I hooked up the Crown CM-311A to the PSR-3000, and fired everything through the Z-5500 system last night--superb. The vocals were crisp, cleaner than I could have ever imagined, no feedback whatsoever, even at higher volume levels with the speakers pointed directly at me and positioned just four feet away. I'm am really excited about the prospects of this system, and sincerely believe that once I have everything set up the way I want, I should be able to perform in front of audiences of 150 to 200 with ease and still have lots of top end volume to spare. I will not, however, know this until I set up in a large hall and test everything out. I will use it on New Year's Eve for this year's annual bash at the Diamond Ranch.

I have a relatively light schedule during the upcoming week, just a few newspaper and magazine articles to write until Friday's gig (job), therefore, I hope to have the Z-5500's speakers all mounted on stands, the wiring harnessed and everything else packaged for use on the fly. Should be fun, and I will post final results and photos.

Gary