I used to own a pair of EAW FR152's... Very good speakers...
bit heavy and bulky...but good workhorses with clean sound and good coverage... I have also used
CROWN and QSC amps...good amps..I have many Crest Ca's--workhorse beasts but good amps..super heavy tho..
When setting up a sound company you need to assess your limitations for what your PA can handle for coverage and what it cannot. Indoor or OUTDOOR or both....corporate or night club or concert..the number of people inside and outside you can
cover etc. You also need to figure out your customer
base you are targeting--do you need a
system that can do concerts for support, or are you looking for night club and small
venue stuff..? DJ's, small bands? Rentals and turnkey systems that go out the door and are user operated--or gear that you
send out and op. Also do you wish your gear to be flexible and able to suppliment to other larger companies for their larger needs?
Point is--Match a
system and gear you get to what you intend to do with it.. For example--the FR152's were great speakers for talking heads and speeches, DJ's and maybe very small band reinforcement in very small areas with subs...but I would not try to
cover more then 100-150- people with them per pair generally..they had their limitations..know your gear and know its limitations. Also no other company would rent them unless they ran out of gear of their own to
send out on small gigs..but I was still able to rent them to other companies. When I added other items of more "interest" to my
line card of gear, such as 2 12racks of KT DN360 EQ's or Lexicon PCM70's and so on--I was able to pull in more $$ by renting those toys out when I was sitting doing nothing during slow times..the KTs were of addition to
monitor rigs--the FX were great for tours who needed other units
etc... Pick the gear you need, can use, and know you can move....
So when you are thinking about equipment think about the coverages you wish to be able to do..and who your desired customer
base is...
JMO...
-w