Simple answer - because I was being cheap on the bottom end. Never be cheap on the mid or high range tops though. Bass is bass IMHO and most places round here always ask me to tone down the bottom end anyway these days (wimps!) - The bass is also quite omnidirectional and all you need to do is put it out there and make it thump on their chests (that is where the GoRack works great with EQ and Sub Synth). They actually do sound very good for the little things they are (I also have the bigger brother B1500D Pro which I blew and put in a much better eminence driver and it really punches awesome now - way better than the original tin can driver - you will see in the vid). I used to have Yorkville 18's but they are just stupid large and I ain't getting younger plus space is an issue. When I hand all this gear over to my son in the next year or so (he understudies me right now - just turned 21 for side bucks), he can go out and get the big guns again if he so chooses. The main reason I got them was I was looking to augment my EV ELX112P tops to take the load off them as a full range speakers in mid sized venues. At the price point they sell them for I thought "What the heck, why not give one a whirl?" So I did - I bought only one first as per the vids below and was moderately impressed so I got another and paired them up - stacked they are quite impressive. I had Behringer tops for a very short while - they were absolute garbage so I dumped them for EVs. I am not a real big gear snob either as I do have a Behring DEQ2496 that works pretty good as well. Before that I had old school 18 inch based full range pair of Cerwin Vegas that made people with weak bowels mess themselves when cranked but even with wheels they were too large to cart around. I am also very much trying to maintain a system that all fits nicely in my crew cab pickup complete with video system so I can't really go bigger anymore. My philosophy on the 1200 Behrys was if I ever frapped them (and I thought I likely would given my experience with the 1500) I could then put better drivers in them and get a better sub for a modest price like I did with their bigger brother. Very easy to do. Never had to do that so far and I abuse the heck out of them sometimes - especially with the young (uck) Hip-Hop Crowd. Been using them for over a year now and they are tough little puppies!
Here was my first review:
