Bose 32 vs Evolve 50 | DJ Review 

Hilarious video. You should offer stand up comedy with your packages.

Can't wait to hear that. I am still not sure what's best to buy vs spend money with bose.

Dude that was awesome, Thank you! Sooooo now I want to see the EV50 vs Bose 16Pro. ....... please.......ok.....great.......thanks.

Great information thanks. Which Mic Model Number you use on this video evolution wireless 500 G4 935 ?? or

i mix for a duo that use an EV30. I'm very impressed with out of the box flat response of system and rarely feel the need to eq to room. they always mix easily and sound great. in this case of bose and EV, especially with mic, i was surprised how much i preferred the EV over the bose. i would have preferred you play the same program music as the comparison through both speakers sets, but, i liked your dancing.... but seriously, i feel this would have represented the speakers better in comparison. thanks for your effort, it has really given me a confidence in EV gear. lastly, the wide dispersion of sound has made me concerned of feed back for load full band situations. it seemed pretty good with both, but the bose does sound like it could do with a graphic over it to cancel out the room low frequency bounce you were hearing.

I have been playing out with a single Bose L1 Pro 16. I run it on "speech" setting for more mids and boost the bass, also they come ALIVE around 50% power.

Very interesting. I've used the Bose L1s for a large wedding reception in an airplane hangar and the sound and coverage was good, especially for the "traditional" music I was using. In that case, the bride had a very specific playlist. She is a harpist and the Bose also works very well for harp amplification. Many speakers struggle with harp. On the other hand, I am an EV fanboy, and I still like the sound quality of EV speakers better than the Bose. I think EV was late to the stick speaker party because they took their time developing it to get it right, and I'll take EV over JBL or others any day.

Bose speakers is the Best! Micophone does it better all around the room! I've used one speaker for 300 people at a Graduation Party and it rocks! Make sure you hook up an extra one 18" subwoofers

Great video and very entertaining. I do wish you had played the same song on both speakers, but other than that, very good. You pointed out everything that is important to us as mobile DJs. I think we are in a good time as DJs, because (as people pointed out below) there are thousands of combinations available to us. We are not limited to a few brands and a few speakers. We can get 8"-15" tops combined with 12"-21" subs (four 21" in one cabinet by BassBoss), limited only by your budget or what you are willing to sacrifice. Some DJs drive to gigs in $80,000 Sprinter vans, while others use the family mini van. They both get you to the gig. The person driving the Sprinter has $80,000 less to spend on speakers. All these speakers will perform well in most conditions. They are all good, but some are great. However "great" is subjective. Use your ears to determine what's best and take a few other people with you when you are making the decision. Then buy the best you can reasonably afford or need, depending on where you perform and what you do as a DJ. Your guests don't get a side by side comparison. They only get to hear what you purchased.

I was heavily debating between both of these and ended up going with the 50s. In the end, I wanted to cut down on the total number of pieces I was carrying. And since it's such a close race sonically between these two, the edge in portability won out on the 50s for me.

I debated buying an LD systems maui 44 and the Bose L1 32, ultimately being able to buy the maui 44 on sale was the deciding factor. It's a beast and sounds amazing, but that base unit is super heavy. The proximity test with the microphone at least behind them worked well.

I don't know about the Evolve but the Bose has an app which you select what make and type of microphone (or any instrument in fact) to get the correct settings. I'd imagine that has a bearing on the microphone sound.

Good str8 forward comparison. Appreciate it. Doesn't seem like the bose is worth the added cost.

