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Any one have any reviews or comments about the PM-1 60W Roland 
monitor?  I have found no reviews on the product anywhere and I think 
the Yamaha component monitors are terrible (MS50DR and MS100DR).  the 
100 is ok, but not for the price.  I am not looking for something 
loud, just something that adeuqately give you the "oomph" of a solid 
boudle-bass line in terms of low-end sound.  Party on everyone.
Frank

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "fjcelauro" <fjcelauro@y...> wrote:
> 
> Any one have any reviews or comments about the PM-1 60W Roland 
> monitor?  I have found no reviews on the product anywhere and I 
think 
> the Yamaha component monitors are terrible (MS50DR and MS100DR).  
the 
> 100 is ok, but not for the price.  I am not looking for something 
> loud, just something that adeuqately give you the "oomph" of a solid 
> boudle-bass line in terms of low-end sound.  Party on everyone.

Frank,

I always liked the PM-3 as a home monitor. The subwoofer has nice low-
end punch to it. I've never heard the PM-1, but I doubt that you'll 
get much bass response from a 60 watt two-way speaker. I'm afraid that 
anything incapable of achieving some volume isn't going to give you 
much low end either. You'll often see the PM-1 pictured with a Roland 
handsonic component; such is probably its rightful jurisdiction. 

I'm currently testing the Bose PAS system for use with e-drums. Bose 
specs its subwoofer (my review sample has two) as going down to 40 Hz, 
which is pretty accurate. I measure it as rolling off considerably at 
31.5 Hz or so and losing any usefulness by 25 Hz. At even 40 Hz, 
however, a considerable degree of power and size is necessary--more 
than 100 watts, at least, depending on design variables. The Bose 
would be overkill for many people who mainly play at home, especially 
at a price of $2000. But any keyboard amp used for e-drums should go 
down to at least 40 Hz to do kick drums and toms justice. People have 
had good success apparently with the Behringer keyboard amps, which 
are relatively inexpensive. Check the archives under "Behringer" for 
some testimonials.

Ed

how do i access the archives you referred to?

emf <liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "fjcelauro" <fjcelauro@y...> wrote:
> 
> Any one have any reviews or comments about the PM-1 60W Roland 
> monitor?  I have found no reviews on the product anywhere and I 
think 
> the Yamaha component monitors are terrible (MS50DR and MS100DR).  
the 
> 100 is ok, but not for the price.  I am not looking for something 
> loud, just something that adeuqately give you the "oomph" of a solid 
> boudle-bass line in terms of low-end sound.  Party on everyone.

Frank,

I always liked the PM-3 as a home monitor. The subwoofer has nice low-
end punch to it. I've never heard the PM-1, but I doubt that you'll 
get much bass response from a 60 watt two-way speaker. I'm afraid that 
anything incapable of achieving some volume isn't going to give you 
much low end either. You'll often see the PM-1 pictured with a Roland 
handsonic component; such is probably its rightful jurisdiction. 

I'm currently testing the Bose PAS system for use with e-drums. Bose 
specs its subwoofer (my review sample has two) as going down to 40 Hz, 
which is pretty accurate. I measure it as rolling off considerably at 
31.5 Hz or so and losing any usefulness by 25 Hz. At even 40 Hz, 
however, a considerable degree of power and size is necessary--more 
than 100 watts, at least, depending on design variables. The Bose 
would be overkill for many people who mainly play at home, especially 
at a price of $2000. But any keyboard amp used for e-drums should go 
down to at least 40 Hz to do kick drums and toms justice. People have 
had good success apparently with the Behringer keyboard amps, which 
are relatively inexpensive. Check the archives under "Behringer" for 
some testimonials.

Ed





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--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, frank celauro <fjcelauro@y...> wrote:
> how do i access the archives you referred to?

Frank,

At the bottom of the forum's home page, you'll see a blank box 
with "Search group messages" beside it. Type "amplifier," "Behringer," 
or whatever else you feel is relevant to your query. The engine will 
search month by month for posts that include that subject. If a 
particular month hasn't anything, or if it has a few posts for you to 
read but not enough, click "next" at the bottom or top right of the 
headers to keep going back. If I recall correctly, "Behringer" should 
only require a few months; "amp" will go back years.

Ed

even compared to something like the behringer kx1200, $200 for 120 watts, that thing looks pretty tiny (the peavey) but the inability to distort sounds good, i'll see if they let me plug one in top the dtx at long island drum center.  thanks

Ken <boomer17@...> wrote:The Peavey KB2 really packs a punch for your purposes. And it's small. Real quality here. I have one and can't get it to distort.
 
Ken

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Subject: [DTXpress] roland pm-1 monitor



Any one have any reviews or comments about the PM-1 60W Roland 
monitor?  I have found no reviews on the product anywhere and I think 
the Yamaha component monitors are terrible (MS50DR and MS100DR).  the 
100 is ok, but not for the price.  I am not looking for something 
loud, just something that adeuqately give you the "oomph" of a solid 
boudle-bass line in terms of low-end sound.  Party on everyone.
Frank





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--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ken" <boomer17@a...> wrote:
> I has 2 channels as well (actually 3) and you can set all your 
cymbals and snare all the way to the right channel and adjust the bass 
and treble appropriately and set your toms and kick to the other 
channel and do the same. Works really well. I suppose you can do that 
with any amp though. I use it in my home and the walls shake. (well, 
not really, but close)

Ken,

Every small amp makes sacrifices. Where is the Peavey weak?  My guess 
is that it probably does some service to the mid-bass and upper bass 
(from 50 to 100 Hz), as well as the mid-range, but doesn't descend to 
the lower registers or into the upper treble.

Ed