Nady PM-200A Powered Personal Stage Monitor 

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The package was delivered on time, but the original product box was damaged, not the shipping box! The original package/box looked like it was dropped/damaged, easy to see from the outside. Why would anyone send out a product like that! Not normal for Musicians friend.

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A lot of electronics is crammed into this little case. It's rather heavy with an unbalance center of gravity. It came with the mic stand adaptor. The first time I removed it from the mic stand, the plastic socket on the nady stayed on the stand. A little super glue fixed that. The unit is well thought out in terms of options. I use it with the internal speakers and a jbl monitor for the bass player plugged in as well. It has enough power for medium loud rock. While the fidelity of the internal speaker is limited by cone size, it is workable. I like the idea of being able to tweak the sound without having to turn around and mess with the main PA settings. Our main PA is a Yamaha EMX 512 using the monitor line out to connect to the nady. There is plenty of volume overhead and the line out on the nady unit enables the drummer to manage his personal power monitor. I'm happy with it so far. It does what I need it to do. For the money you can't do much better. Watch for deals around the holidays.

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It is awesome but it gets hot in the back.

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In a five piece acoustic band and using condenser type mics, spot monitors seem to work better due to feedback issues using the larger type monitors. We used this unit but was it was not hardley loud enough to hear over the instruments. Further, it quit working within one month of the warranty date. Can't handle the road. Nady offered no solution for a fix. Recommend saving money for a quality unit.

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This unit is perfect for drum or keyboard vocal monitor. I am a singing drummer and wedge monitors have never worked well for me or the huge stacks behind me, as you get feedback alot. I daisy chain couple of these at chest level at my head. I run headphones or earbuds from the jack for large venues. These are good vocal units, do not drive a sub mix thru them and expect a woofer. They will blow!

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Overall, this unit was not what I really needed. It performed the job well...but I am a singing drummer and I wanted a powered speaker on the left side of my head...really close and was using it to power the 8 ohm monitor placed close to the right side of my head...unfortunately feed back occurred but then that was mostly my fault. If I could have placed it farther away and directly behind my mic, it would have worked flawlessly. I am space limited due to the drum kit set up I use.
The features of this unit far exceeds what I was expecting to find.
No complaints concerning quality.
The price vs value of this unit was absolutely in line.

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Decent. The sound it alright for the price. Giving you the option to output to 2 other non-powered speakers is nice and the EQ on it can be helpful. I'll just be looking for something a little more rugged.
Being power themselves, these are nice little monitors that you can use to send a signal to a second and third monitor as well. We've used it that way in our church setup for a while now.
We have had 2 PM-200A and a PM-100 on stage at our church. Both PM-200A units have fallen off of the mic stands (even using the adapter) and broke. The first one had a cracked circuit board inside and was told it would cost as much for a new board as it would to buy a new unit. The second one fell and the input jack component broke in half, causing a wonderful buzzing noise when you plug anything into it or any other jack. These things don't seem to be made to take any kind of beating. Too fragile in my opinion.
I would say it would be a good value if it's something you aren't going to be moving around a lot. We set up and tear down each week, so I guess it was just a matter of time before one of them hit the floor, I just wish it would have been made a little stronger.

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I can't rate this as a 10 overall because it's reliability and durability has yet to be tested fully (by our band), since I've only had it a couple months (9-gigs). Those are extremely important features when the bulk of work is casual gigs. Ask me in 2-years!
Pros: The metal spkr grill is a great touch, good protection. The 8 Ohm outputs are more standard and compatible with a wider variety of sprs. The stand mounting hole fits a Hotspot mic stand adapter better than a Hotspot...easy on, easy off. The ground loop/noise problems mentioned earlier? Nope.
Cons: It could use a handle, especially with the outboard heat sinks. The rear mounted volume & tone controls aren't ideal, but the design allows for 2 spkrs and keeps it compact. The mic stand adapter (optional) should be included.
The sound improvement over the pwrd Hotspot is obvious. Much more full range. Though I cut the bass a bit to bring out the vocals with the 5-piece, it's nice to know it's available on a solo or duo gig where a little gtr, keys, etc. might be desirable.. The 2-spkr design I imagine?
Bang for the buck, the best I've used.

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We installed the Nady PM-200A to replace a Mackie SM150 at our church. The Mackie's offer multiple inputs and bill the SM150 as a "compact PA" - by comparison, the Nady PM-200A is a MONITOR.So, while you might not be able to plug-in both a microphone and a guitar and mix mutliple inputs, as far as personal stage MONITORS go, this blows the Mackie away. PLUS, this has a headphone output and allows you to use both the internal speaker AND the headphones at the same time. So, with one line-level monitor mix signal from the board, this doubles as a monitor and a headphone pre-amp for you in-ears.I'm buying another one for our keyboard player in a rock cover band for club use...As for posts commenting on system noise...it's not from these speakers. These are quiet and accurate monitors.

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Just got it and tried it at practice at LOUD volumes in a small practice space and the vocals came thru amazing! No distortion, clear, and w/ decent bass response for such small speakers....I'm very pleased.