From carl@vanselman.com Wed Aug 18 10:21:03 2004
Subject:Whilst we're talking amplification

Been reading with interest the comments on 'what amp'. I've just been trying everything I could find on the market. What I need has to be stereo, has to be light (my poor back!) has to have enough grunt and must not distort even when pushed.

After trying EON's (to big, too heavy) Mackie's (not as big, just as heavy LOUD) ElectroVoice, Voice, LEM and a few other less known I have just paid £900 (about $1700) for an HK Audio LUCAS XT system.

You get one sub (16Kg), with a 10" speaker rated at 250W and two satelites (4.5Kg each) rated at 60W each, so a total system of 370W. It all fits together in a tolleybag. It sounds great - perhaps not the loudest on the block but very clear, you just can not distort this thing and besides I can get more volume from the main band PA. As my own amp come on stage monitor this is a great system.

Take a look at their web site at www.hkaudio.com/Portable/Active/lucas_xt/

So now my whole rig is: Roland VR760 - LucasXT and that's it! (well, plus a line out to the main band PA)

Carl

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