On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Andrew Hime wrote:
quoted 12 lines so i'm buying a decent amp and set of speakers soon.>
> so i'm buying a decent amp and set of speakers soon.
> what's a powerful, reliable, under $1,000 solution for the entire package?
> any favorite brands/models?
> i want something that will sound nice at low volumes in my bedroom, and
> something that will bump if i have a party in a backyard or something to
> that affect.
>
> ***
>
> Peavey - cheap and not horrible.
>
I've had a Peavy 2.6c for a couple of years and powered studio monitors,
and PA speaker with it and it's always come through a champ. Speakers
are a tougher call; anything that can fill a backyard is probably not
going to sound as nice at home listening levels. For pure party volume
buy some used PA cabinets -- Peaveys are OK but Electrovoice or Citizen
mo' better. You can do some fairly cheap experimentation on them replacing
drivers, and it's not a huge deal if you rip a cone -- PA speakers are
designed to be field serviced.
For home listening look around for something used -- I still love 70s
vintage Boston Acoustics and AR speakers. Since you can spend basically
an infinite amount of money on speakers, I'm more interested personally
in just finding stuff that's dirt cheap and sounds good. The BA's my son
is using were $6, and the ARs I have in reserve were $10, but need
a little more work before they're tip top stylee.
In my studio I use Alesis Monitor Ones, which are dirt cheap and sound
pretty good. They're power hogs, so if you get 'em don't try and run them
loud off a 100 w/ch amplifier -- they'll clip out and fry the tweeters.
Never had any problem with 'em running a 150 watt amp.
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