Hey Aaron, as always very insightful video. I have a set of the Evolve 50s, and also have a sub2 I use on occasion in conjunction with the EVs or with a pair of Turbosound ip 300s. All sound great. My question is why are you getting rid of the Bose 32s? I’m itching to get at least one of them, but I hate the fact that base is so susceptible to dust, spills etc in the real DJ world. I also think the EVs connection seems sturdier. I’m torn because I did hear the Bose 32s at a large outdoor pool party w sun 2 and the one speaker was plenty for the whole area. Please give me some insight as to why u are saying goodbye to them. Thanks and keep putting out great content 👍

I used the older Bose L1M2 with both the B1 and B2 bass systems and the Tonematch T1 I used the system on many hundreds of gigs, I cant tell you the amount of compliments from audience members AND other musicians on how great the system sounded. The T1 makes it easier by far but you have to have some eq-ing knowledge to get the most out of the system. The great thing about the Bose was I got to hear what my audience heard and the volume was almost exactly the same at the back of the venue as it was on the stage. If I was still gigging I wouldnt want to perform on anything else, that includes full conventional pa systems. Ive owned and performed on many different systems. Currently I have a set of 12in powered EV's and a Mackie Pro FX mixer for personal use.

I own the Bose L1 pro 32s with the sub 2’s …. I’ve used them at many a show and couldn’t put my finger on it. They just didn’t sound what I wanted them to sound like I went to the treble and bass EQ and turned those up and it made a big difference. I didn’t know if you were running it flat in this demonstration.

For a 22’ x 40’ sanctuary which one would you recommend. 5 vocals a keyboard and electric drums

I got a Bose 32 with sub 2 for my dj controller would you recommend red and white rca to 1/8 inch into aux? Or should I got 1/4 inch left and right into line 1-2 of Bose? Thank

I’m curious, are these that comparable? I’ve had guys tell me the pro 32 is way louder and better than the 50 with more throw and that it’s more like the 16. Thoughts? I’d get the pro16 but having a separate mixer sucks.

Voice Limiter on Bose 😞

This is a big venue. I’m about to place an order on the 50M and curious, I’ve had some people tel me to get two 30Ms vs 1 50M. Considering I just one thing for what I’m doing, would you say the 50M have significant headroom and throw advantage over the 30? I feel like those bigger speakers must hit the back of the room better.

I like the table. I went thru you gear and didn't see a link to the table. Do you happen to have a link to it? Thanks

Any thoughts when comparing with the db es1203?

I really like how Bose Sounds

Hey brother what table is that ? Can you provide a link thanks

I wonder if the mic test sounded better because we expect a person to come from more of a point source so it sounds odd to be distributed? Dunno, interesting test.

Do the EV 50's come with covers?

nothing beats the Bose straight up

I rock the boss with my qsc ks118 for me it sounds way better like that than using sub 2.

Do one with turbo sound ip 3000

It started around the time of AirPods launching, but I feel like Bose has bit of a "been there, done that" image. They have superb, phenomenal products, but Evolves feel "new" and "fresh." I wonder if Bose needs to lead with the name of a product line. Something like "Eventmax by Bose" but with a name that sounds way cooler. They don't need to hide that they're Bose like Comcast tries to do with "Xfinity," but maybe letting the product line name lead will make people go, "oh, this is new and different. They're coming right for the Evolves and Evoxes. I'll give it a shot!"

I’m starting out as a solo DJ this up coming month. In your opinion, do you think the Bose pro 32 is enough to handle a small wedding (around 100 guests) on its own? Is there a noticeable difference if you get 2 sub 2’s to go with one column?

At my local moose lodge I let a guy do an acoustic gig with pro32. Office people came out and said it’s soooo loud on other side of room BUT WHEN WE GOT INSIDE GIG ROOM he must have turned it down. Nope. That’s Bose. 😅 never touched volume

The Bose has no low mid, and has loads of rear spill

I wanted to get the Bose 32 (sounded great) but just seemed too flimsy for the price. Ended up with the Maui 44G2 which are great, but wish I could ante up the 10k for the RCF TT-515 over 808 combo. The evolve 50 are great; I have a pair but because the top height is not super tall they get blocked by the audience. For a smaller system like this I would probably go Evox 8 instead if I did it over again.

From my limited experiences, they are equivalent however Bose has even less midrange do to driver size but the sub also more lowend it’s a bigger driver (physics)! Bose does seem the most fragile and it’s closer to a traditional speaker set up! If It’s just about output yeah bose has it but set up features ease of use I give it to ev! I recommend neither for any event over 75 people or in a room with capacity of over 100 for a dancing type party! Anything larger and Two 15 inch subs and 10 inch tops will have more output in Every way and is only minimally larger and is really maybe 10 mins of additional set up!

