When buying a PA system

Yes and no . Probably no . One heavy metal guitar amp cranked up to 11 is capable of drowning out a thousand watt per channel PA system . IF some restraint is possible in the guitarist's volume (and the drummer's) you might get away with it but if you play really loudly at rehearsal it isn't enough .

I agree with Dice if you are a loud band it's probably not enough. we play classic rock and we play fairly loud and the Berhinger I have which i beleive is rated at 800 W can't keep up when we crank it.

And guitars and drums can go louder for a given room without feedback problems than a PA system can.

Thanks for the answers,

Since my budget is limited (500-800 euro max.), i don't think i can afford all pieces for separate (amplifliers, equalizers, etc.)
As i read Scott's Pa systems tutorial.

I saw a bundle pack where the power mixer, speakers and microphone where included and i thought i could solve my problem.
I thought about this kind of PA setups, because that's what the last singer of this band was using, and i used this equipment too, for a while. It was ok. Only my microphone was conected to it and my voice could be heard on the rehearsals.
The plan of this band is to play in small clubs, bars en so on, so i thougt maybe this would be enough.

I still think on buying one of this packages, and i wonder whats better; the yamaha or the behringer powermixer. I am also wondering about the difference that would make this or that kind of speakers on sound and power.

Thanks again. :)

Both Yamaha and Behringer make good gear. I like the Behringer better, but not by much.

As noted above, the concern is based on the belief that a "hard rock" band will be loud. Loud is always difficult to deal with. If your band can keep the volume levels sane during rehearsal, and keep the stage level reasonable during performances, then you should be fine. If the volume gets too high, you'll have feedback issues, and it is more likely to sound like mush.

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You may want to consider renting a PA system before buying. That way you can get a baseline starting point.

If you rent a 500W and it doesnt cut it, you either need to try something with more juice or get the other players to back off somewhat.

This way you wouldnt be guessing and possibly wasting your money.

Hello everybody,

I bought some months ago the boundle-pack. It was giving me feedback, but i bought then a shure microphone, and it works fine now. I wonder how other bands use the mixer. I only connect the microphone of the vocals to it; but in theory you should be able to connect all the instruments, right?.
Anyway, 300 W. is juuuusst enough for the vocals, at least in the situacion i am in. We play in a good size room, hard-rock and metal, with one guitar at the moment, one bass and the drums. The band doesn't play too loud i guess.

Renting equipment was also a good idea....thanks.

You have to tweak the PA to stop the feedback this invloves pushing each channel of the equalizer until you hear feed back then backing the slider down, then increasing the master and until you hear feedback and then finding the particular channel and bringing that down a bit, continue to repeat until you have the system maxed out.

I beieve Wes Inman wrote details on the procedure so you might want to search the forums to find it.