From borge@pianogutten.com Tue Aug 23 23:45:55 2005
Subject:Re: powered monitors

i use 1 or 2 rcf (now mackie) 300A. it's a 300 watt 12" and a 60 watt
horn. sounds great. use this for practise and if the pa is bad where we
have a gig. try rcf. it sounds very good!

> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "robshrock" wrote:
> > I know this has been discussed in the past, but real quickly...
> >
> > What powered monitors are you guy using for keyboard rigs that can
> REALLY compete in
> a
> > loud, rock setting? (I'm in a band with TWO guitar players.) I'm using
> a CX-3, plus other
> > keys/synths. I can go either mono or stereo, but I'm trying to keep it
> as compact and
> easy
> > to move as possible.
> >
> > FYI, I tried a Roland KC-550 (15-inch, 180W) and it totally folded when
> really pushed to
> > loud, rock levels. It just distorted, compressed, and flabbed away in
> an awful manner.
> Tsk,
> > tsk.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob
>
> Powered monitors are the way to go as they are functionally PA gear. PA
> gear is
> *generally* designed to be full range, most keyboards amps just aren't.
> Why do you really
> need full range gear? Because a piano, for example, runs from 27.5
> cycles to over 4000
> cycles - and those are just the fundamentals, not the overtones. JBL and
> Mackie both
> make excellent powered monitors that are very loud and very transparent.
> Most keyboard
> amps color the sound too much for my tastes. I use a JBL EON G2, 400w of
> loud clean
> power. I've never felt the meed for more power in the more than a few
> years that I've had
> it.
>
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