Re: [Harp-L] Cheapo amp for a Digitech RP?

[Mike <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd suggest a powered speaker.  I use a one or two QSC K10's with my rig (I 
had a 255, sold it, and now picked another up...I haven't been gigging much 
and wasn't using it, but I have a Fireball now and the Hunter 
patches...great stuff).  If you go over to thegearpage.net or the 
Harmony-central.com forums, you can find out a ton about powered speakers 
in the $2-300 price range. 

On Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:20:48 AM UTC-6, Richard Hunter wrote:
>
> I wrote: 
> >Behringer makes low-priced keyboard amps in various ranges of size and 
> power that should work well >with an amp modeler, though I've never used 
> one. 
>
> Actually, that's not true.  I own a Behringer KT108 keyboard amp, their 
> lowest-priced model, and I use it for practice and for very quiet jam 
> sessions.  It's not suitable for performing in most cases, for several 
> reasons: 
>
> 1) It's not loud enough to play over a drum kit. 
> 2) It has no line-out, so it can't be connected to a PA (unless you mic 
> it, which I don't like to do.) 
> 3) It has an 8" speaker, so it can't reproduce the low bass sounds that a 
> harmonica running through a pitch shifter puts out. 
>
> What I haven't tried are the bigger Behringer keyboard amps, and their 
> powered speakers.  I might very well try the powered speakers someday--the 
> 12" and 15" versions get consistently good reviews in user forums, and 
> they're attractively priced.  A powered PA speaker coupled with an amp 
> modeler is generally lightweight, powerful, and good-sounding.   
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter 
>
>
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