Servus Al!
13 Dec 97 14:25, Al Thompson wrote to Thomas Kraetschmer:
 TK>> What about power (... are 250 watts enough for small gigs up to
 TK>> about 150 people ...),
 AT> I haven't seen the Passport, but there are several things that come
 AT> into play, none of which I can answer.
don't care ... the following is INTERESTING (thanx a lot)
 AT> The how loud the system will go depends on the effiency of the
 AT> speakers. You can get by with a LOT less power by using efficient
 AT> speakers. Unfortunately, efficient speakers are hard to design in a
 AT> reasonably small cabinet.
and therefore quite expensive, I guess.
Well the Fender system has four 6.5" in a cabinet ...
 AT> To give a comparison that you might be able
 AT> to visualize - 250 watts into fairly efficient cabinets like a pair
 AT> of Klipsch LaScalas will give you some pretty good SPL
forgive me my naive questions - but what is SPL?
 AT> in a small
 AT> room, while 250 watts into a pair of Bose speakers probably won't get
 AT> over the un-miked drums.
Wouldn't be that good ...
 AT> Also, what kind of music are you playing, and how loud do you want to
 AT> be?
Well what kind is difficult to say:
A little bit of pop, light-rock, rock-ballads and especially jazz ...
 AT> 250 watts will go a lot further for folk music than it will for
 AT> Metallica.
I don't like folk (I hope it's not only for the moment :) ), although famous 
musicians state that knowing quite a lot of different styles is better than 
just making music "in only one direction".
by the way, I'm not interested in Metal, too ...
        See ya soon by mailing,
                                Thomas
Internet: Tom.Kraetschmer@317-11-37.itc.or.at
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