From goodmanlawrence@videotron.ca Mon Oct 27 13:33:30 2008
Subject:Re: Looking for Feedback on good speaker amp for Nord C1

I'm using a Markbass 15 inch traveller bottom(35 lbs) that pushes 400
watts and a Markbass Little Mark II(5 lbs) amp for my C1 with pretty
good results,The piezo tweeter is poor but the 15 inch speaker covers
the highs pretty well.There is a high mid hump that can be eq'ed out
through the eq on the amp.And if you want loud where the tone does
not change as you get loud you got it.Works well with a Motion Sound
Pro 3T also.For gigs it's 2 trips from the car including a "gig seat"
and keyboard stand not including the Pro 3T.

Regards
Lawrence

-- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "sevush" wrote:
>
> > I am getting too old to lug around real hammonds and leslies
> ...
> > Does anyone have any suggestions/experience that they can
share??
>
> I've owned a Nord C1 for over a year and I was initially using my MS
> Pro145 with the C1 and one or two Mackie 450 (powered monitors)
>
> I then experimented with using just the Mackies and found the C1
> sounded really good through them. The only problem with that setup
was
> how long it took me to setup. I really like the Mackie 450s, but the
> powered monitors required me to run power to each speaker, and the
> setup was often laborious, running extensions to where I wanted them
> or just placing them close to power but not happy w/the location.
>
> One of my 450s had the high speaker (or amp - I don't know which:)
> burn out and that was the final straw for lugging the heavy 450s
around.
>
> I tried a new system and it's been what I use since. I use a pair of
> Mackie C200s and a stereo PA head. For now I'm using a cheap
Behringer
> head but plan to upgrade to something better when I have more money
to
> spend.
>
> The C200s are the passive version of Mackie's 350 active monitor.
They
> obviously don't have the bass of the larger Mackies but they do have
> something else - wider dispersion on vertical axis. With a
horizontal
> dispersion of 90 degrees (same as the 450/C300) and vertical
> dispersion of 80 degrees, I have a lot of flexibility in placement.
By
> using just one cable to each speaker, I setup and teardown a lot
> faster and can put the speakers anywhere I want.
>
> The Mackies have a very smooth high end and mids that are
realistic -
> not honky sounding. This is much more important for my piano sound
> than the hammond, but it's the best sound I've heard out of any
system.
>
> There is a lack of bass and lower mids, which I can get by plugging
> monitor outs into our FOH system, which has 15" speakers and more
> bass. For small gigs w/out a PA I just lug my Macki w/the burnt out
> tweeter, nice low end.
>