1000 Watss should be more than enough volume, unless you play in large venues. To avoid background noise, keep the volume on the piano as high as you can without causing distortion and use the volume control on the sound system to adjust the level. This keep the signal to nois ratio as high as possible.
athomik
On Jul 17 2007, wandamusic@... wrote:
>I would be very grateful if folks using an external sound setup (as opposed
>to the grands that have built in speakers) can share how they are doing it.
>ESPECIALLY if it sounds good while they are playing the instrument.
>
>I have a DU1A, a professional upright. The store included one small speaker
>(35 watts) just so I could hear that it would work. I have no idea why they
>didn't either include 2, or none, but that is a different story.
>
>I bought a mid priced surround system, based on the store's suggestion (the
>did not offer any specific brands), which is 1000 watts (over 6 speakers -
>less than 200 each). I thought that would be plenty of power.
>
>My main concern is that it does not sound too great, and at levels loud
>enough to start to sound "full" I can hear noise, not static, like but more
>humming like and not 60cps hum....just background noise that probably originates
>either in the system or the disklavier unit. I did raise the volume coming out
>of the disklavier, so that is not the problem)
>
>What I want to do is to compose music using this instrument, and that means
>I want to hear clearly around me. When I pulled the front speakers out from
>the wall and put on either side of me it was much better, but still not great.
>I cannot hear the back speakers as they are across the room, but I can
>probably do some sort of adjustment. (and it will not work to always keep the
>speakers out as they will block the path around the LR, which is not that large,
>my hope is to find the best affordable system, and mount some or all of the
>speakers on the wall)
>
>AT this point, I feel this sound system is not powerful enough and have no
>idea how much power I need to have great sound while playing the piano. (Years
>ago when I did MIDI composing using multi keyboards, everything came through
>2 medium-large sized speakers mounted above me and it sounded absolutely
>awesome whether I was composing at the keyboards or sitting across the room. It
>was not a fancy sound system. I had hoped for a similar experience with this
>instrument)
>
>BTW, the new surround sound system did sound great when I played a CD and
>sat in the middle of the room. It was louder and fuller, without background
>noise. The problem is I want to hear great with the piano, which means different
>sound source, and sitting on one side of the room.
>
>Any thoughts/experiences would be appreciated.
>
>Blessings,
>Wanda
>
>
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