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Radaghast
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Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:57 pm |
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Hey there,
I'm a singer currently playing with 1 drummer, 1 guitarist, 1 basist and I'm sick and tired of our PA system. So I went to a local music store and was proposed somekind of Yorkville pre-amp for 800$ which sounded like it was a good deal (2X400 watts I think). However, I'm looking for something a little bit less expensive for one thing, or at least, I want to make an educated purchase. We like to play pretty loud, so I need lots of power.
Can someone recommend any brands? What's the price I should expect to pay?
Thanks!
PS: I'll have the exact model specs in the next few days... |
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Radaghast
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:22 am |
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OK, here's what I'm currently looking at: the Peavey XR-8600 powered mixer! It's actually 2X600 watts with 10 line inputs... All for only 640$ Seems like a really good deal to me... What do you think? |
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minusme
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:43 pm |
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Peavey does make good equipment, and 2x600 watts certainly sounds like enough juice for small to medium sized venues. You need to count how many instruments you need miked, how many people will be singing, and how many mikes you will use for the drums. That will tell you if 10 inputs is enough.
I used to use
2-Mikes for vocals
1- Guitar
1- Bass
4- Drums
So 10 is plenty in this case. Also, are the inputs line inputs or mike inputs? It would probably be helpful if at least 2 of the mike inputs are XLR (no pre-amp) style inputs for your vocal mikes. You want enough XLR inputs to cover your non-powered microphones.
Next you'll need to think about speakers as well. Do you have speakers chosen? |
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smili
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:35 pm |
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I can't speak to the specific powered mixer you mention, but I've found Peavey stuff tends to be good quality and value at their price point. |
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Radaghast
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:05 pm |
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Yeah, actually, I had a negative impression on Peavey gear, thinking they were a good deal, but didn't sound that nice. That's just based on my guitarist's opinion though (and only based on their guitar amps, not console). It's good to hear positive feedback!
As far as inputs, 8 are XLR (I'm not sure about the rest..?), so that's good.... Here's a pick of the front/back pannels for more detail:
http://www.peavey.com/assets//images/additional/00513220_3.jpg
http://www.peavey.com/assets//images/additional/00513220_5.jpg
We're probably going to do something like this:
2-3 vocals
1 bass
2 guitars
Might use the rest on drums, depending on venue...
We already have 2 640 watts speaker that should take the power, so that's no worries...
I was trying to find the same product in the pre-owned market, but it's actually more expensive for older models... I guess this is no brainer then! |
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smili
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:43 pm |
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Interesting regarding the guitarist's opinion. For certain types of music the 5150 series of amps they built with Eddie Van Halen had a very good reputation among guitarists. (It looks like they've renamed the old 5150 amps under the 6505 name now.) I think the reputation may suffer a bit from some of the very high gain stuff like the XXX amps they built that designed for a more specific high gain heavy sound - not as versatile as some would've liked. They also built an amp with Joe Satriani that seemed to be more tailored for Satch's sound - solo guitar tone - rather than versatile, but again that's what it was designed to do. |
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Radaghast
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:24 am |
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I think that is what he's referring to (the high gain amps), as he's complaining about the non-versatility of the sound. When we play at the studio, the have big old Marshall amps, and even if this is not my department, I have to say they really outclass the Peavey...
Anyway, I'll check out the amp sometime this week and let you know how it sounds... |
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Radaghast
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:27 pm |
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