From jukefox@jukejoynt.com Tue Dec 03 18:09:58 2013
Subject:Re: Amplification Options: Was RE: New hammond xk3c

Get it? Got it ... GOOD!!!



---In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

Fox,

I appreciate your suggestions with the Motion Sound stuff. I tried many combinations of it until I got the Ventilator. Then I got the QSCs and loved the sound of that combination. I recently decided to set up an extra X-keyboard stand with a 1x2' piece of plywood on top. I set both K8s on it, angled slightly away from each other and that sounded fantastic!. The horns were just below ear level and I could hear everything clearly. The Leslie sim sounded very good. So I guess that's similar to the KP500S type arrangement. Anyway, that works for me. I'm considering the EVs just so I can ditch the small mixer that I need to drive the QSCs. We'll see.

Cheers, Ken

On 03/12/2013 8:36 PM, jukefox@... mailto:jukefox@... wrote: 5' is way too far apart for my taste, Gary (never had a Leslie with that long of a horn) and, with two separate cabinets not engineered for such placement, you have at least the potential for significant phase and axis issues.

Stereo keyboard amplifiers are specifically designed and tuned to avoid problems associated with near-placement, avoiding passive-radiation and phase cancellation complications that generally result from a dominant cabinet modulating a lessor cabinet in close proximity, while the fixed-angle projection widens the "sweet spot" such that the stereo image remains well-preserved for anyone not more than 45 degrees off of center axis ... yes, one could place their separate speaker cabinets in such a configuration, but not consistently, and not conveniently or in tight real estate situations with any two speaker stands I have ever had the pleasure of using.

Such concerns may or may not be important to most, particularly in a loud bar band setting. And you're right, Gary ... as I stated, I am not using the rotary channel. I have a Burn ... and a MOJO ... both of which out-sim the MS rotary channel. Sometimes I let my guitar player use the MS rotary channel though and he loves it! Of course, he's a guitar player ... what does he know? "Old Fashion Love Song" never sounded so good and the "Stevie" vibe is 100% SRV! It's all in how you tune that tube circuit!

Perhaps folks should lighten up a bit and consider giving the MS stereo cabinets another try ... Sweetwater has an excellent return policy if you don't have a local vender. They probably wouldn't be carrying them again either, had the company not made significant changes, primarily in customer support and QC. Of course, YMMV.

Peace,
Fox



---In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, mailto:gabru@... wrote:

I do agree that separating your stereo monitors more than 5 or 6 feet is not a good idea when simulating a Leslie (no matter what monitor you use).