YORKVILLE NX12P FULL REVIEW/ HONEST REVIEW / GEAR REVIEWS

[@MrMaui38]

Wow it’s great to see Yorkville upgrading their powered speakers!! These look awesome I’ll definitely look at these when I’m shopping for my next speakers!

[@DjNinesworld]

Yes these are beasts! Thanks for watching & commenting🙏 Cheers

[@alpoulin1]

Great review and love the gig videos as well. A few points : adding an extra speaker does not double the overall perceived sound level. It will add roughly 3 decibels in general, which translates to a "just" noticable increase to most people (altough better spread/dispersion/coverage of course). Also, be aware that the gain setting on the speaker does not mean much - meaning having it set at the midway point does not mean it's at half power. You can easily limit most speakers at the midway point with enough signal. Different speaker manufacturers set gain sensitivity differently, so one might require significantly less signal to reach a given output level vs another that might require way more. This is not indicative of maximum output capability, however. I currently have an NX8P with me for testing, so should be putting up a review on it shortly. I wanted to review the NX12Ps as well, but my dealer doesn't curently have any rental stock. One thing you should know, is that the current NX12Ps you tested are cheaper by 100$ compared to the NX55P- V2s they replaced. I was curious about this and got my answer as to WHY when I looked at the back of the NX8P. 3 words : MADE IN CHINA. Not impressed with the peak watts rating either, personally. Just a big number that almost looks absurd to those who actually know the reality of speaker specs these days...

[@mobilevibedj]

I purchased 2 of these ! Love them so far!

[@DjNinesworld]

Glad you like them!

[@DJVIP-x2q]

@@DjNinesworld Hello I tried it and I find that the back panel gets very hot quickly. Have you tried the nx8p. I would like to pair them with only one 15 inch sub. What do you think? For DJ events with 75 people maximum.

[@alpoulin1]

@@DJVIP-x2q I am currently testing the NX8P. Great compact speaker that definitely gets louder than the small footprint would suggest. Absolutely best if used hi-passed with a sub or two for sure however as any 8'' woofer can only move so much air ;)

[@DJVIP-x2q]

@@alpoulin1 Hello Alain, have you also listened to the nx12p... what do you think?

[@alpoulin1]

@@DJVIP-x2q No rental stock at my store at the moment, unfortunately... I did love the sound quality of the NX55P-2 they are replacing, but have always felt that they fell short in output (the limit light blinks pretty early) in spite of the SPL specs pretending otherwise. Hopefully the NX12Ps has more headroom - which is what the higher applied power would suggest. I have 3 sets of 12s I will be able to directly compare them to : Presonus Air12s, KX Audio KX12s and Yorkville Elite EF12s. I could also put them up against my Yamaha DXR15s. Hopefully my store gets some stock soon :)

[@Jordan.levesque]

I’ve been waiting for a review on these! Coming from a band and solo artist context btw (I only say that cause most reviewers market towards DJs, which is fine).

[@DjNinesworld]

Thanks for watching!

[@DJVIP-x2q]

besides the heat of the back panel, what are the problems with the box... it will be possible to help you if you are more specific

[@darrinbisson8914]

I didn’t catch what sub you used - if you didn’t take one, would you use a ps12s or go with a 15” sub?

[@djxcel23]

4k watts peak is a super force.. come on yorkville.

[@ablevarghese.]

Hey bro, like your tutorial. We were trying it out and found some kind of issues for HF. does anyone noticed it? also its heating a lot. Is it common or strange?

[@DJVIP-x2q]

Is it worth investing double for this speaker compared to the Y XL 12

[@DjNinesworld]

@@DJVIP-x2q Most definitely!!!!!! Waaay more output than the yxl12ps

[@DJVIP-x2q]

@@DjNinesworld I notice that the rear panel gets very hot, have you had any cutting problems with this speaker. Will these now be your main speakers for your job?

[@DjNinesworld]

@ yes i noticed the back does get a little hot. Honestly it hasn’t affected the speakers performance at all though.. I’ve used these speakers for over 8hrs+ with no problems whatsoever. Only time will tell but so far so good

[@djcalvin681]

YORKVILLE FTW

[@DjNinesworld]

Yessir!

[@ElishaSoussan]

Damn Yorkville playing watt games again mann! 4850 watts? Seriously? They need to get back to the real watts of their higher end speakers

[@DjNinesworld]

I know right?!

[@alpoulin1]

These watts wars (and SPL number wars) have always been ridiculous as they are not based on reality and real world use of the speakers with playback music.

[@MauceTV]

what external mixer do you use?

[@DjNinesworld]

I use a Yamaha MG10XU

[@bboymac84]

Check out the SKAA speakers you don’t need wires for it

[@DjNinesworld]

I will brother! Thank you

[@TL-wu4id]

Max spl 128 and 4800watts😅. Marketing sale pitch.

[@alpoulin1]

Unless you know how the SPL rating was obtained, and until there is an actual standard that all speaker manufacturers must adhere to, I wouldn't pay too much attention to that OR the watts number - especially peak watts. These numbers can give you an idea, but generally do not represent what you will actually get in a real world applications, using music as a source and with the built-in limiters in place. The SPL spec most speaker manufacturers put in their advertisements was obtained by feeding the speaker one FREQUENCY with all limiting disabled and measured for a few milliseconds justs before the spekaer self-destructs. Not indicative of real world performance and not taking into account power compression that sets in on most speakers as the woofer voice coil heats up and causes impedance/output variations...

[@noahman27]

I have a great Parasource system, but I will say, while I love like Yorkville sound quality and characteristics, Yorkville is way behind QSC in terms of on board DSP. Yorkville, time for a DSP system built in! Way overdue.

[@DjNinesworld]

I actually agree with this statement!

[@ElishaSoussan]

The real way to tune your system is with a proper mixer. Real pro audio speakers, Meyer sound, K array, L acoustic don't have much DSP, it's raw sound and it's up to the engineer to tune the system

[@noahman27]

@@ElishaSoussan true true! But different gigs have different needs and different budgets. For me, in my late 59s, if I go out on a solo gig, there’s only so much gear that I personally can handle. On bigger jobs with bigger budgets and a multi person crew, you can more heavy duty gear and do a more involved tuning. So, it always depends.

[@alpoulin1]

The multiband limiting on the Parasource and Elites is actually quite well implemented / transparent and extremely effective. My EF-12Ps are some of the best actives I've tested (with some EQ applied) - why I spent almost 5 grand on 'em... ;)

[@Mr.Brolic]

All that power and 128db 🗑️

[@alpoulin1]

Unless you know how the SPL rating was obtained, and until there is an actual standard that all speaker manufacturers must adhere to, I wouldn't pay too much attention to that OR the watts number - especially peak watts. These numbers can give you an idea, but generally do not represent what you will actually get in a real world applications, using music as a source and with the built-in limiters in place. The SPL spec most speaker manufacturers put in their advertisements was obtained by feeding the speaker one FREQUENCY with all limiting disabled and measured for a few milliseconds justs before the spekaer self-destructs. Not indicative of real world performance and not taking into account power compression that sets in on most speakers as the woofer voice coil heats up and causes impedance/output variations...