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The only real flaw with them as a portable PA-in-a-box (aside from the weight) is the lack of EQ for the mic channel, but if you're not playing very loud and feedback isn't an issue then it doesn't really matter much since the sound is quite neutral anyway.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Annoyingly mine is the older one without the XLR input on channel one. Here it is.
Ex-Midnight Oil! That is actually quite cool.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Yeah I thought that too. It looks like it was used as a raft to get here from Oz, poor thing
What you need is one of these - https://www.thomann.de/gb/shure_a85f.htm?glp=1&gclid=CMTQ77KW9dQCFQ4R0wodyMcFrg
The gain is quoted as 24dB - that's how much louder it is than just using a cable. Technically known as "a shed load" . And hence how much (relatively) quieter the noise will be.
The only thing to be careful of is to support the mic cable by wrapping or tying it firmly through the amp handle - the leverage on them is huge because they stick so far out of the socket, and if someone trips over the cable and it pulls on the transformer it will probably snap the 1/4" plug off in the socket, which is a massive pain in the backside...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
At worst it will need the jack replacing, but cleaning it thoroughly might fix it. If you have an old brass jack plug you can make a simple cleaner by scuffing the surface heavily with some coarse sandpaper, then use that with some Servisol to polish the jack contacts and barrel. (Keep pulling it out and wiping off the green crud that comes out!) If it's worse than that then carefully filing the inside of the barrel with a round needle file will usually work, although once the nickel plating is gone it will need re-doing fairly often.
I had to fix my old Combo 300 bass amp that I've left at the practice studio last week - someone had broken off the tip of a cheap crap plug in the jack. That took some creativity… but I suppose if you can't kill the amp (and this one will probably withstand nuclear war), it's still possible to make it hard to use. Although luckily it has two input jacks so even that couldn't silence it!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein