PRORECK Freedom 12 Portable Wireless 12-Inch 500 Watt Powered Dj/PA Speaker Rechargeable Karaoke System with Bluetooth/USB Drive Read/SD Card Reader/FM/Remote Control/Wireless Microphone

I sing Karaoke weekly in our home media room with a group of friends, some of whom are great professional singers. The equipment in my home is excellent quality, EV 12" active PA speakers for vocals, a 10 channel Yamaha mixer with digital effects, laptop PC running karaoke software, and a high end Marantz 7.1 sound system for the playback music. I use Shure Beta58 dynamic, and 87A wired and wireless condenser vocal microphones. Every guest loves singing through our system.I also own a audio visual entertainment business that supports events, concerts and other live performances for non-profit organizations. We use Yamaha DXR active PA speakers, subwoofers and monitors. I just finished 3 days of concerts performed on an outdoor stage over the Labor Day weekend. I received numerous compliments from several singers and the audience on my sound equipment and mixing.So what does this have to do with PRORECK FREEDOM 12 portable PA? I want readers to know that I have a lot of experience with sound, and that I also have extreme OCD. I was looking for a very portable, uncomplicated and affordable all-in-one PA system to recommend to my friends that don't want to invest thousands of $$ into a PA and karaoke system. I also want a system I can easily load into my car and take to gatherings at other friends' homes, and on road-trip vacations.I've been playing with this system for over a week now and have gotten very used to it. At first I was thinking the included wireless microphones were weak, but it was really me not projecting into the mics. I've gotten spoiled over the years using hot microphones. For the price, you cannot go wrong with this system! The audio quality is great. I use my Amazon Fire tablet to connect via Bluetooth and play Karaoke from YouTube. I haven't connected any music sources directly to the RCA or line in jacks, as I don't plan to use this PA for that purpose. I have tried both inexpensive and decent wired microphones connected via the XLR and 1/4 input jacks, and they are clean. There is very little feedback generated from this system. If you place the microphones directly in front of the speaker and have the mic volumes up high enough, you'll generate some high frequency feedback. The equalizer works well, so you can remove some of the highs if necessary. If you're fussy like me, invest about $110 and get a couple of inexpensive but good quality wired microphones, e.g. Audix 50S, and one decent 25' XLR cable, and one XLR - 1/4 cable, like those sold by GLS. A cheap 1/4 cable will not have good shielding, and you'll hear more high frequency noise.I like this PRORECK FREEDOM enough that I'm going to order another to give to my sister and her husband. And then probably another for my parents who really love Karaoke. I'm going to stick with the 12" speaker rather than the 15", more for portability reasons.BTW - Vivian who represents the seller was very helpful in taking care of my order. Although they were low in stock, they rushed a system out to me when I told them I was kind of in a hurry. Thanks Vivian!1/20/19 Update - I've been using this PA every week for Karaoke at a Senior Assisted Living Home (about 150 residents) in their "Living Room" which is located at the lobby. Everyone loves the music and singing. I've already commented previously about how the included wireless mics are good only for emceeing and announcements. I would not sing through them. I recently purchased the Proreck MX44 wireless mic system (4 microphones) which has a mix output (all channels fed through one output). This is my goto wireless mic setup now. The great thing about the mix output feature is I use it to connect the MX44 wireless receiver to the PA using only one 1/4 instrument/mic cable. I use a wired microphone to connect to the XLR input. So in total I have 7 microphones I can use (counting the not-so-great wireless microphones included with Proreck Freedom 12/15).

I like this product, works good in my gym.

Absolutely amazing! I bought this for a big spring break trip for karaoke and music. So much better than paying for a karaoke machine or anything super loud and full when eq’ed correctly. My only reason for giving it 4 stars is that there is a constant low white noise. Other than that sounds great!

February 2019My wife bought this PA Speaker for me for Christmas. I wanted it, mainly, to play music around the pool in the summertime using the Bluetooth function (my wife also got me the Pyle PA speaker stand for this unit). I thought the built-in rechargeable battery was a really cool feature because I could take it with me on annual camping trips and get a few hours use out of it. I play guitar, so I was going to use it as an amp, also. The rechargeable battery feature coupled with the good reviews is what sold me on this particular speaker. When I opened it and got it set-up, I was blown away by how loud and clear it was just using battery power. As the battery power diminishes, it starts getting static-y, but that was to be expected. Overall, I was very happy with it and since Christmas I have been using it as a super-sized Bluetooth speaker while waiting for the chill of the Midwest winter to fade away. I've used it while brewing beer in the garage, playing COD in the basement, etc. and I've started to get a little attached to it. Two days ago, I was playing music from my phone on the speaker through Bluetooth (at a low volume) and while playing music, it made a loud buzzing sound which faded away and then silence. I have no idea what happened to cause this, but now the speaker does not make any sounds at all. Most of the rear display still lights up, but none of the input functions (Bluetooth, radio, microphone) will produce a sound. It still appears to connect to my phone via Bluetooth and the FM radio will display and allow me to change stations, but no audio. I also noticed that the microphone display will not light up when I power it on. It appears an electrical component(s) failed, maybe a circuit board, but alas, I am not an electrician. So, at this point, it is a very large, expensive paperweight... I'm pretty disappointed that as expensive as this equipment was, it only worked with very light usage for about 2 months, just as I was getting used to using this speaker instead of an Amazon Tap or similar small Bluetooth speaker. I hope the manufacturer/seller stands by their product and remedies this (hopefully) isolated product failure.March 21, 2019I cannot say enough good things about Proreck. After my initial review and problem with my original PA speaker, a Proreck representative (Vivian) emailed me about the defective product and sent a brand new unit within a week! I've had the new PA speaker for about a week with zero issues. Thank you Proreck/Vivian for standing by your product and providing excellent customer service!!!

I purchased this speaker to use outside, and it worked out great. It was 42 degrees outside, and I was out there for three hours, and the battery held up. I had to change the batteries in one of the mics, after about an hour and a half but I brought extras with me. It also arrived sooner than expected so I was super happy. As I was using the speaker I had the Bluetooth enable to play soft music. I'm like a kid with a new toy.

This unit worked reasonably well when first delivered, but now the battery won't charge. We have left it in it's charging state (flashing red LED indicates it's in charge mode) overnight, but the unit cannot turn on without being attached to the wall. I can't speak to the manufacturer for repair/replacement of the battery as they only give a 30-day window for repair/replacement on Amazon. So if I want this fixed, I have to go buy another battery and hope it's not the charging circuit that is bad with this speaker.That and the wireless microphones being exceptionally low volume even at it's maximum gain, I would pass if I was considering this unit. Otherwise - you will end up getting other microphones, and keeping this unit attached to power at all times to work.