Electro-Voice Evolve 50 Vs 30M - One Year Later

Which one do I like best?

[Jamminn]

Really appreciate this, Brian. Love all of your videos: practical, insightful and so helpful on all things DJ related. Cheers man.

[tylerfraziermusic]

Appreciate you taking the time to post this! Was looking into one of these and I'm convinced now, thanks!

[MrHolderby]

what i like about my evox 8s is like last week, wedding in a pool area above the crowd under a ez up.i merely used 1 pole to set the array top on instead of 2 which worked perfectly

[mickedanielsson]

Thanks man. I think you actually got me to finally decide which one I will get! (as you know the 50 is also available now as a M - Mixer model which is my favourite feature as I will use it both as a DJ and a trubadour-rig. But when you say the 10" kicks good and when I saw you lift them, then I made up my mind!).
Cheers from Stockholm, Sweden.

[bobbauer]

Good Stuff. I own a Evolve 50 now and humping it in & out is the real drag. Everything else is great about it. Your points on ease of transport really hits home. I know what I'm buying as soon as I get a few more gigs.

Thanks

[davidcruz]

Thank you, great reviews and your opinions are spot on. Picked up the 30Ms a few months ago and they are solid. I am considering trading in a pair of ELX200-18sp with ZLX12 tops along with the Yamaha MX12XU mixer I've used with them for a 50M teamed with a 50 but you sort of make me rethink the extra $$ that I would have to lay out.
Thanks again and keep up the good work.

[Grapevine_DJ]

I own both. The 30 is sweeter and more natural sounding than the 50. It’s a chin scratcher.

[djjesse]

Cool video Brian. Thanks for comparing & providing your feedback. Take care

[Astroboytoy]

Thanks Brian for the Review....Damn it used it last night ....I'm surprised on How Clean and Crisp the Sound and it does get loud for it's size....I'm Thinking of selling all my other Speakers and have just a pair of these....Thank you very much for your honest opinion.

[bcoffee]

I have played on both and I prefer to use the 50s for what I perceive is more bass and more throw. But as you stated the 30 is much lighter and for smaller gigs it will be ok. In my case I like a lot of bass during my sets. So I would only use the 30s for a really small house party or corporate event where they don't need the walls shaking.
For the most part a good deal of this depends on the music. Hip Hop is very dominant and needs bass. I also think that dance music such as House needs extra bass.
So when I get the chance to take either of these out I bring a sub along. Even a 15 inch sub really helps. Without it, I find myself push the speaker amp into the red most of the night.
I did a street party with my friend and his Evolve 50s and two of my subs. The sound was really good for what it was.
I actually own the RCF EVOX J8. Those too are right on the edge of needing a sub for my loud style of play.

[alwaysbepreparedwithjeff]

Thanks Again Brian For Sharing Your Life And Knowledge Here On YouTube.

[jimtalltheislandbrothers]

A member of staff at PMT plugged both side by side and my perception was the 30 had no bass at all. The assistant said he had turned the bass all the way up. I am confused.

[richausfour]

Great vIdeo. Informative as always Brian. I’ve been using a pair of Evolve 50’s for over a year now and couldnt be happier. Haven’t DJ’d a venue/event yet where they didn’t kick butt. I’m thinking about getting a pair of 30M’s for side fill applications in larger events. In your opinion do you think that would suffice for a 200 person event or am I better off picking up another pair of 50s?

[ZackPomerleau]

My curiosity is I’m a solo musician and also play in a blues trio. Upright bass and harmonica and such. There is no big bass subs and stuff. So this wall shaking bass and big edm and wedding stuff doesn’t exist. The band I’m currently in uses a bose l1 tower for every gig and it’s fine. In fact we’ve used an Everse 8 with an upright through it (for just the above ear sound) and vocal and it was doing some limiting but it was good. So based on that…would the 30M work? Sometimes I think people think bands have to be blaring loud but i guess I suppose that’s something that’s not legit for the music I play???

[subtractivemusic]

Thank you for this video! Helped me formulate a decision.

[mkAYY]

for context, are we to assume that are you using two of these at each event? or when you say "i use the 30m" you mean ONE 30m ?

[dezfyah]

Hey Brian, great video bro!! Didn't know you were only using 1 arm. Thanks for being such an inspiration over the years 🙏🏿🔥.

[jhenry]

Would have been nice if EV made a battery powered 30M, looking pick up a Denon Prime Go and battery powered EV would be great. I know there's are other battery powered speakers but I like the sound of EV line arrays.

[arthursorel]

thanks so much for your review ! Is it a good idea to Pair those 2 Evolve (30M & 50) in order to have Stereo sound ? Do you recommend me that ? Thanks in advance ;)

[salthedrummer]

did you uses two of these 30m for the party?