ITGITC

Schweeeet! Thanks, Gentlemen!

From a patron's perspective, it's good to have choices. Give the people what they want. As a musician, in the example of playing for a crowd that doesn't drink, but wants to mingle and have a good time then leave early... I've played those gigs. No problem. In the other examples where drinking and smoking and dancing and meeting new people is happening... I've played those gigs too. Good times. If bars that serve drinks with no alcohol is a trend, I've got no problem with that. At the end of a long day, we're going to visit the places that suit us the best. Variety is a wonderful thing. That's why pub crawls exist. We're not all made from the same mold... Thank God. Tom

Seems like as the keyboard player, I'm the guy that folks expect to lug a mixer that the vocalist can plug into... and by the way, those keyboard monitors can do double-duty for PA in a pinch, right? Ummmm, got an extra mic and stand you can bring to the gig, Tommy? Damn. So, I carry my Mackie 1402 VLZ, a couple of QSC K10s, an Elvis mic & Atlas stand to the gigs. I don't care. Nobody's going to pay me the big bucks so I can bring a fancy-schmancy custom-made hand-wired mixer to a naked maiden's pool party in the 'burbs anytime soon... Now are they? ITGITC?

I had a JBL EON that fell out of my vehicle. Although the fall was not very far, the woofer's coil was slightly dislodged from the magnet gap. Of course it sounded bad, but I was able to get it back in place without too much trouble. Otherwise, I haven't had any problems with my speakers over the ~50 years I've been playing music. Gawd that sentence makes me sound really old. Ummmm, let me tell you about riding my bicycle uphill... both ways... miles and miles to the drugstore in order to find a tester to check the tubes in my amp. ITGITC?

Nice!

Good question! Budget? Preferred woofer size? My monitors have a 6.5" woofer and they're fine for my small room. Anything bigger may be too much. I have a sub, but prefer to run the monitors without it.

WesG - thank you! This is really good information.

Most Excellent Here's to you, dB.

Quote of the day.

I'll bet that moose was tired after all that driving.

OK. It's 7:55. Where's your review?

Wow. I'd like to hear it. It would be nice to be able to say, "All keyboard amps pretty much suck EXCEPT for..." And I'm pretty sure that's Aspen's goal too. Best of luck, Aspen.

Bigmc, I'm really glad that you love your KRK's. I hope you didn't take offence at my previous post, it was meant in the "helpful onlooker"vein, and not in the "interfering git" mode. I hope you took it that way., and if you didn't, I apologise. You certainly got a good price. Cheers, SSM SSM, I understand. And I believe you were trying to be helpful, but what you wrote didn't communicate it clearly. Bigmc was excited and wanted us to get excited with him. That's it. Full stop. No need to go further into details here. I was defending his right to be excited and wanting us to be excited too. ...and I appreciate your reply to help clear the air. Thanks. Tom

SSM, you started your sentence with "Don't want to rain on your parade here", but then proceeded to tell the OP what a crappy decision he made and how your choice, for an extra £25, would sound so much better. WTF? He wasn't asking for your opinion. He posted in the hopes that we would share in his excitement. You blew it. His choice was based on his research, his budget, his available space, and other factors that you aren't privy to. Telling him that he could have, what you consider to be better speakers for a few dollars more, certainly IS raining on his parade. If he posts again and says that he really likes his new speakers are you going to repeat your opinion, that he made a poor decision because they aren't the speakers you would have chosen? Think before you post, SSM. Consider how your words will fall on the reader's ears. If you do this you will find that sometimes it's better to just keep your mouth shut. Tom

I didn't think Mike was allowed in any Broadway (or off-Broadway) theatres after his outburst during "Cats" back in the 80s. Did you mean David Weiser? Yes. Dave Weiser. My bad.

Don't want to rain on your parade here, but for an extra £25 you could have got a pair of Yamaha HS5's, which sound much better IMHO. SSM You know... sometimes it's better to just keep your mouth shut.

THAT is the quote of the day!

Wow Kenny. With one stroke of the proverbial pen, you're dismissing a LOT of good monitors. Here's a recent article about the 9 Best Studio Monitors. And if you look at the current line up of the most popular monitors that Sweetwater sells, there are quite a few at the top of the list that have a woofer smaller than 8". KLONK! And in this demonstration of the Ravenscroft 275 (a favorite of mine), you'll find a pair of Focal Solo6 Be - 6.5" Monitors. [video:youtube]k7izCMqIIPc These may have been supplemented by a sub woofer, I didn't see it. And ask Mike Martin about the Genelecs he used in the pit of a Broadway show where they had multiple Kurzweil boards and each player used one for his personal monitor. No. I don't want a monitor with an 8", or larger, woofer for the room I'm in. I'd prefer something smaller. If I wanted to augment the low end, I'd buy a subwoofer. But it's all good (and subjective). YMMV, yada-yada, liar-liar pants on fire, I think the people down the hall know who you are ... and all that. Tom

One more thing... Often, at home, I want to listen at very low levels. Small studio monitors are great for this. I've found that systems designed for live sound reinforcement need to be played at a certain minimum volume before they begin to sound balanced. And, as dB stated, their coverage pattern is different. With live sound speakers (systems), you really need to be a few feet away for them to sound cohesive. So, as I stated in my previous posts, these are two different designs for two different purposes... and you should have a set of both.

Two different tasks: live sound & near field monitoring. Use the speaker for the task it was intended to do. You'll be happier in the end.

True. Speaker placement, EQ, and various velocity settings are a MUST to get the most from my Electro 3 HP. Listening in my little studio... not so much. But in a live setting, in a room that's new to me, these are the best tools I've got. Nord makes it really easy to reach out, grab a knob, and make quick adjustments to these parameters on the fly. I have found that I do not need a mixer when using the NE3HP with the QSC K10s. There is plenty of gain from the Electro. And the on-board EQ, with sweepable mids, cures a lot of ills. I carry just one board, so it's nice not to have to schelp a mixer. I haven't heard the new SpaceStation. But if it turns out to be a good 1-box solution, it could be the best option when someone is considering a keyboard amp instead of a powered speaker or two... And having good-sounding options is a good thing indeed! Happy Holidays fellow forumites! Tom (Getting into the spirit early... just because.)

Great tune!

now that's funny

http://synpro.heimat.eu/pics/t_digitech_dsp128_front.gif I had have one of these (DSP128). At the time, when dinosaurs ruled the world, the DX7 had no built-in effects. In fact today, it still doesn't. So the Digitech DSP128 was the reverb/effects box to get. That and the Alesis QuadraVerb.

Yup. My EAW FR 153 pair: http://reloadedrocks.com/SkynnynLynnyrd/Promo/Bills/8663.gifhttp://reloadedrocks.com/SkynnynLynnyrd/Promo/Bills/8663.gif Things change. It's nice that really good sound is now available from a much smaller, and lighter, box these days.