F1320D Monitor : Does the job

Our band practice gets quite loud (must use earplugs), so had a common problem: vocals are overrun, singer works harder, PA has punch left, turning PA volume up and you get feedback, singer can't hear himself good so he stands closer to PA, which is closer to other noisy bandmembers, which sums to feedback issues.

So.. Bought this monitor + the Behringer feedback destroyer FBQ100, a bit better supercardioid mic and some cables. Singer is now standing further away from other noise sources and can hear himself from the monitor well. We can now direct the PA also differently so band can better hear the singer. From mixer -> FBQ100,-> monitor -> PA left -> PA right (monitor and PA are active). We can turn up the PA volume few dbs also and feedback issues are greatly reduced. We do use the feedback feature also in this monitor. We turn the volume up until it squeels a little, kill that frequenzy with the monitor's feedback knob, mark the curent volume level and lower the volume to normal level. Then singer knows how much he can add volume if required without issues. We adjusted stuff to get less bass from it when using it as monitor. It certainly can be used as a multipurpose PA. Well this is not pro level stuff, but band is happy with it and gets unhappy without it in our practice. I think it did the job.