Bob,

I agree the MS50's & sub sound real nice with my 2k for in the house playing...good bang for the buck!

With all due respect to Gary, I would not play a keyboard through a guitar amplifier. The guitar amps are optimized for the frequency range of about 600 hz to 6 khz, whereas a keyboard, especially an arranger, produces a full range signal, with bass and drum lines, which could go as low as 40-50 Hz, and violins and many other instruments going above 16 KHz. The guitar amp, which usually has a single speaker, will usually not reproduce the arranger sounds correctly. The keyboard amps and bass amps are both optimized for low frequency response much better than a guitar amp is. However, the bass amps usually do not have good high-end response. The moral - try to use a keyboard amplifier.

To do it on the cheap, use computer speakers. The Yamaha YST-MS50 is an excellent choice. I bought mine for $85 at CompUSA, and they are great. You should also look in the computer stores or on the internet - they will be much cheaper than at the music stores.

The other, slightly more expensive option - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=.../base_id/100216
This is Rogue 1560 "stereo" amp at Musician's Friend. It is supposed to have stereo horns along with a single woofer, and is rated for 100 Watts. This might work.

In fact, I would much prefer to use a stereo sound, to take advantage of the the stereo samples played by your keyboard.

Regards

As I explained, the guitar amp was used mainly as a back-up, just in case my Peavey were to drop dead in the midddle of a performance.

That particular guitar amp had a very wide frequency response, probably because it was made before guitar amps became so specialized that they were tuned for higher frequencies. It worked just fine!

As for stereo, I fully agree. A pure stereo output is far superior and that's why when I talked with Han on the phone, I recommended that he look into the Yamaha powered computer speakers as they would probably do a much better job.

Cheers,

Gary

I also saw another Rogue model KB-50R and even smaller KB-30R which might be smaller in size for my car trunk - do you think it has similar sound response as the heavier KB-1560 (it looked big) ??
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/search/detail/base_id/100215/src=01350

Thanks

Hey Gary,
I'll take that Teeny brute. I have a fond place in my heart for those old bears ! We'll work out the details by phone....unless you wanna make another rib-run and see the 3 way stereo JBL setup?!?!?!

I was just advised the other day that BUY.COM has the YST-MS50 amplified speakers/subwoofer (80 WATTS total) for $39 (YES, THIRTY NINE DOLLARS !!!!!!!!). I just bought two more sets !!! This is a totally amazing deal. These are basically the same speakers that Tyros uses, at 1/4 the price! These are YAMAHA speakers, not some cheapo bargain basement units. FOUR of these (two units), one aimed at you for monitoring, and the other aimed at an audience, would work for all but an auditorium setting.

Uncle Dave--you gotta deal!

See you soon,

Gary

DNJ can't buy them. They are $59. with $20. mail-in rebate!
DonM