Fender Passport Venue PA Speaker System

This is a super high quality system. Overall, this thing is totally 5 stars. CHOOSING BETWEEN THE THREE MODELS I bought both a Fender Passport Event, and also a Passport Venue. I like the Event because it has Bluetooth which works really well for playing some music from my iPhone before the event starts. The weight between the Venue and Event is negligible. They essentially weight the same. In terms of output, the Event can hurt my ears, and the Venue can BLAST my ears out. I didn't think a speaker without direct power to each speaker could be SOOO loud. The main draw for the Venue, for my use, is the fact that you can record the audio coming out. Since I'm using these for a conference, I wanted to be able to record some of the presentations. I was wondering if the audio quality from the built-in recorder would be good enough to release as a paid product, and I'm happy to report that it is. The recorder built in is actually really nice quality. That's a HUGE selling point as far as I'm concerned. I just wish the Venue ALSO had Bluetooth. Ugh! SOUND QUALITY I'm very happy with the sound quality for speakers. Again, I'm primarily using this for a conference, so that's what I'm mostly concerned with. If I were using this for a music use, I'd probably want a little more bass than what it gives, but you can add a bass later if need be. BUILD QUALITY I love how these speakers fit together in a suitcase design. This makes them so much more portable than other systems and is much less of a hassle. They are quite heavy when it's together in the suitcase, but it's workable. CONNECTIONS I'm disappointed that the XLR inputs are not dual-purpose XLR and 1/4" they are ONLY XLR. That's a bit of a pain because the audio coming from my wireless mic system comes out as 1/4". If you found this review helpful, could you take a second and hit the "helpful" link so my reviewer rating can go up? Thank you!

Product is of excellent quality and far exceeded our expectations. I ordered this product for the company I work for. We intended to use it for an outdoor picnic and figured it would be wise to invest in something we could use down the road, rather than rent for $150 for a one-time use. We are exceedingly glad we did! The only complaint I could lodge against it is that the storage compartment for the wires/microphone is a bit snug to contain the power cord, the speaker cables, the microphone and its cable, as well as the headphone input jack for hooking up a phone/computer. It's snug, but works with some fandangling. The clarity of the speakers was surprising! We were able to hear details and adjustments for volume/mixing the mic and audio was excellent. Build quality seems very good without being over-engineered and bulky/heavy. It transports well and its a nice neat package. It looks professional and I expect it will last a long time with proper handling and usage. We had more than enough power for our outdoor setup, though it wasn't windy at all. We only had it turned up about half and it was audible from every angle we needed. I'd recommend buying one of these, especially if you plan to have more than one event. Rental equipment is great for special occasions where you need a larger setup (for a dance where you want lots of bass, for example), but if you want some background music and the ability to make announcements to a group, this should be more than adequate for small-medium gatherings. We've since used it for music during a dodgeball tournament and it was just nice to have available. You might be surprised how often background music/amplified speaking comes in handy, especially when this is tucked away in a closet somewhere for quick access.

This little unit is super easy to carry, works great on batteries. The sound quality from both the mic and instrument is good and adequate for even a larger room if it is not a noisy bar type environment. It would work very well in a classroom, large or small. Very nice for ukuleles, or a small group practice session. That said, it is really not enough if you are busking out in a noisy street environment. You really don’t need so many effects for acoustic playing, these are probably used more for electric guitars, and then would be a lot of fun. A very nice little amp to plug in your electric guitar so you can hear yourself when practicing. There is no line out, so it would not be helpful as a personal monitor, when plugging into a house pa for example.

Wonderful piece of kit for gigging guitar players/singer songwriters. It is very well suited to amplifying an acoustic guitar and vocals. The reverb channels are superb... it will make your acoustic guitar and your voice (assuming you have a good one to start with) sound like a mixture of warm butter and salted caramel with a hint of the hips of a beautiful woman. It is also plenty loud to fill pretty much any coffee shop or local club venue. It weighs like 45 odd pounds so you'll need some sort of hand truck to move it around if you are gigging regularly. It comes with a power cable and cables for the speakers and a nice compartment in the center console to store cables and other accessories as well. If you want to plug in your guitar and/or a mic, you'll need to get cables for those separately. I should also note that it is not well suited for amplifying an electric guitar. Tube amplifiers like a hot rod deluxe, or the blues junior, or a blues deluxe, or twin reverb are best suited for electric guitars so you can add that to your rig when you go play live. It is very expensive, but worth every cent. I've had it for ~8 weeks now, and still get chills when I hear it live. Highly recommended.

This mini PA system was a great purchase! It is used in a classroom with students and gets an A+. Solid, compact and has enough volume. Very pleased.

Totally awesome quality all the way around. One of the speakers got caught in a wind storm and few off the fourth story balcony and survived. Extremely well made.

Muy buena atención, rapidez y excelente calidad. El producto es completamente nuevo y viene garantizando y la atención es personalizada.

Great little amp unit. Perfect for my daughter's microphone, and an electric guitar. Portable and easy and sound quality is excellent. Delivered on fast and excellent service.

Really love the sound you can make the birds fly away it's a good buy for anyone wanting to start small or just,in your home