Yamaha STAGEPAS 1K - The Unboxing

I've been looking to replace my Mackie SRM-Flex with something that has a similar knob based mixer. Something that would be easy for my rental customers to use. Also something that would be a little higher quality than the Mackie SRM-Flex. I decided to try the Yamaha STAGEPAS 1K.. Here's the unboxing! Thoughts will come later!

[DeeJay_IMB]

Welcome back. All the products I’m interested in you review, which is helpful.

[dawdawes]

Looked and listened to the Yamaha but purchased the HK Audio Polar 10, even has a proper compression driver for tops

[JonTisch]

LD 28 G3 & LD 44 G2 are the only way to go for Column arrays. Mackie needs to do an upgrade. Maybe a SRV or DRM Flex column array speaker. Turbosound iP2000 and 3000 are sweet as well.

[frankperry]

But you were unlucky, my 2 Mackie are straight and cannot be bent and sit tight. The sound is more balanced and clearer than the K1. It was compared with 7 different columns. RCF J8 and the K1 sound almost in comparison right away, it's just a matter of taste, although the transport of the mackie is easier. the settings are easy to handle

[alastairkeith]

I love my Yamaha speakers - we have quite a lot. I agree on the Stagepas - easy to use and sound okay. I expect the 1k to sound good.

[TheFendertak]

Hi first off I am happy I have landed on your channel, I see you here doing an unboxing of the Yamaha Stagepas 1k,
I'm really anxious to know your honest review on it,
I purchased 2 let me tell you and all your subers, got them on an impulse buy, because of the colorful marketing that was put into them,
my honest review is they are fine for Oneman and acoustic guitar show, also yes I have to say for a small cocktail party doing disco, I am a Dj but also live performer singer keyboard player, and what I notice after 1 hour I see that dreaded red light flicker, and maybe its my own ears felt that they dropped in power, one night I used them on their own mixer and from the very first song I sang I just wanted to stop the show, but continued for 2 hours, but next night I used my own dry Dynacord cms 1000 mixer, big difference more control, but still not satisfied
definately something missing
I used my Dynacord Am 12 monitor and also put the stage pass 1k's up on two beer crates to get the top speaker aray above people's heads and yes small function slightly satisfied, but still I don't think they are as great as they are marketed to be,
the on board mixer is in my books only fair, the eq 1 knob, that's an absolute joke,
it's next to near impossible to actually get a decent vocal, but no problem with your own mixing desk, the monitor one knob again with no separate mix control Hmmmm! where were they going with this, i tried it and it broke me up through the whole night,
So yes I do like them and very handy to take into a small venue to do a disco with, but band wise definately not in my opinion, perhaps you will say I'm not correct on what I'm saying, but I'm sure others will have some interesting reviews on the 1k's also, even yourself you nailed it, 1.5 inch drivers how did yamaha tech's come up this, compared to the Evolve 50's, what would you consider to be the best all round active speaker to absolutely beat all line aray pa systems for power and vocal clarity at high spl, even decent enough, I know I'm probably moving into another topic here now, but seriously I would love to read your feedback on the 1k first off 🙏

[pipsic]

Hi! Love the video and the ones you made about 600 BT. I just bought 2 of the Stagepas 1's for a smaller to medium sized events I do. Haven't got the chance to do a proper testing in live environment (will do that in a week) but I was wondering why is such a difference in SPL between 1k and 600 version? 1k seems to produce nice and rich sound, loud as well for it purpose. I used the 600i version for 3 years (loved it but was always on the edge for possible fail since it is a passive system). However, the difference in max SPL between the two seems a bit excessive. Would love to hear your opinion. Thanks.

[scratchgonzo]

Been looking at buying some speaker sfor mobile djing, these column arrays looks smart but are they really worth the extra price? You can get some 15" active PA speakers for half the price. Is it just their portability and aesthetic people pay for?

[DJLEOdamadprofessor]

I like the design especially the bag that holds the columns(smart lightweight design As compared to JBL eon one mk2) . But I just didn’t love the sound enough at there price point. When version 2 every comes around I may decide to move over. Cause I love all my other Yamaha stuff. Dbr Dxr and dxs.

[MobilediscowirralCoUk]

They all lie, its crazy even rcf atleast they make best 15” out there. Seem to be putting cheaper stamped frames in most now. If you speak to a custom active speaker maker they tell you real truth. I was lucky got to listen to true 1000watt aes 15” pro driver running at ONLY 700watts programmed by usb on the board WOW it was unreal that was Fatial pro driver and power soft! Just wow it blew named goods away that say

1000w/1100w (they will tell you this some of these amps work at a % efficiency output ie 8ohm 1000watt different waves/music 86% you will get of true even then they can still put cheaper driver and then limiter.

These are facts of decent amp make called Pascal so god knows what the real % of alto amp is prob like 79% this will be like max it can cope with if this makes sense. Mad thing is you can actually make decent powerful box with right amp and of course good drivers for 400/500 TRUE watts so another words can reach that. Try finding efficiency output of the internal amp you wont its hard

RCF & JBL Use pascal amps, das is good stuff! Love rcf covers well worth money. Am just waiting for an evox update