Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

You could pick up an inexpensive crossover that would let
you use what you have for the high-energy bass requirements
and use/get a smaller (lower cost) setup for the higher freqs.

Charlie

emf wrote:

>--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <tombrook11232@y...> wrote:
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>>I don't have an ekit yet but hope to get one soon. 
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>>I have a Peavey 250 watt bass amp and two bass speaker cabinets, a 
>>Hartke 410 (4 10" speakers) and a Gallien Krugger 15".   I was 
>>thinking the Peavey amp with the 410 might work pretty good as a 
>>drum monitor setup, at least for the drums although it might not 
>>reproduce the cymbal frequencies optimally.  Anyone ever try a 
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>setup 
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>>like that? 
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>>I'll just be using this for home practice. 
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>Tom,
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>Some bass amps have extended frequency response. See if you can check 
>the specs of your Peavey. If it doesn't go above upper bass or lower 
>midrange, your e-kit won't be getting its due. Of course, none of 
>this will mean a lick if the cabinets can't reproduce anything but 
>bass frequencies. If you take the higher frequencies out, you'll lose 
>a lot of the kit's life, even if you don't particularly care for the 
>cymbal sounds. You'll also lose transients from the snare.
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>Ed
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