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chelsea485
10-11-2008, 10:08 AM
Does anyone know if Pro Sound have a website or anything ?

My Amp decided to give up on me Saturday night, and it's still covered under the warranty, but cant seem to find any contact details for them ?

Thank You

TonyB
10-11-2008, 10:16 AM
Prosound is exclusive to Maplins so you will have to take it to one of their shops.

Excalibur
10-11-2008, 02:47 PM
Prosound is exclusive to Maplins so you will have to take it to one of their shops.

And you MUST have the receipt. If you wanted it mending out of warranty, they'd still insist on the receipt.

chelsea485
10-11-2008, 02:55 PM
Well................i couldnt find the receipt so this is what unfolded.

Took the amp to Maplins, in the original box i brought it in back in January.

The box had the serial number etc on it, so i said to the man i didnt have the receipt is there anything that can be done, due to it being under warranty still. He asked wether i knew roughly the date i brought it, so i told him what it was. he then said to me, give me 2 mins - and he dissapeared up stairs.

He come back to the till with a piece of paper that had the transaction on it, which i confirmed with him was it.

He then took the amp of me, and gave me a brand new one from the warehouse !

So Maplins - i thank you ! ( and i payed cash in january )

Excalibur
10-11-2008, 03:05 PM
Well................i couldnt find the receipt so this is what unfolded.

Took the amp to Maplins, in the original box i brought it in back in January.

The box had the serial number etc on it, so i said to the man i didnt have the receipt is there anything that can be done, due to it being under warranty still. He asked wether i knew roughly the date i brought it, so i told him what it was. he then said to me, give me 2 mins - and he dissapeared up stairs.

He come back to the till with a piece of paper that had the transaction on it, which i confirmed with him was it.

He then took the amp of me, and gave me a brand new one from the warehouse !

So Maplins - i thank you ! ( and i payed cash in january )
Glad to hear it worked out for you. I'd suggest saving up for a Warrior though if I were you. ;)

Solitaire Events Ltd
10-11-2008, 03:06 PM
Glad to hear it worked out for you. I'd suggest saving up for a Warrior though if I were you. ;)

Or even a decent amp. :p

Excalibur
10-11-2008, 03:35 PM
Or even a decent amp. :p

Watch it Delboy! We're not all Company Directors you know. :( :(

501damian501
10-11-2008, 03:59 PM
Does anyone know if Pro Sound have a website or anything ?

My Amp decided to give up on me Saturday night, and it's still covered under the warranty, but cant seem to find any contact details for them ?

Thank You

get a full refund and put your money more into better gear.


Watch it Delboy! We're not all Company Directors you know. :( :(

yeah thats right..... :D

spin mobile disco
10-11-2008, 06:49 PM
Numark amps can normally be had for around the same money and although not the best are pretty reliable and at least come with extended warantee

nigelwright7557
11-11-2008, 01:30 AM
So Maplins - i thank you ! ( and i payed cash in january )

Nice to hear Maplins not getting slated for a change !

While I dont buy a lot of gear off Maplin I do buy a lot of components for building my own amps and speaker boxes. Never had any serious problems in 30 years of buying off Maplin.

Of course the odd item goes faulty but that can happen with the most expensive of gear sometimes.

501damian501
11-11-2008, 01:54 AM
maplins gear is awful, its rubbish, its unreilable, its Naff, whats the point buying pro sound junk, which we allways get people coming and going from here, saying pro sound this pro sound that, they havent even got half way through their warrenty and the gear blows up, or turns out to be flauty, you can buy warrior, kam, acme, ect ect for around the same price and its much better quality equipment, it might be at the budget end of the market, but its certainly higher up market than the maplin junk !

nigelwright7557
11-11-2008, 01:59 AM
maplins gear is awful, its rubbish, its unreilable, its Naff, whats the point buying pro sound junk, which we allways get people coming and going from here, saying pro sound this pro sound that, they havent even got half way through their warrenty and the gear blows up, or turns out to be flauty, you can buy warrior, kam, acme, ect ect for around the same price and its much better quality equipment, it might be at the budget end of the market, but its certainly higher up market than the maplin junk !

This really isnt true.

If the gear was always being sent back Maplin wouldnt touch it with a barge pole.

I had dealings with Maplin as a supplier and we once made a mistake with some software and they refused to ever buy from us again !

Just because it costs twice as much doesnt mean it is better, probably just means they are making twice the profit !

