Hi all
As per the title, i'm trying to get my head around all the millions of model names of small powered speakers that might be appropriate for amplifying a stage piano playing largely classical type music for my new project (playing piano for events etc). However it would also be good if it could handle vocals alongside the piano, or for acoustic/electric guitars via a preamp with vocals as well. If it requires a mixer that's ok.
I was going to go for something like the Alto TS310 but they seem to have jumped up in price so I'm open to other suggestions. The one they suggested in the shop was about £600 which I can't stretch to as I need to buy a digital piano as well and would like to not exceed £1k on my setup costs.
Looking blindly on ebay seems quite difficult (amplifiers? Speakers? a lot of results with very little clue what I'm looking at) so I'd like to set up some saved searches for specific decent models within x miles of me to make it a bit easier. What do you guys suggest?
Mono is fine, don't need stereo.
Thanks
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I'm not very confident I'll make a massive success on this but I'm trying my hardest to make it the best I can with the resource available.
Thanks. Do you mean these? https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/215625/fs-yamaha-ms400-active-pa-speakers-pair-225#latest
I need something that looks the part for weddings unfortunately, they look like they've had a hard life already! I'm sure they are decent and it wouldn't matter if I was just doing pub band stuff but for weddings and events like that I'm finding you have to look like you belong there
Unless I've missed any others in the classifieds?
Thanks all
If anybody knows of any shops selling some confidence in a box then I'd be up for that also!
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There are so many models, that all basically promise the same thing at vastly different prices that I hoped for some real world experience from normal human beans might present a few models that were known to be decent to set up searches for.
R.
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Piano is about £600 (not available second hand), so amp is max £300 as I also need to buy a piano stand, stool, case/bags for piano and amp, and earphones. If less then even better as I won't have to work for ages before paying them off!
R.
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I've had some bad experiences with cheap powered speakers but that was a few years ago and I'd like to think the tech has moved on. A little extra money buys you longevity or amazing volume/size ratio rather than audio sparkle.
Very wedding appropriate.
I've also played in a band that uses Alto for their big PA with subs and 10s or 12s for monitors. I know it's a very different context, but I never really missed my k10 in those gigs - the altos have been fine.
I have been itching to buy a couple of the ts310s so I can run Leslie organ in stereo in jam sessions, but can't really justify it.
So none of this answers your question, but I have what is in theory a posher powered speaker in the k10, but I suspect the alto gets 90% the same quality for less than half the price, and I'm still tempted to pick up a pair. I'm not sure you'll find better for the price.
For what I do you don't tend to want too much low end on piano or organ or you get into "stop playing with your left hand" territory!