For me the bose controller looks to be in the spill danger zone .. the lady requested taylor swift just spilled her iced coffee with that special something mixed in right on top of your bose controller and it pooled inside up to the buttons.. thanks grandma

You should pay the same track on both systems, so we can compare

Aaron, maybe not your wheelhouse but do you see any significant reason to get a 50M over a 30M for a solo musician? I use guitar amp simulators and play blues music with a foot board thing in Florida so it’s mostly outdoor and open air places. Some are decent sized spaces. Don’t gotta be blasting loud but still. Should I just get the bigger one since I’ll cart it anyway, is the difference that great if the sub lows aren’t gonna be used much?

But ones got a mixer the other dont

There’s a huge price difference in those though. The EV has cleaner bass response and a warmer mic deliverance. There’s no competition in my opinion. Especially being that EV is around $1900 cheaper.

Side by side setup the EV video looks like its speeded up...

Hello Aaron, I'm a fan of your channel and I love your videos. Except that today I am very disappointed with the result. First the test should have been done in a useful room for us. (like DJs use for parties). Spend more time on the particularities of the sound with the same songs for comparisons. The place for the test and the structure of your video is not helpful because between you and me, the number of seconds that separates when we go up or undo the set-up is much less important than deepening the tests of the music which would have could be done. Thanks for reading me !

OMG You look like the Ukraine President Zelensky! AWESOME VIDEO BRO! I use the EV's with added FBT SUBLINE12'S.

Bose 32 with an F1 sub. That is what I call a system.

Rick Webb what happened bro?

you should do test with more music genres. All column speakers I tested sounds really terrible with rock music in comparsion with classsic sub and top speaker

Sold my 2 x Bose l1 pro 32s and sub 2’s a few weeks ago. Back to point source RCF 910s and subs. As nice as they look they’re not great. Subs drop off quickly too much high end bleed across my path DJing. Then there the drunk pole dancers 🙈

mind you per sub/tower bose is what $1k more expensive per side would have loved to hear a EV200 12/18 sub comparison

You can’t compare the EV and the bose. Sound quality way better with Bose but only for interior.

HELLLLP . 3 piece band with electronic drums , moderate volume for 100 seat bar . I can only afford 1 tower ?

Ok , question - I did buy the Bose l1 32 with sub 2 , can I run ev evolve 50 on other side ? Basically 1 of each ?

When djing a wedding dance we want the dance floor to be loud but not so loud in other parts of the venue so people can talk. So the fact that the Bose has such wide dispersion is good for speeches but not so great for the dance. Overall, I think the EV Evolve 50 are a much better option based on set up, and sound.

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Why didn’t you of all people know, you should have played the same song on both systems to compare, i know YOU know better Aaron , your cool but

I have both. The 50s sound like toys compared to the 32s. I use the EVs 70% of the time though. The Bose are not needed for medium to small weddings.

Bose is warm and wide

Warmer but not clearer

Is this what life is about? How about sticking to one unit and planning a damn trip to Disney World for your kids? Shit man, they're not going to stay kidsl forever.

Sound always size matter... Look at the beauty of that music system l, seee the beauty. Bose ❤️... Bose always for Royal's not for you because you don't mentioned the beauty and premium look and the size of the system.,.. Everybody can make sound but the size matters... Size matters

ev just sounds better of course.

HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN DANCE 1 EV 50? SKS

EV speakers ALL Max out LOOONG before anything BOSE does... It's crazy to behold... EV is Weak and spineless in terms of power handling... I challenge all to do their research.

If you don’t start doing standup and continue to DJ you are robbing people of your talent!!! Maybe combine the 2 somehow!!😂

RCF evox 12 wins

You need to play the same song so our speakers can hear the difference doing a side by side using different songs is almost pointless.

They both suck, gotta get a big boy system like NXLs and Dual subs

Bose is the winner

When he threw the hat 😂