Peavey Electronics

AQ™ 12 Powered Speaker

SKU: 03619790
List Price: $599.99 USD

$449.99 USD

The Aquarius series leverages over 50 years of loudspeaker innovation and experience to bring you the best combination of reliability, performance and value on the market today.

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The Peavey Aquarius AQ series speaker enclosures represent the best combination of reliability, performance and value in the market today. Using our 50 plus years of experience and custom components, the AQ series represents an evolution of speaker technology no other company can offer.

The AQ represents an increase in power, both in output and reliability from previous designs while increasing efficiency, using less power to create more output making our products environmentally friendly.
Sonically our components are world-class. Our Asymmetrical Quadratic Waveguide horn allows us to direct the existing energy more precisely. This makes our enclosures perform better by getting more output where it's needed in addition to having a cleaner, clearer sound than our competition.

Safety is a number one concern; our enclosures are tested and certified for sale all over the world to be safe and reliable in a number of environments.

Modern features like Bluetooth audio streaming and the ability to pair another speaker make our speakers convenient as well as being sonically superior.

Advanced DSP gave our engineers the ability to design several presets that quickly modify the enclosure's dynamics and EQ for various applications.

Efficient, easy to use, modern, reliable, and now with reduced weight, the AQ series is the best value in the business. Dare to compare our enclosures to any in its category and you will find a sonically superior, more reliable, and higher output enclosure.

Features

  • Two-way bi-amplified analog amp powered speaker system
  • 12" heavy-duty woofer
  • DX™14 compression driver, with 1.4 inch titanium diaphragm
  • 670 watts peak dynamic woofer power, 330 watts peak dynamic tweeter power
  • Bluetooth® streaming and pairing are supported
  • DSP processing is 56 bit double-precision
  • DSP I/O is at 48 kHz and 24 bits, with low-jitter, professional grade components
  • Dynamic bass boost function
  • Fan cooled for maximum reliability
  • Peavey® Designed Quadratic Throat Waveguide™ technology, 110 by 80 degree coverage
  • Input is via a combo female XLR and 1/4" TRS phone jack with balanced input OR a Bluetooth ® signal can be streamed to the speaker system.
  • Mic/Line switch to accommodate a wide range of input signals
  • Thru/Mix output is via a male XLR jack
  • Multiple Factory Preset EQ settings for the DSP crossover system
  • Rugged plastic injection-molded trapezoidal enclosure
  • Cabinet has dual rear corner angled sides for floor monitor use.
  • Full-coverage perforated steel grille, with powder coat finish
  • Pole mount molded-in for 1 3/8" diameter poles
  • Packed Weight: 40.35 lb (18.3 kg)
  • Packed Length: 28.25" (71.75 cm)
  • Packed Width: 16.375" (41.59 cm)
  • Packed Height: 16.125" (40.96 cm)

Additional information

Frequency Response

68 Hz to 19 kHz, +/- 6 dB, anechoic environment

Usable Low Frequency limit (-10 dB point anechoic)

55 Hz

Nominal sensitivity (1W @1M, swept sine input in anechoic environment)

95 dB (average)

Maximum Sound Pressure Gain (1 meter)

125 dB SPL peak with music

Radiation Angle measured at -6 dB point of polar response

Nominal: 110 degrees horizontal X 80 degrees vertical
(Axis of the vertical main polar lobe is angled down 10 degrees, resulting in the angular pattern with respect to straight ahead being +30, -50 degrees)

Transducer Complement

Heavy-duty 12” woofer with 2” voice coil & 44 oz. magnet
DX™14 1.4” titanium diaphragm dynamic compression driver

Box Tuning Frequency

52 Hz

Electroacoustic crossover frequency

1.9 kHz

Crossover type

Internal Electronic DSP based two-way crossover with driver EQ, level matching, bass boost, limiting and subsonic filtering.

Crossover Slopes

Linkwitz-Riley 24 dB/octave (4th order) low pass, 24dB/octave (fourth order) high pass, both with driver EQ incorporated.

Input Connections

One combo female XLR / 1/4” phone jack providing balanced line-level operation from the 1 / 4” jack section, and the XLR section.
Bluetooth® input via wireless link, with pairing options.

Output Connections

One male XLR jack. The Thru/Mix jack is intended for the use of linking multiple AQ™12‘s in a line or to provide a feed to a powered subwoofer, or other electronics that needs to receive a full range version of the input signal.
The Mix function converts this jack to provide a mixed signal of the input jack and the Bluetooth® source.

Enclosure Materials & Finish

Black injection-molded plastic with textured surface, black powder-coated perforated full-coverage grille

Mounting provisions

Four rubber feet provide vibration free floor or stage use, and a molded-in stand mounting cup with industry standard 1 3/8” inside diameter for use with subwoofer poles and speaker stands is on the bottom.
Unit is not designed to be flown overhead.

Shipping Weight 18.3 kg
Shipping Dimensions 28.25 × 16.375 × 16.125 in
California Proposition 65 Warning

Support

If you have questions concerning product operation, support or warranty, contact one of our Customer Support Representatives by email at [email protected], or try using the Peavey Forums.

We can be reached by phone at 877-732-8391 (toll free in the US).

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The asymmetrical horn and Quadratic Throat Waveguide in Aquarius loudspeakers deliver expansive coverage with cleaner, clearer sound than our competition.

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Optimize your sound for any setting with advanced DSP and application-specific presets.

LIGHTER THAN EVER

Now reduced in weight, Aquarius series loudspeakers deliver the ultimate combination of power and convenience.

BLUETOOTH STEREO LINK

Onboard Bluetooth allows you to wirelessly pair to a second Aquarius loudspeaker, and enables wireless audio streaming too.

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