Carvin LM15

I bought a pair of LM15s from Carvin and could not be happier with them... here's why:

At first, I went into the San Diego showroom to purchase LS1502 speakers. My first shot at doing a PA rental for the Full Monty Band was at the Coyote Bar & Grill in Carlsbad. Rich mentioned in our conversation regarding the band instruments and mic'ing requirements, that they typically use a sub plus a pair of 15" full range cabinets on stands. There is not much room for setup at the Coyote. It is an outdoor patio venue and the band sets up at one end of the patio.
At the time, my main speakers were the LS1801 subwoofers plus a pair of 1588s that were my original purchase for my band Shotgun. I had told Rich about the size of the speakers and he said we could make it work, of course, but in the end I decided to take Rich's advice on using speakers on stands. I had been considering whether to buy LS1502 or LM15 speakers for a few weeks already. Main point was to be able to use these speakers on stands for mains, or as monitors, so either series would work for this. Carvin had just recently introduced the LSx series, and put the LS series on sale to clear inventory. $219 each, great price for the perfect speakers for my needs!

Unfortunately when I arrived at the Coyote and opened the boxes, imagine my surprise when the speaker cabs I pulled out where rectangular boxes!!! What happened was they ran out of stock on LS1502 and substituted the LSx1502 without mentioning it to me. Well I used the LSx1502s for the night, and also for a gig (PA rental) the next day aboard the USS Midway for the reception for George Martin, who had just finished his Journey for 911 fundraiser walk across America the day before. Just to mention, the LSx1502 speakers sounded fantastic, and I would have kept them if they could have been turned on the ground as monitors.

Next day I went back into Carvin - I live nearby in Poway, CA. I explained that I wanted the LS1502 speakers because I needed to be able to use them as monitors. Derek went back to see what had happened. It turned out that they had run out of stock, as mentioned before. He offered to exchange the LSx1502 speakers for LM15s if I wanted to, for the same price. This sounded good to me because I had been considering these already, so I went ahead with the exange.

The Full Monty Band played a party on the next weekend. It was for a 25th anniversary, held outdoors at a newly finished resort / corporate retreat house in Valley Center. We used the LM15s with LS1801 subs for this gig and the sound was also great! We were all very happy with the sound...

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