jeffheart08
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does anyone own any of these fixtures? Elation Powerspot 575E.
For more than the past decade I have been subjected to what I consider top of the line brands Lightwave Research, Martin & Varilite. In my career, these are the fixture among moving heads that appear on every show and in every large scale production/rental house in the USA (including the ones I worked at). You NEVER see magazines like PSLN listing fixtures on major tours that are not from one of these brands. I have not been doing too much intelligent lighting research for the past 3 years now. However, I now see that the competition is quickly advancing, patents are expiring and others are eating up the design specs to create tons of moving head fixtures with new companies. With that said, I am now uncertain if companies like Elation are putting out worthy products or if the 3 I mentioned above still rival anything that the other companies are putting out. I am looking over the Elation Powerspot and Design Spot 575's (mainly the powerspot) and wondering if this fixture can stand the rigors of rentals and if it's optics and build quality are up to par with the fixtures I have come to be so accustomed to. And if they have, it makes me wonder why you still never see any big concert tours using any of these newer brands (the top ends of the brands).
I am skeptical about purchasing the Powerspots instead of a Mac 700's or Studio Color 575's, etc...... I know Elation has a converted Martin engineer now, but is that knowledge embedded into the powerspots or only the newer powerspot 700? I'm gonna get some demos for an upcoming show so I may decide I like the output and build quality after getting into the fixture, but it still won't answer my question about durability. My main concern will be if it can stand the test of time.
any thoughts or anyone who knows where i can find reviews and/or comparisons will be greatly appreciated
thanks,
Jeff
For more than the past decade I have been subjected to what I consider top of the line brands Lightwave Research, Martin & Varilite. In my career, these are the fixture among moving heads that appear on every show and in every large scale production/rental house in the USA (including the ones I worked at). You NEVER see magazines like PSLN listing fixtures on major tours that are not from one of these brands. I have not been doing too much intelligent lighting research for the past 3 years now. However, I now see that the competition is quickly advancing, patents are expiring and others are eating up the design specs to create tons of moving head fixtures with new companies. With that said, I am now uncertain if companies like Elation are putting out worthy products or if the 3 I mentioned above still rival anything that the other companies are putting out. I am looking over the Elation Powerspot and Design Spot 575's (mainly the powerspot) and wondering if this fixture can stand the rigors of rentals and if it's optics and build quality are up to par with the fixtures I have come to be so accustomed to. And if they have, it makes me wonder why you still never see any big concert tours using any of these newer brands (the top ends of the brands).
I am skeptical about purchasing the Powerspots instead of a Mac 700's or Studio Color 575's, etc...... I know Elation has a converted Martin engineer now, but is that knowledge embedded into the powerspots or only the newer powerspot 700? I'm gonna get some demos for an upcoming show so I may decide I like the output and build quality after getting into the fixture, but it still won't answer my question about durability. My main concern will be if it can stand the test of time.
any thoughts or anyone who knows where i can find reviews and/or comparisons will be greatly appreciated
thanks,
Jeff