RE: portable PA for electronic looper

[=?UTF8?Q?tEd_=C2=AE_kiLLiAn?= <tedkillian@charter.net>]

Michael,

I have used a pair of Mackie SRM150s alone for small art gallery or 
living room gigs with no problem at all.

In situations where a full-size PA would've been total overkill they 
perform just fine - and they really weren't particularly made for it.

True, they won't give you that huge, butt-shaking, "tectonic" low end.

But they are plenty loud in a small(ish) venue.

Think of them as 150 watt mini Mackies with high-quality 5.5" speakers 
housed in something the size of a lunchbox and that fits atop a mic 
stand (if you want to put them up where people can hear 'em).

I must mention one caveat though, as long as you are getting your tonal 
"warmth" via other means (plug-ins or hardware devices) you are okay, 
but I did find these things slightly cold (too clean and flat) for 
straight, plug 'n' play guitar amplification.

Also, brand new they are too expensive (to my thinking) but I picked 
both of mine up used (but mint) on Ebay for about half of what they go 
for new.

I asked around for all sorts of advice before I bought them and a number 
of people tried to talk me out of spending my money on them.

However, they've worked out quite well (I think).

If I had to do it again, I'd buy 'em all over again.

A big plus is onboard EQ and 3-channel mixing too.

Cheers,

Ted

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Michael Peters wrote:

> just wondering what you use if you want to play in a club or gallery 
> which
> doesn't have a PA and you have to bring your own, and you don't want 
> to use
> guitar combos but something clean - the stuff that I do does come from 
> the
> guitar but goes through laptop and plugins and has more the spectrum 
> of
> keyboard music, with possibly lots of dynamics and bass.  l