--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "boomer535" <boomer17@a...> wrote: > I'm in the market for an amp to play the DTxpress through. Is there > anything out there that will do the job for less than $100? A dealer > wants to sell me a small Peavey bass amp for About $90. I think he > said it was 15 watts. Will I get distortion at a moderate volume? Ken, Tempting as it may be to have an amp, don't get the 15 watt Peavey for $90. Nothing that I can imagine for $100 is going to do anything remotely like justice to how an e-drum kit can sound when properly amplified. If you're going to get an amp at all in the days ahead, make it a keyboard amp, not a bass or guitar amp, which will not be able to handle the output of an e-kit. For now, get yourself a good pair of studio headphones (high sensitivity, low impedance--generally about $80 street) and enjoy the ride, because it won't get any better than that with an amp unless you spend hundreds more (for at least 150 watts but preferably more, a 12 to 15" woofer [or powered sub], a competent tweeter, and wide dynamic range). Someone with an ultra high-end home stereo capable of taking serious punishment can get away with connecting an e-kit to it on a lark, but ordinary home audio need not apply. Ed
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Re: What is a decent amp
2004-02-05 by emf