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Good vocal amp?

#6
BassmanPaul said:
It's called a PA system.
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Yes, I know, but some PA systems are more for P.A. as in Public Announcement, and specifying the purpose is a good thing.

No, we're not a garage band, we're all grown ups with jobs, in his case I believe he has plenty of play money, as he is single, no kids (he brought at AR-15 at the last practice, not to shoot us, but because he could not leave it in his car, so that means he has serious play money).

If I could get an idea for every budget, that would be cool: $200, $500 and $1000.

Thanks!

And we play loud enough that I am seriously considering ear plugs.
 
#8
Mackie makes alot of very nice powered mixer/amps. We run a [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] with two 12" wedge floor monitors. The monitors are WAY better for rehearsals, and we bought PA stands for the 1-2 times a year we need to bring our own PA. We've abused the hell out of it, and it keeps chugging along fine.

A package like this:Invalid Link Removed from Carvin would fit the bill, too.
 
#9
Depending on how many mic inputs you want I'd choose the mixer first. Eight channels should be enough. Your choice is then between a powered mixer. powered speakers or the whole mixer, power amp speakers rig. Do you need vocal monitors, no monitors or "in ear" monitors. It's a complicated subject.

Carvin put complete systems together for you and there is a cost saving by going that route. I say Carvin because I truly believe them to offer the best bang for the buck. I think probably $1500 - $2000 should cover a great system.

Paul
 
#10
Just the same as Paul mentions Carvin, you could probably do the same thing in PEAVEY.

My PA was constructed from a PAIR of SP118 single 18" subs and a pair of SP2G 15" two ways. I just set the SP2G's atop of the subs. You have to pay attention to the impedance of the cabs to get maximum power to the subs. I ran mine in parallel for 4OHMS and a PV 2600 power amp in Mono-Bridged.

I ran the SP2G's in stereo in my unit as we also played discs. I used a CS800s, but any amp getting 350W a channel would be fine for the mids and horns. My speakers were 8 ohms each.

Use an active crossover between the preamp and finals to split the signal.

Use a simple 8 channel mic mixer of any manufacturer to get mics and DI's or micing of instrument amps.

Plug it in and go... For $2 grand you could be really humping if you buy well. 5 grand if you just spend like a drunk sailor.

Used a pair of subs are $500 and the mids-horns pair $500... AMps $500 each, crossover $150 cables $150...

Have fun, this system blows mega smoke. When you aren't playing out hook up a CD player and blow out windows.

BOB
 
#13
It's painful watching people plunk around mentioning Roland without hitting Roland's pretty nifty personal PA (stereo with biamping and feedback prevention) product:

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#15
I like the Fender 1270P Powered Monitor for about $200
Sounds good, small, portable so you can schlep it to a gig with bad/no monitors.
Makes a decent substitute GTR amp (with suitable preamp or FX)
 
#18
PA mixer amp in the 100 watt range.. then some monitors..

You then can use this as your monitor use when you get a real PA..

Should be able to pick this up under $200

NOTE.. XLR to 1/4 transformers cost about $20 each.. this may be a consideration.

Our practice PA is 6 channels and cost about $200 total.
 

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