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Peavey is known for their expansive line of quality and affordable musical instruments and equipment. As a testament to this, you'll find their products often dominate the popular and top rated categories at many online retailers.

The PVX 15 is a great example of their design strategy, an affordable yet full featured speaker. Sporting a 15" diameter woofer and a 1.4" tweeter, it has surprising versatility and low-frequency capacity, comparable to other more expensive cabinets.

Features:

• 15" LF Driver
• 1.4" HF Driver
• Continuous Power: 200W
• Program Power: 400W
• Peak Power: 800W
• Sensitivity: 1W/1m: 97 dB
• Impedance 8 ohms
• Frequency Range: 57Hz to 20kHz (±3 dB)
• Maximum Peak SPL: 126 dB
• Weight: 47 lbs.

Pros

Many experts and users point to the Peavey PVX 15's value for money as its best trait. For the price, most reviewers are impressed with its sound and build quality. There are plenty of reports from satisfied users who used the speakers in various scenarios, from light music playback in a backyard party, to full on DJ sets. Its versatile mounting design also gathered a lot commendations, it can stand on a pole, be suspended for elevated positioning, and it can be set on the floor as a stage monitor.

Cons

There are some who wish that the speaker is a bit lighter, but they are thankful for the good placement and quality of the handles. There is one user who reported that the sound is muffled compared to expensive powered speaker, but he was still happy with it overall, considering the price.

Overall

The Peavey PVX 15 was on our recommended list until October 2019 when we conducted a major review of the category and found there were more highly rated options to recommend, such as the JBL JRX215 which you'll find in our guide to The Best Passive PA Speakers.