In fact some of the more expensive amps have lots of extra circuitry which means there is more to go wrong !

501damian501
11-11-2008, 02:09 AM
what an earth you going on about, i would rather buy acme lights over pro sound lights any day of the week, i,d rather buy a warrior amp than a pro sound amp, any day of the week, and most proberley 95% of this forum will agree with me nigel, pro sound isnt really professional dj equipment, thats the type of rubbish i would have in my back garden shed for house partys, even then i would be scared of using one.

its the extra circuitry the pro sound amps are missing !

nigelwright7557
11-11-2008, 02:15 AM
what an earth you going on about, i would rather buy acme lights over pro sound lights any day of the week, i,d rather buy a warrior amp than a pro sound amp, any day of the week, and most proberley 95% of this forum will agree with me nigel, pro sound isnt really professional dj equipment, thats the type of rubbish i would have in my back garden shed for house partys, even then i would be scared of using one.

its the extra circuitry the pro sound amps are missing !

The problem comes when a novice walks into Maplin and comes out with a 100WRMS amp and speakers. They simply arent up to the job of discoing as they are not loud enough. So the novice winds the amp right up and eventually blows the amp and the speakers !

You cant compare a 500WRMS Warrior amp with a Pro Sound 100WRMS amp.

As for 95% not agreeing witrh me, well 95% arent electronics engineers like me !

501damian501
11-11-2008, 02:21 AM
nigel, just look at what your putting, a good percentage of this forum are highly successful djs, and darren which i believe is a highly successful businessman and has been involded for more years than ive been alive. PRO SOUND STUFF IS NAFF, END OFF, whats wrong with cranking your amp up ?

nigelwright7557
11-11-2008, 02:25 AM
whats wrong with cranking your amp up ?

If you crank the amp right up it can distort without you even knowing it.
This can output a square wave whic is 1.414 times the normal amp output and can blow your speakers.

501damian501
11-11-2008, 02:27 AM
who said i was maxing out my amp ? i never, and theirs nothing wrong with putting your amp past 12 o clock and keeping that mixer down.

the ampilifer is their to do the work, hence ampilifer.

Solitaire Events Ltd
11-11-2008, 02:31 AM
I wouldn't buy anything that has the legend 'pro' on it, 'cos I know it wouldn't be.

501damian501
11-11-2008, 02:33 AM
their you are nigel, the words of the company director and forum owner.

djsteve10
11-11-2008, 06:04 PM
Prosound is Carlsbro Rebadged!

spin mobile disco
11-11-2008, 08:49 PM
Never had a problem with my old prosound lights. Prosound lighting is actually made by american Dj hence why the same lights can be seen on their website. Other than a bad batch of ssc-2's I had once I have never really had a problem with maplin stuff.
I have had acme and prosound lighting and to be honest the ssc-2 blows an acme dynamo away. it is 16bit rather than an acme 8 bit. It had seperate colour wheel and gobo wheel. It has onboard dmx control over the acme and its optics are much better.
I own 4 dynamo's and 2 ssc2's and the ssc's are much better. And cost less.
Not to say acme isnt good stuff. But a generalisation like all maplins stuff is rubbish is itself rubbish.
If all they sold was that bad they would not still be trading.

Solitaire Events Ltd
11-11-2008, 09:21 PM
If all they sold was that bad they would not still be trading.

But they do a lot more stuff than disco gear, so all the disco gear could be rubbish and they'd still be trading 'cos they are not specialist in that area and have lots of other products.

I'd like to see proof that American DJ make Maplins lights. Do you not think they are all made in a factory in China and then badged?

nigelwright7557
11-11-2008, 09:24 PM
But they do a lot more stuff than disco gear, so all the disco gear could be rubbish and they'd still be trading 'cos they are not specialist in that area and have lots of other products.

I'd like to see proof that American DJ make Maplins lights. Do you not think they are all made in a factory in China and then badged?

My point was that Maplin dont sell junk coz it is too much hassle taking it back and sending for repair. I have sold to Maplin my own software so know first hand how hard they are to deal with in regards to quality and reliability.

Jiggles
11-11-2008, 09:25 PM
It will be an OEM product. As Daz said. Like Thomanns Moving heads.

Solitaire Events Ltd
11-11-2008, 09:26 PM
My point was that Maplin dont sell junk

Of course they do.

I didn't say it was all junk, but they are not a specialised disco shop. Would you buy gear from Argos or Woolworths?

