Electro-Voice ELX200-18SP 18" 1200W Powered Subwoofer

At the start of my PA journey, the first gig I MC'd at had me plugging in the ouputs on my tiny mixer into a stereo receiver to use the built-in small speakers of the venue. Being able to influence everyone in attendance was so much fun, I wanted to do it again and again. At the next gig, someone lent me two different brand PA speakers. One of them was completely broken and didn't function, the other was on the fritz and barely worked. Basically, it was my same small mixer setup going straight to one 12" speaker. Sounded like crap, and wasn't even close to being loud enough. The shortcomings of that event motivated me to buy a pair of my own PA speakers. After a lot of research, I still had no idea what to get. With my price range, I went to a Guitar Center to hear their selection. The clerk played some speakers for me but of course the better sounding ones were too expensive. He then showed me two used EV ZLX-12P speakers that were discounted. Still a bit out of my price range, but I grabbed them anyways because he said they were better than the new ones that costed the same. With the DSP on the back with levels readout and simple adjustability, I can definitely say I liked these speakers a lot. They worked much better than expected at the next event, and I started to wonder what they would sound like with a sub after a friend suggested I get one. Once again, after a lot of research that was mostly in the EV line, I came upon this 18" sub and just went for it. With only a mixer feeding all three speakers, it sounded so much fuller and this was before any tweaking was done. There was no going back now! Our next event let me use the full 2.1 setup, and I really tried to push it with volume. It handled everything great, although it sounded a little top heavy with the two mains and one sub. I did turn the sub up 2db higher than the mains to help counter this. Using the same exact setup at home, I continued to explore the settings to tweak it out more. The sound was great, and after getting a DBX DriveRack PA2, the equalization and deeper tweaking made it sound quite incredible (to me, of course). Our next event is going to require me to split my two mains, which forced me into buying a second sub to have a main and sub at two different locations to provide even sound. The sub arrived last night and I immediately set it up at home to get the driverack to power the 2.2 setup. WOW what a difference two subs makes. The sound is so much fuller now, and very well balanced. It's no longer top heavy either and really kicks butt. The PA2 rack unit lets me turn it up much louder than I can stand at home, and I can't wait for the event this Saturday in the very large venue to open up the setup and blast it. The bluetooth connectivity is awesome as well, since I can group the subs in the app and do some basic controls. Mainly switching between music and club mode, depending on the song. I plan on experimenting with some subharmonic settings on the PA2 to get more out of the subs, and possibly upgrading the 12" mains to 15" EV ELX line speakers that also have the bluetooth capability. I'm still very new to all of this but it's been so much fun thus far. I am glad I am in the EV line of products, and don't see a reason to switch brands yet. All in all, these subs rock.

The sound of the speaker totally completes my EV speaker combination. It brings the fullness in of the low end, without making it muddy. This is a great purchase.

Awesome Subwoofer and the Power Cord Is In The Box!!!!! Do not throw it away!!!! It’s tucked in the side part of the cardboard. It’s the color black and it’s wrapped up. Do not throw it away!!!! I see people saying the cord is not in there but it is.

Great but too bulky for my needs, I think I exagerated, but it performs too well

Bought this speaker (2 of them actually) knowing and expecting the good quality that this company provides. Maybe I’m weird or petty, but why the hell does it not come with a power cord? Thousand dollar speaker and no $10 power cord? Come on EV, do better!

Es un potente y liviano subwoofer pero lo mejor de todo es que a pesar de su tamaño es un bajo con muy buena respuesta y calidad de sonido

Me llegó con un golpe.

Doesn't sound louder than my 2 way 15" EV speaker. If you want real bass buy somthing bigger our more powerfull aka .ore expensive. Came in damaged. But thats probly the delivery people's fault.