From djacques@csulb.edu Sat Aug 03 10:58:24 2002
Subject:Re: Keyboard amps and hearing loss

The loudest concert I was ever at was a Lee Michaels concert back in the
early 70's.. He actually drove me out of the hall! Too bad as I was a
big fan of his.

After seeing all those concerts in the 60's and 70's and playing for 30+
years, I was amazed when I got the results of my hearing test a month
ago. There was very little, if any hearing loss... even up in the higher
frequencies. I purchased custom fitted hearing plugs for $150 and they
are the BEST investment I have ever made. It actually lowers the DB
level with no loss of frequency. Forget about those cheap foam plugs...
Buy these....

Regarding keyboard amps, I have owned my Mackie SRM 450 since they came
out and it is AMAZING! Great full frequency response and power to spare.
I play three bands, one a 7 piece classic rock horn band and the guitar
player plays through a Marshall. I have NO problem cutting through all
this....

-----Original Message-----

Good quality solid state sounds very good, cheap SS with
generic speakers, gets you just that, bad sound. I just can't accept
what's
out there at those price levels, its an insult. First you have digital,
which
to most keyboard players is a compromise, then you have to plug it into
bad
sounding equipment? Even the old Kustom amps sounded great for SS.

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