL PRX710, but I did have an EON612 for a few weeks before that - I liked the EON612 a lot, and it sounded 'bigger' than the PRX, but overall I found the PRX a little more focused and could compete better against my very loud drummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbiekol Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Thanks folks.....good idea....ill run some tunes through it for a few hours to see if i can duplicate...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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