From rhousetoo@yahoo.com Tue Apr 15 06:59:59 2008
Subject:Re: Amps etc

I appreciate all of the comments. 2 EON's won't work on this postage-stamp stage I refer to, even 1 would mean I have to carry my mixer, I'm trying to trim the rig down.

Any K4 owners near Central MA?

>Also, regarding the stage space concerns: You could do
>the gig with one keyboard and still have a high
>quality clonewheel organ in the rig, as the RD-700
>has the Roland VK-8 engine built in; as I recall the
>sliders/knobs become drawbars/organ parameter
>controllers.

Yes, those organs are good, and the 4 split/layer volume sliders can be used as virtual drawbars. I was always happy with those organ patches in a band setting.
I was rehearsing at a friend's house, where there's a VB3 (the earlier, smaller version of the B3??) and between the real Leslie and feel of the organ, I decided that no matter how good the RD700 organ patches were, I wanted to play something closer to the real thing. Thus the XK-1.

Thanx again,

Wes

jake92028 wrote: The Roland KC-350 is
> also a good option, especially regarding the space
> issue. The Traynor is bit larger - closer in size to a
> KC-550.

Don't forget, if you're interested in stereo: You can't get stereo
out of one AMPLIFIER with one speaker as Roland KC-whatever would
like you to think if you're only looking at how pretty it is :) I'd
seriously consider another powered Eon since the Eon 10 will fit in
small places.

Other than that, I'd bypass the KC-350-550's entirely, having used a
pair of KC300's for a couple of years, they were well-built but the
speakers gradually got boomier over time at high volumes and the
tweeters squeeked. The Traynor K4 would be of more interest to me. I
think the first batch of K2's(?) to come off the assembly line had
quality control problems and some people that bought them sent them
back with parts falling off, knobs, plastic corners.. BUT: Since then
whatever it was seems to have been resolved and I hear nothing but
good stuff about the Traynor K4. And it is stereo, having two
separate amps in the one cabinet, one for each L/R side, plus a built-
in subwoofer amp and speaker that's the right size for the speakers.

Good Luck ~ Wj




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