Thanks for the K12 / SS comparison cphollis.
Your K12 is a very close match to the ELX112p, so I trust your judgment.
Haha, "intestinal distress". I have avoided that scenario so far.
This is my current sonic situation:
We play medium to big venues(lots of room to fill), and occasionally ear-bleedingly small venues. We use in ear monitors in our band, and I would be perfectly happy to run exclusively with our in ear system and excellent PA only, and forget all about even bringing a keyboard speaker.
Try telling the guitar player to leave his $4,000 amp at home... plus we've an incredibly hard hitting (but musical) drummer. Have you ever asked a drummer to set up acoustic screens? The conversation is a short one - usually consisting of two monosyllabic words.
It kind of makes the IEM's redundant seen as you can hear everything, even with the IEM DEEP in your ears. The chain of loudness starts with drums.
I've accepted that the LOUD SPL of the band won't change.
The ELX can be cranked thru my MG06X for solos and left hand bass, with the ELX level at 12 o clock and CP4 at 3 o clock, so plenty of headroom.
I'm intrigued by the SS and cannot wait to hear one - I've no doubt that the keyboard will sound MEGA thru it.
My concerns with buying an SS for $750 (unheard,un-tryed) might be a step backwards for me as I would no doubt need a $300 bass cab also which would add another 10-17kg (depending), effectively doubling the weight.
Here is my geeky versus list.
16.8kg ELX 112p vs 19+17= 36kg SS+bass cab
ELX 112p 132 SPL vs SS 106 SPL
ELX 12"+ ply wood cab for epic bass vs SS 8" MDF bass
ELX $500 vs SS+Bass cab $1050
The band use IEMs so probably won't appreciate the 106 db of luscious stereo from the SS anyway,
Am I stupid and greedy to order Aspen's wonder amp? I fear I would end up only using it on 15-20% of medium volume gigs.