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Thanks for all the useful advice . I have some spare time this weekend to experiment with theses useful suggestions and will let you know how I get on

This is very interesting synthaholic and mathofinsects . Mixing sounds is so subjective . My aim was to get more bottom end from the space station keyboard amp and I have achieved this . However in doing so I am struggling to balance the rest of the sounds I am used to hearing . I am so relieved to have achieved one aspect of the desired sound that I am not sure I can trust my ears for the rest . I need to borrow other musicians ears !! Just so I am clear . Are you suggesting that I leave the basic settings in the amp at 12 o'clock (mids and hi) , but on the mixer set the mids to. 12 o'clock and turn down the hi from 5 o'clock to 2 o'clock and turn down the bass from 3 o'clock to 12 o'clock ? Is that what you would suggest as the starting position and then if it still lacked bass ,add more ? Or would you reduce the hi 's and mids further still ? This is great information by the way and much appreciated .

Hi synthaholic . No I didn't misspell the mixer . Here it is https://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-UB802-Eurorack-Mixer/dp/B0002JF5CM I play the korgpa1x arranger keyboard and you need the treble to hear the hi hats more clearly with the mix of drums , bass and guitars plus keys . I am still experimenting with the sound though . It's a lot trickier trying to get the sounds overall dialled in as well as for playing straight keys . How it sounds at home may be another matter once I set it up at church. I can't play at serious volume at home but will give real world feedback shortly . Your basic amp settings are different yo mine as mine are al set at 12 o'clock . But I will try your settings later this morning and see how I like the sound.

Hi folks I just wanted to update everybody on my progress in trying to achieve a more fuller bass sound from my keyboard through the CPS centrepoint stereo amp. I don't know why I resisted having a mixer in the chain of my set up for as long as I have. I have added a Behringer eurorackub802 mixer that I found in my storage trunk I knew I had kept for some years. I connected some stereo cables from out of my left and right out of the keyboard into the mixer and then another set of stereo cables from out of the mixer into the space station keyboard amp. I have the settings on the amp all set at 12 o'clock and on the mixer I have the base knob at about 3 o'clock, mids at 1 o'clock and the treble at 5 o'clock . It's very much closer to the sound I wanted to hear. I don't think I will need to buy an additional bass amp at this stage. However I don't play loud levels as for the most part I play for church services where there are maybe 400 to 500 people but they have come to listen and so I don't have to compete with background sounds of people talking and drinking and eating. There are also plenty of walls for the sound to bounce from and so it fills the auditorium at medium volume quite easily. Thanks for all the help from everybody. I can't wait to play my new set up live at more loud volumes. My only concern is that I may blow the speaker but we will see . Thanks again everyone

Thanks for all your responses. I recognise the specialness of the CPS amp. And it is its uniqueness that attracted me to it in the first place and why I am still 70 to 80% happy with what it does. I know that there probably isn't an amp in this class that can do what I want to do to get me to 100% without compromise elsewhere that I wouldn't be able to tolerate. Thanks Aspen for all your assistance. You're correct I plugged my keyboard directly into the amp with out a mixer in the chain . I will see if adding a mixer can get me some more bottom end out of this amp. Thanks again everybody.

Ok thanks for the advice folks . Will order the Galllien Krueger amp . Cheers

I don't have any confidence really when it comes to electronics. but it is a very interesting suggestion . Is it fundamentally a difficult thing to replace the 8 inch speaker with say a 10 inch and would the cabinet be able to accommodate it ? If I could find someone to do that hypothetically , would they have to consider any other ramifications and if it didn't work, how easy would it be to put the SS back in the original configuration ?

Ha ha thanks rofox . I hear you however I have to consider my boot space and set up and break down . At the moment it's one trip to the car and I stil have all 4 passenger seats for my wife , daughter and two singers . If I get another amp , it's at least two trips to the car and extra time to set up and break down and I will have to lose at least one seat in the car . No jokes about strapping one passenger to the roof ha ha !. Tried that .... Wife wasn't impressed

Thanks Tim . I thought that might be the case . Unfortunately I want to try and limit the amount of stuff I need to carry with me to my venues and places of worship and limit the amount of time setting up and breaking down my kit . Introducing an additional amp is probably not the best solution for me at this point . It's shame really as i like the cps for all the reasons previously spoken of . It's a shame the 8 inch woofer speaker doesn't have any more woof !! I have owned stereo systems with the same size woofer and smaller that seem to handle the weightier bass notes much more fully and I am not sure why the cps 8 inch woofer sounds as inadequate as it does . I am open to anymore all in one preferably stereo type amps the good folks here might wish to suggest for my needs. Thanks again for responding .

Hi rofox . Thanks for your suggestion . Are you saying that I should use the Gallien-Kruger MB112 bass amp instead of the space station amp or as well as the space station amp ?

I have owned my space station for over a year now and have used it in church services and worship environments for audiences of between 30 -450 people in band settings , rehearsals with my vocal group and in one man band setting as I own the korg pa1x arranger keyboard . Like have waited a year to put it through all the scenarios I use my keyboard for before adding my comments to this amazing thread . First of all the positives of this keyboard amp are that it has a small footprint and is loud enough for virtually any circumstance that I have found myself in as a church musician. When playing in a band or choir rehearsals the amp is adequate for my needs and the main purpose I purchased it was for the stereo effect. It lives up to its reputation in every respect concerning this and I am still amazed that this stereo sound permeates everywhere in the audience . There is no other stereo amp like this in the marketplace that I am aware of that is as impressive . However over the last 12 months I have been trying to accustom my ear to the lack of bass response and sadly just can't . I purchased the amp because I did not want to have to carry backbreaking equipment in a small family size car to the various places I play . Father Time unfortunately has taken its toll on my back . It was the manageable weight and and the small footprint of this amp appealed to me. Unfortunately a good 40% of what I do musically involves using my arranger keyboard in arranger mode . And this is where the amp is at its weakest because of its lack of bass response. I have read of the various solutions to this which inevitably mean purchasing another amp in addition to this one. This defeats the whole purpose of acquiring an amp of this size . I will definitely keep the amp as for most of the situations I use it , it's fantastic but I will definitely have to look for another amp solution in the coming months . I need an all in one solution and I was convinced the space station was it . It's was close but not close enough . However I do want to congratulate Aspen on a remarkable product and wish him the best with whatever new products are in the pipeline

That doesn't sound right at all. When I first got my SSV3 I struggled to get the quality sound that I had heared other forum members talk about . You need to be aware that the amp is extremely sensitive to the quality of the stereo input at any part of the chain. In my case it was simply the cables that I've been using on my previous amp were not of a high enough quality for the SSV 3 . This did not become apparent to me until I changed the cables . Literally I replaced the cables with medium expensive monster cables ( cost £40 ) and immediately the amp sounded round and full and the pianos went from being rather harsh and thin to clear and present . I placed the amp about 8 ft from me and started to play piano and the sound came from all around me . I can only guess if you have tried all the suggestions in this epic thread , and the amp still sound bad , that you must have s faulty product .

@ motifdave . If jazzoo clip was at a level of only 30percent of your rock band then maybe you need a bigger more powerful amp . There is no question that it's not perfect for everyone . But for a demo of how this amp holds its own in a blues/rock scenario that was pretty cool

Most common question " how much does it cost and where can I buy one "

I ordered directly from aspen . Paid shipping cost and import duties