Bill, did he/you mention the SA1000. Same as SA300 but optimized for organ. I've never been able to find one. Did it ever come into production? I'm no longer considering it as I'm happy with the Traynor K4 for my organ (Nord C1). I will occasionally hang two Podium 802's off of it (the K4) for more coverage. That configuration sounds pretty good. That darn Traynor is pretty heavy, though.

chas

Chas

No, he didn't, and I think that model would be even harder to find than the SA300. I'm thinking the SA300 is an updated version of the 1000 to appeal to a bigger crowd. All 3 of them!!! HA!
I know what your saying about the Traynor. My Crate KX220 (and I have two of them for stereo) is small and compact but 70lbs. They kick a** with anything I plug into them. . They have wheels but its still hard to manuverer out of the car and on steps.
The rep and I had a good discussion about cabinet weight being necessary for bass response and in fact he still uses two heavy JBL cabinets form the 70's!!! He said that the SA300 would be a drop off from the Crate but for the weight thats the trade off. He also said two would be great.
If I could only hear just one!!

Bil in NJ

Bill in NJ, let me know where the Roland rep locates a SA300 in NJ. I too want to take one for a test ride.

BillH

Roland did call back and J&R in New York has a SA300 and the rep also told me about a little shop in CLifton NJ that might have two. His name is Bob Dunchan and I believe he is the East Coast sales rep

Good luck

Bill in NJ

Hello All,

I was actually torn between getting the BA 330 or a KC 110, since they both could do the battery thing. I didn't relish the idea of having to pay an extra 280 USD over the price of the KC 110 to get the BA 330...especially since they are both rated at 30W. So I went ahead with the KC 110.

After playing on the KC 110 for a couple of days, I found that the KC 110 is indeed a good amp...but it didn't have the power to compete even with my old Roland Cube 30x. So I called the music store and they graciously said that if I wanted the BA 330, they would let me just pay the difference and I would just need to bring the KC 110 back to the store, which I did.

I am glad I made the switch. I really could tell the difference....even though the wattage is the same. The bass is larger sounding (of course...it has more speakers there) and the overall quality is there. Yes, it is not the cheapest 30W PA in the world, but it isn't your regular 30W amp. While I won't be plugging in guitar, bass and vocals and keyboards and expect it to cut through my PDP loud-assed drums.....it really can put some sound out there....and quality sound.....that's the best part.

In terms of dynamics....it seems that during the higher levels of signal, be it from vocals or guitar, there seems to be some sort of compression (perhaps to keep the PA from blowing out a speaker) which I guess is understandable, given the 30W that it has to play with.

But I am happy I made the switch. I'm going to blast the PAs tonight....let me know if you can hear me!

Peace out,
J I N X

I must be the odd one here. Just got my BA330 on Friday. Busy weekend so not much time to play with it. However my first impression is it just doesn't have enough guts to handle my G1000 and vocals. I may send it back.
I'm thinking maybe a small powered mixer and one of my Carvin LM12's from my main PA would do a better job for the small gigs.
Wanted to use the BA330 on a stand behind me but if you take it off the floor you loose bass response big time
Again only a quick first impression. I have to spend more time with it.
In the mean time can anyone recommend a good small powered mixer to check out? Something to drive a single 12" or 10: speaker.
Thanks

Bill in NJ

Bill, I've been using the little 6 channel 200 watt Carvin for years. Usually, I set the head on a Carvin 12 cabinet and use a little Hotspot monitor pointed towards me. The little powered mixers are $299.00, have OK on-board effects,RCA in, a line out, are small and weigh about 13 lbs.

I've never fried one, but have replaced 2. An assistant left one out on a patio all week-end in a two day thunderstorm (just forgot to take my equipment inside), and a drunk kicked one into a swimming pool (actually, it bounced off a brick wall first). The ones I have now are 4 years old. I have used the main one for over 1200 jobs.

One unit with two 12 cabinets does fine for 300 folks on a patio. I generally use a small Roland CM-30 monitor.

On one of my jobs, I use both with two monitors and 4 speakers for a patio and a terrace where the place does 600 dinner covers a night.


Great little portable unit at an almost disposable price.


Russ

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Bill, I sometimes just use the little CM monitor with a small piano for small jobs (quiet-dinner jobs, usually-up to 50 people), or two of them for slightly larger jobs. this gives you nice stereo separation.

Two "go to" units for me.


R.

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