Re: Beginning looper - studio monitor, PA?

[David Blevins <david.blevins@visi.com>]

On Jun 9, 2008, at 9:17 PM, David Blevins wrote:

>
> On Jun 9, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Daryl Shawn wrote:
>
>> Last month there was discussion of portable PA's, especially  
>> powered speakers. Try looking in the archives for "tiny PA". I  
>> ended up liking the Yamaha Stagepas 300 system - a pair of very  
>> portable two-way passive monitors, with a powered mixer that fits  
>> in the back of one of them - and nabbed one from Ebay for $420 or  
>> so. I know Yamaha is soon to release a single-speaker version too,  
>> which I think would work for small situations (unless, obviously,  
>> you need stereo).
>
> Reading that thread now.  The compactness of the Stage Pass 300  
> system is pretty attractive -- kind of nice to have the mixer right  
> in the speaker.

Very seriously looking at the Yamaha Stagepas 300 system.  Couple  
questions.

   - Base, how good/bad is it?  Is it impressive given the size or the  
very mid and mid/high heavy sound you'd expect?  Or alternatively, I  
noticed from the thread you have a Micro Cube (got one also), how  
would you compare sound quality and loudness to that?

   - Seems the accessories can push the price up quite a bit.  Did you  
have or wish you had the carrying case or speaker stands + mounting  
brackets?


Thanks for the info you've already given!

-David