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bose personalized amplification system

anonymous
Submitted by anonymous on Thu, 02/24/2005 - 11:37

first off, anyone tried the Bose PAS? what do you think?

Also, I'm looking for a little "hand-holding" in the process of purchasing new speakers. If anyone has the time to check out the type of music I play and the situation I'm trying to find the right speaker for, and tell me what would work, I would really appreciate it...

I have a Mackie 8 channel mixer that I've enjoyed just fine. (It's quiet). I'm running that into a Peavey 1200 AMP which power some old peavey SP2's a purchased when I was a kid and just wanted the loudest thing I could find. :roll: (dumb kid) So now I'm stuck with a very loud system, but it's just inaccurate for the acoustic music I play and the small audience I play for.

I want to keep my Mackie and the peavey amp... mainly because they've been permantly mounted into a custom-built cabinet my brother built that's pretty nifty. But I'm ready to get much smaller speakers that have a really great range and clarity, almost like a studio monitor or something (I know, those are usually powered themselves, but you know what I mean).

I've been researching the daedalus SR-823, but they are a fortune! So I'm looking for something in the middle of the road.

Here's the type of music I play, and I only hit small coffee shops...

http://www.davewike.com

Thanks for your time guys!
-Dave

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anonymous
anonymous

I heard your music, Dave; nice. Perfect for a small coffe shop. That will help the caffiene heads to slow down a little.

I have tried the Bose system; that's the one with the big tree
of small speakers, right?

That system is perfect for your music. What was awesome about the system (and I'm saving up for one, too-- although some music
I play is RnR, a little too loud) is that you can be right next to it, and it projects the same apparent volumn to you as to people 10 to 30 ft away. I thought that was (still do) miraculous.

It had enough balls when I played it, to project to a 100 ft x 50 ft
room packed with people.

I would get the Bose that has the woofer with it, only some$$ more. See if you can try it first. As soon as I tried it (doing my solo club gig, guitar/vox) I knew I had to have one.

I found one on Ebay for $1500, but those purchases can be a little iffy.

Buena Suerte...

Thu, 02/24/2005 - 13:51 Permalink
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JoeH

Like anything else, there is always the right tool for the right job. I wouldn't get it for a larger-venue sound reinforcement gig, but they do seem right for what you're talking about. I heard a setup at a GC at least a year ago, and I was impressed - it did exactly what it claimed to do: Good overall ambient sound, no particular radiating point, and good for duos, trios, etc., in small environments.

Again, not something for a big venue or rock show, but certainly not a bad way to get yourself heard in the kinds of venues you play.

Thu, 02/24/2005 - 16:18 Permalink
anonymous
anonymous

Thanks guys. I love the idea of the bose PAS, but like I mentioned in the first post, I already have an amp and mixer mounted in a custom cabinet that I'd like to hang onto... and isn't the bose an "all-in-one" system that both powered and eq'd within itself? I'm therefore looking for just a good set of speakers that don't feedback as awful as giant PA's do like my SP2's. Just a good reference/studio monitor type speaker that isn't powered. Maybe I'm going to have to let go of the idea of keeping my stuff and just fork out $2500 for the dern bose... who knows.

Recommend any speakers that are in line with what I mentioned above?

Fri, 02/25/2005 - 06:06 Permalink