SpaceStation Stereo PA Speaker? One speaker!

[mstodola]

I think you will have to talk to Aspen about your concepts and conclusions. He is also a sound engineer and a notable one who has designed and built many products.

Everybody is different in their tastes. It is not your normal monitor that was designed to give you a sweet spot and everything else in the room is compromised. This is designed so everybody in the room has a sweet spot. It was taken from the reverse idea of the stereo microphone which fascinated Aspen and his colleague. It does work. It also solved all my EQing problems I've always struggled with in live venues. It's not perfect. But it is way better than any other high end keyboard monitor I've used and I've used a lot of them.

I am using the spacestation v3 on top of a EV115 and it sounds awesome to me, and it is capable of getting very loud. The spacestation makes the EV sound better and the EV makes the spacestation sound better. A winning combo. I walk around the room and it is sweetspot all over the venue. It doesn't compete with the other bands amps so I don't have to have my monitor so loud. It is strange but I'm the practical type. If it works, it works, and especially with the Pa4X or even the Oasys.

[mstodola]

Now I will have to say the spacestation by itself doesn't have the bottom end to produce the low end for an arranger. That is what the subout plug is for.

But in a live band situation it has the ability to create most instruments you would want to emulate without stepping on the other band members. It excels in this capacity. Don't let others fool you those 280 watts are louder than the 300 watts on my Traynor K4 and the Traynor needs to be pointed directly at my ear. And even then I find hard to hear in a live situation. But with the spacestation I don't have to have it next to me to use it as a monitor and I don't have to turn it up as loud to hear myself, because it strangely does not compete with the amps in the band.

I also use a mixer between my keyboard and the spacestation in order to drive the SS inputs a little hotter. I've found any monitor sounds better with a good mixer at it's inputs.

Examples of what it works for: piano, electric piano, organ, voice, and guitar. Not so good for synths, drums, or bass.

[guitpic]

I've had good luck my SSV.3 and PA 4X. I'll use the combo twice this week in gigs.

I EQ the boost on the mids and highs at a lower level and boost the bottom end...EQing all done on the 4X.

My gigs are smaller rooms and fewer folks when I use the combo.

[Bernie9]

Same here. I changed my EQ also and find the PA4X and SSv3 a great combination. I do larger halls as well as rooms, and find the bass to be adequate. I also use it in my band, but it isn't a rock band.

[mstodola]

You know that the SS has to bloom to work properly. One person on another site sets the amp on it's side on a short amp stand with the front facing away pointing at a wall/floor. I tried it and it works great, especially in tight situations. Everybody in the band can hear it for a better mix.

[Bernie9]

I sometimes do that also. It works well.