Allen & Heath Qu-3 Complete Live Set – A Small PA in One Order
The Mixing Set plus the PA itself: two Thump12v4 speakers on K&M stands, fed from the XLR outputs of the Qu-3 over 4.5 m Hosa cables. For talks, small bands and rooms where one person runs the sound from a desk-sized mixer. It fits on a desk: 322 × 445 mm and just under 7 kg.
In This Setup
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Allen & Heath Qu-3 – compact digital mixer on the 96 kHz XCVI core, with 36 inputs to mix, 12 mixes, 4 matrix outputs and 6 FX engines, nine motorised faders, a 7″ touchscreen, 16 XLR/jack combo inputs, 8 XLR outputs and 32×32 USB-C recording.
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Mackie Thump12v4 (pair) – two 12″ powered PA speakers, 1400 W each, with XLR/TRS combo inputs, SoundCheck DSP voicings and Feedback Eliminator.
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K&M 21435 (pair) – two steel speaker stands with a 35 mm pole, 144 to 223 cm tall, rated for 50 kg each.
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Shure SM58-LCE – cardioid dynamic vocal mic with a built-in pop filter and an internal shock mount. No on/off switch.
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Sennheiser HD 25 Plus – closed-back on-ear monitoring headphones, 70 Ω and about 140 g, with a rotating capsule for one-ear listening, coiled and straight cables and a carrying pouch.
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Hosa MBL-100 (3 m) – balanced XLR female to XLR male microphone cable.
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Hosa HMIC-000 (2 × 4.5 m) – two balanced XLR cables with REAN connectors by Neutrik, one from each mixer output to its speaker.
Why This Combination
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Connected from the start: the mixer output, cable and speaker input are all XLR, one cable per side.
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Set up by one person: Gain and Feedback Assistants on the mixer, SoundCheck voicings on the speakers.
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Sound you can check: headphones for cueing at the mixer, the PA for the room.
Set price includes the Qu-3, two speakers, two stands, the microphone, the headphones and three XLR cables.
