Amplifier vs. powered speaker

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Amplifier vs. powered speaker

Postby Greensail » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:46 pm

Looking for some advice on amplification. Small venue gigging with a couple of guitars and occasionally keyboard. I typically use 3 Sennheiser 604 mics that run through a small mixer and into the PA head. We are looking to simplify and not use the PA but go straight to an individual amps - the guitar guys like that. So I am looking at running the mixer into either an amplifier or powered speaker. From what I can read, there seems to be arguments on both sides. Anybody have any advice on what you may have found works good and what make you like. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Amplifier vs. powered speaker

Postby CongaTick » Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:07 pm

"Small venue gigging with a couple of guitars and occasionally keyboard." Been in this situation many times. Are you sure you need amplification?
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Re: Amplifier vs. powered speaker

Postby Greensail » Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:00 pm

When we play indoors, no I don't typically need amplification. But most of the time its outside and while the gig is small, the space is moderate in size and open.
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Re: Amplifier vs. powered speaker

Postby CongaTick » Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:48 pm

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For a tight acoustic venue needing a lil amp oompf, I go with a couple of Shure 57's for my quinto/conga/tumba setup. I have a lil TAPCO 4 channel mixer into which I usually feed 5 mics which gives me nice control. If you have an available single channel on a powered speaker or somebody's amp,, run you two mics into a splitter for a single XLR out.
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