Need Speakers For My Kronos

latnjazfan · Post by **latnjazfan** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:04 am

I have been learning how to play on my Kronos for about a year now.

To reduce any hassle from my wife, I have always used headsets. (Even then, she says the keys are loud, and can be heard around the house, especially when I'm banging away on some old time rock and roll tune, or montuno)

I now would like to play my Kronos outside the home, joining in a small combo or playing for small groups at the hospital. So I'm looking for 2 portable speakers that will fit in my trunk along with my Kronos 73.

I have tested several speaker sets at Guitar Center. Nothing I have tried come close in presenting the incredible sounds of my Kronos on earphones.

I don't need a lot of volume but I must insist on a high quality representation of my Kronos sounds.

Any thoughts or advice or recommendations:?:

mercede1 · Post by **mercede1** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:01 am

How much money you are willing to spend

Active,Passive

What speaker sets you checked till now

spalding12 · Post by **spalding12** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:38 am

there are many threads that discuss this very issue
like THIS one.... that was JUST started
take a look, if you like:

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... 5abc1b8278

BobTheDog · Post by **BobTheDog** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:12 am

spalding12 wrote:there are many threads that discuss this very issue
like THIS one.... that was JUST started
take a look, if you like:

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... 5abc1b8278

Studio monitors are not much use for playing live though!

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:09 am

How much are you willing to spend?
You could go for decent powered speakers (e.g. RCF, the cheapest they make are the 310As which are nice, but their bigger ones are better) or perhaps a really compact PA system such as the HK Elements series. The latter will give you a much more evenly spread frequency spectrum but it's really expensive.

CoreyMast · Post by **CoreyMast** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:16 am

If you can find a pair of these they won't let you down. I bought them with a Triton in 2003 and they still sound great.

http://www.barbetta.com/html/Live/Sona_41/sona_41.html

I have a stereo pair for the rare instance I need amplification at a gig. I mainly just run through the house though if possible. 2 less trips to the van this way.

dfahrner · Post by **dfahrner** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:05 pm

I use JBL EON510s and, for smaller gigs / rehearsals, Behringer B208Ds...the JBLs are louder and sound better (and are more expensive), but the Behringers are almost as loud, even smaller (14 lbs. each), sound almost as good, and are a lot cheaper...Behringer seems to invite negative comments in online forums, but I've never had a problem with any of their gear...there are lots of good small powered PA speakers available these days, from Yamaha, QSC, and others, and probably most any of these would do the job...two PA speakers will give you better quality full-range sound and let you run stereo (important for KRONOS pianos, organ Leslie simulation, etc.)...

df

latnjazfan · Post by **latnjazfan** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:25 pm

dfahrner wrote:I use JBL EON510s and, for smaller gigs / rehearsals, Behringer B208Ds...the JBLs are louder and sound better (and are more expensive), but the Behringers are almost as loud, even smaller (14 lbs. each), sound almost as good, and are a lot cheaper...Behringer seems to invite negative comments in online forums, but I've never had a problem with any of their gear...there are lots of good small powered PA speakers available these days, from Yamaha, QSC, and others, and probably most any of these would do the job...two PA speakers will give you better quality full-range sound and let you run stereo (important for KRONOS pianos, organ Leslie simulation, etc.)...

df

I like to use various string bass selections when I'm using Combi 001. Do you think these speakers can handle the low frequencies? Have you encountered distortion?

dfahrner · Post by **dfahrner** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:14 am

latnjazfan wrote:I like to use various string bass selections when I'm using Combi 001. Do you think these speakers can handle the low frequencies? Have you encountered distortion?

It just depends on how loud you need to play - I've never encountered distortion with either the JBLs or Behringers, but I play mostly small-group jazz in small venues (coffee houses, restaurants) so never have to really crank them up (although I have used the JBLS on outdoor gigs without any problem, and they do play pretty loud if necessary)...I usually end up turning the bass down with both, though, they seem to be pretty efficient at low frequencies...it's amazing how much bass the little Behringers put out for their size, the bass player even plugs into them at rehearsal (they're used as the PA as well)...

df

latnjazfan · Post by **latnjazfan** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:13 am

mercede1 wrote:How much money you are willing to spend
Active,Passive
What speaker sets you checked till now

Please pardon my ignorance, but what are you referring to?

latnjazfan · Post by **latnjazfan** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:30 am

SanderXpander wrote:How much are you willing to spend?

I'd like to pay no more than around $3000 for the pair.

Aside from the cost, my wish list would be for 2 speakers (stereo effect for Leslies, etc.), light weight (20+ lbs ea) and small (12"x24"), portable with a durable case; little distortion when playing acoustic string bass, and an accurate - realistic - reproduction of the sounds of my Kronos. Further, I'm not looking for high volume - just a faithful amplification of the potentials sounds of the instrument - especially pianos - for solo use and in a small combo.

Can you recommend speakers that would reasonably meet this spec??

dfahrner · Post by **dfahrner** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:39 pm

$3000 will buy you a pair of just about any powered speaker made - the JBL EON510 will provide what you need for about $1300/pair, the Behringer Eurolive B208D will probably be good enough for about $400/pair, and the current fave QSC K8 / K10 are probably way more than you need at around $1500/pair...

df

latnjazfan · Post by **latnjazfan** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:17 am

Newer? Any better than the 510?

Do you prefer the QSCK10 over EON 515XT?

Thanks again for your opinion.

johnnydr · Post by **johnnydr** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:07 am

I have a pair of QSC-K-12s and they sound pretty darn good

Can't compare to JBL cause I've never tried them

mercede1 · Post by **mercede1** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:32 am

latnjazfan wrote:
mercede1 wrote:How much money you are willing to spend
Active,Passive
What speaker sets you checked till now
Please pardon my ignorance, but what are you referring to?

Hi latnjazfan,i made 3 question to you to answer if you can, so it will be easier for someone who try to help,i hope you didn't misunderstood me

This is a nice active(powered)speaker
http://www.fbt.it/ENG/PAE/PRODOTTI/SPEA ... roMaxX-10/

http://www.thomann.de/gr/fbt_promaxx_10a.htm

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