Jiggles
11-11-2008, 09:27 PM
buy gear from Argos or Woolworths?

No and Yes. A moonflower that's is pritty good! :o

Solitaire Events Ltd
11-11-2008, 09:29 PM
No and Yes. A moonflower that's is pritty good! :o

Sorry, but that is not made for the job and is neither pro and is the kind of thing that I and others strive to get away from.

Do you suppose that Gordon Ramsay gets his knives in Asda?

nigelwright7557
11-11-2008, 09:30 PM
Of course they do.

I didn't say it was all junk, but they are not a specialised disco shop. Would you buy gear from Argos or Woolworths?

I quite often have a look at gear on ebay to see what there is.
Then find videos of the item on specialist websites.
Then find the cheapest online supplier and buy it.

Excalibur
11-11-2008, 09:31 PM
But they do a lot more stuff than disco gear, so all the disco gear could be rubbish and they'd still be trading 'cos they are not specialist in that area and have lots of other products.

All their disco gear isn't rubbish. They also sell Numark and now KAM gear.


I'd like to see proof that American DJ make Maplins lights. Do you not think they are all made in a factory in China and then badged?

Quite possibly. Which by your previous statement would mean that American DJ lights are rubbish, a point which at the moment I'm prepared to dispute.

There is an increasing amount of badge engineering happening nowadays.

nigelwright7557
11-11-2008, 09:32 PM
Sorry, but that is not made for the job and is neither pro and is the kind of thing that I and others strive to get away from.

Do you suppose that Gordon Ramsay gets his knives in Asda?

Quite a lot of this is just snobbery proclaiming you have the most expensive equipment.

I was an electronics design consultant for 14 years and used Maplin for electronic parts.

Solitaire Events Ltd
11-11-2008, 09:32 PM
I quite often have a look at gear on ebay to see what there is.
Then find videos of the item on specialist websites.
Then find the cheapest online supplier and buy it.

Which is not Woolworths or Argos I'm guessing...

nigelwright7557
11-11-2008, 09:33 PM
Which is not Woolworths or Argos I'm guessing...

I should have included Maplin.

Excalibur
11-11-2008, 09:36 PM
Sorry, but that is not made for the job and is neither pro and is the kind of thing that I and others strive to get away from.

Do you suppose that Gordon Ramsay gets his knives in Asda?

No. But I wouldn't bet against the expensive knives Mr Ramsay uses being sold in Asda at a lower price. The clever bit is not buying the kit with the posh badge at top price necessarily, but knowing where the same stuff is sold with an el cheapo badge at a lower price. It does happen.

Solitaire Events Ltd
11-11-2008, 09:38 PM
All their disco gear isn't rubbish. They also sell Numark and now KAM gear.


Which is low end budget gear and some is OK. I am generally talking about the Prosound kit rather than lighting. I have never bought any lighting from Maplins, nor would I, as they are not a specialist shop.

I am not a buyer of gear just 'cos it has a certain badge, so you can stop with that arguement straightaway. I use Isolution, Acme and ADJ lighting as well as Astract and Martin and I have used Kam CD players (for over 10 years) and Numark mixers (I have a 200FX which is used for karaoke), but the difference in quality between that and what I now use is a lot.

Solitaire Events Ltd
11-11-2008, 09:39 PM
No. But I wouldn't bet against the expensive knives Mr Ramsay uses being sold in Asda at a lower price. The clever bit is not buying the kit with the posh badge at top price necessarily, but knowing where the same stuff is sold with an el cheapo badge at a lower price. It does happen.

It probably does, but not with all products.

Excalibur
11-11-2008, 10:07 PM
Which is low end budget gear and some is OK. I am generally talking about the Prosound kit rather than lighting. I have never bought any lighting from Maplins, nor would I, as they are not a specialist shop.

I am not a buyer of gear just 'cos it has a certain badge, so you can stop with that arguement straightaway. I use Isolution, Acme and ADJ lighting as well as Astract and Martin and I have used Kam CD players (for over 10 years) and Numark mixers (I have a 200FX which is used for karaoke), but the difference in quality between that and what I now use is a lot.

Point of order, your honour. Case for the defence never alluded to whatever criteria a certain Company Director uses when deciding to buy anything related to his business operations. I wish to make that absolutely clear from the outset. ;)

Therefore I shall make no reference to a scene fom Hamlet, Act 3, or suggestions as to the advisability of adopting well adjusted headgear.

JAMdisco
12-11-2008, 08:22 AM
Prosound is Carlsbro Rebadged!

