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Stephen S

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  1. Co-founder/co-owner/president of professional loudspeaker manufacturer www.fulcrum-acoustic.com
  2. I use the Eventide Powermax for my pedalboard. Lightweight, high current and very flexible. A bit spendy but it powers my Key Largo and other stuff without issue.
  3. Plywood is a much better choice for a portable speaker as it is stronger and lighter than MDF. Acoustical differences would depend on the grade of plywood used, thickness, etc.
  4. Seems that the price has increased over the past few months. For whatever reason, some retailers were quoting the old price and some were quoting the new. Sweetwater had been honoring the approx. $2500 price until fairly recently.
  5. I think its cool that there are still electro-mechanical instruments being made. Kudos to Vintage Vibe & Valente for proving that true craftsmanship isn't dead. Hopefully it will continue to be economically viable for them. VV seems to be making a go of it.
  6. Great discussion and lots of good information here. I'll throw in one additional thought; borrow one (or two) and test drive it (them) in a gig environment to see how it REALLY works for you. Here's why: 1. Spec's don't always tell the whole story. Each manufacturer tends to measure or spin specs in different ways making hard to really compare products based on specs alone. 2. Your impression based on an in-store demo may not translate to on-stage. Sometimes products are voiced to demo well; these attributes may work against you on-stage. 3. The tweeter size is as important as the woofer, particularly for piano sounds. This will show up on stage and at gig volume but might not reveal itself listening to recorded music or at lower volumes in the store.
  7. You are correct, Dave. We still make the "ac" versions of the FA Portable products upon request. As a general comment on this thread - the PA speaker game has changed quite a bit over the past 10 years or so. There are now a number of really great choices for powered PA speakers at (relatively) modest cost. This was certainly not the case 15+ years ago.
  8. 10% to 12% SGA may be true for a giant company like Sony, but is quite optimistic for a company developing and selling keyboards into a small/boutique market. There are several topics wrapped up here: 1. Price - the selling price of the product in the marketplace 2. Cost - the manufacturer's cost to develop and manufacture the product 3. Value - the utility that a product provides to a particular user, compared to the Price Keyboards that sell for $3k+ tend to provide a lot of performance and features. If a particular customer can take advantage of, say, 75% of those features then the product may represent a good value. If a particular user only requires a small fraction of the features then perhaps it is not such a good value. Flagship keyboards are costly to develop and appeal to a small segment of an already-small market. Since the audience is small, the cost to develop and manufacture is relatively high on a per-unit basis. Its not uncommon to see some of the technologies from flagship products flow down to less capable/less-costly products in an effort to balance the value equation for a wider range of users.
  9. A DI Box is simply an interface device that goes between your keyboard and a PA system. It takes the signal from your keyboard (or other instrument) and provides a balanced, microphone-level signal that can be sent to a mixing console. A DI will also have "loop through" connectors that allow you to pass the signal from your keyboard to a local amp/powered speaker, while keeping everything electrically isolated from the main PA to avoid ground loops (hums and buzzes). It MAY have provision to combine the L & R outputs from your keyboard into a single, mono signal but that would depend on the exact model of DI. Some stereo DI's have this provision. There is no magic here to create a stereo result form a single speaker. If you want stereo, you need 2 loudspeakers. DI's have been around for quite a while and are essential gear for interfacing your stage rig to the main PA. They cannot create a mono output that "sounds just like stereo".
  10. I used to completely agree with Outkaster. As I get older, my desire to schlep gear decreases accordingly. I've taken to covering many gigs with a NS3/88. Is it perfect? No. Does it do most things well enough to get by? Many times, yes. When needed, I use the Mojo for gigs that are organ heavy, and I've got several synths that I can pull from the bench when need be.
  11. Roland DP10 https://www.roland.com/global/products/dp-10/
  12. I agree that it is a bit confusing. The knob is labeled "sensitivity", which can be interpreted as "how much signal does it take to drive the speaker to the specified output level?" One would need to review the manual to know what level is specified as it relates to sensitivity. With the knob set all the way to the left, the speaker is off so you would (in theory), need an infinitely large signal to drive it to the specified output level. Turn the knob clockwise to the 3:00 position;the printing on the panel indicates that you would need a signal of +4 dB (presumably dBu) to drive the speaker to the specified output. With the knob all the way to the right, the sensitivity is at maximum and so a signal of -2 dB would drive the speaker to the specified output.
  13. The TT08A does not have a full mixer section to it, and does not include a mic preamp. This is typical for pro products. I can't say for sure, but judging by the way the input control is labeled, I'm guessing that it probably has about 36 dB of gain or so through the electronics. Again - this is not uncommon. However, it does mean that it could be difficult to drive it to full output from a keyboard without having an intermediate mixer in the signal chain. Of course, this depends on the specific keyboard, how hot a signal it puts out and whether the output is balanced or unbalanced.
  14. FWIW - the FA28ac is a bit heavier than the 108P because the FA28 has both an 8" coaxial driver and a separate 8" woofer, whereas the the 108P has just a coax driver. Despite the fact the FA28 has 2 woofers in it, the two products are very close in size.
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