By Clive Young
Portable PAs have to be a lot of things—powerful enough for a pro, simple enough for a novice, durable enough to travel, and flexible enough to sound good in a bad room. Over the last few months of testing, I’ve found that the JBL EON ONE MK2 All-In-One Rechargeable Column Speaker checks off all those boxes.
The uses for a portable P.A. are endless, as it can provide live sound everywhere from events at houses of worship, schools and community meetings, to musicians playing in a small setting like a coffee house or even busking on the street.
All Mix Real-World Reviews test equipment in working situations where it has to deliver, so I used the EON ONE MK2 for two kinds of applications: multiple library lectures, where it had to handle spoken word and laptop audio, and more traditional live-music use, i.e., live and recorded music at a holiday party.
Testing it in all these situations, the system was easy to transport and set up. The EON ONE MK2 is just under 43 pounds, so it’s not lightweight, but you’re not going to throw your back out before a gig either. It is durable and cleanly designed, too, so it slides into the back of an SUV or a car trunk without snagging on anything.
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