Well I was the (proud:o ) owner of some Carlsbro speakers when i first started in a band (almost 20 years ago) and they were rock solid beasts. Dropped out of the back of a van a few times and all they got was a small scuff. They were 2x12" + horn and bloody heavy.

I'm not sure the new stuff is built half as well but back in the day when I used them for a vocal PA, they were spot on.

Excalibur
12-11-2008, 08:32 AM
Well I was the (proud:o ) owner of some Carlsbro speakers when i first started in a band (almost 20 years ago) and they were rock solid beasts. Dropped out of the back of a van a few times and all they got was a small scuff. They were 2x12" + horn and bloody heavy.

I'm not sure the new stuff is built half as well but back in the day when I used them for a vocal PA, they were spot on.

The point which will doubtless soon be made by someone, is that the modern day Carlsbro kit is a shadow of its former self. :( :(

Corabar Steve
12-11-2008, 09:09 AM
I was an electronics design consultant for 14 years and used Maplin for electronic parts.Really! Wow! How come you've never told us this before? :sarc:

Solitaire Events Ltd
12-11-2008, 11:16 AM
Really! Wow! How come you've never told us this before? :sarc:

*Wipes tea from screen*

Cj_The_Dj
12-11-2008, 01:44 PM
:offtopic:This thread was not started to slag off maplin. Even thought its cheep and nasty and over priced. For what quality you get.

However, to add one point to maplins equipment, craplins is cheap crap, doesn’t last. And this doing nothing good for mobile djs because people start to think that all us dj pay these prices when we pay at least double,

Even though I have a prosound 1000 I got it second hand for free :) and its soon to be my back up.

djdarren
12-11-2008, 02:20 PM
:offtopic:This thread was not started to slag off maplin. Even thought its cheep and nasty and over priced. For what quality you get.

However, to add one point to maplins equipment, craplins is cheap crap, doesn’t last. And this doing nothing good for mobile djs because people start to think that all us dj pay these prices when we pay at least double,

Even though I have a prosound 1000 I got it second hand for free :) and its soon to be my back up.

i think this is one of the best posts on this thread so far... however i would like to clerafy my point further.

maplins stuff will be made in the far east the same as many other budget brands, depending on the application they may be fine however i would stress that this application in my opinion would not go as far a pro mobile disco applications however would be fine as a backup to sick in your car boot just to be covered if your primary amp goes down.

in this game you do get what you pay for..... i see loads of people every day that ask for the "cheepest best stuff" when we tell them the price they have quite often been to the maplins that is just down the road and then think our prices are high but when told that this equipment is not the right equipment for the job they tend to ignore us and go back to maplins for there budget disco setup.

cant comment any further than that.....

Excalibur
12-11-2008, 04:24 PM
Ome cuts ones coat according to ones cloth. ;) ;)

I've had gear from Maplins, and there are all qualities there. I've got two Geni lights which I think are indestructible! :D They're basic but robust. Please remember that their kit is not specifically aimed at Pro DJ's, but Bedroom DJ's ( no offence lads and lasses), one off parties, Novice DJ's, Youth Clubs and Uncle Tom Cobley and all. The biggest gripe I have with them is if they give the impression that their gear will match Peavey, Martin, et al.

spin mobile disco
12-11-2008, 08:05 PM
Would agree on th Geni stuff being pretty wel made. And it used to be the only lighting they used to sell until the newer stuff was released.
The geni wild blaze for example was rebranded and placed in the new plastic outer shell and is now called the vango swing.
The old Geni XTC was done the same way and is now the vango diamand and the spin 1 is now the vango arc. The spin 2 is much like the ssc-1 etc.
Mind you I will defend their lighting I have used myself but will not defend the speakers and amp in there own brand as I have not had any experience with them. Although they actually look to the first impression to be better lookign than most top end amps. I know this is all for show and doesnt reflect performance etc but they do look nice.
Maybe crown should make an amp look that good i would buy one :)

nigelwright7557
12-11-2008, 10:17 PM
maplins stuff will be made in the far east the same as many other budget brands,

..

No British company making quantities would build their equipment in the UK.

Not only is the foreign companies cheaper but do a better job.

I have been in British Electronics for 30 years and we only ever used British companies for small runs. They simply couldnt compete on large runs.

Corabar Steve
13-11-2008, 08:09 AM
I have been in British Electronics for 30 years

& yet you so rarely mention it. :sarc: