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Andrew Dickerson
10/20/09

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Awesome, no all I need is for them to come out with a fisher-price lighting set and I could have a fake stage, with fake amps, and fake guitars, putting on a fake show. My fake life will. be. complete! #alteclansingstagegig
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Lizard_King
10/20/09

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It's not a worthwhile monitor unless I can stand on it and/or kick it over onto security. #alteclansingstagegig
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thebigcheese
10/20/09

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You know, to be fair, regular stage monitors aren't guitar amps, either. They do usually have 1/4" inputs, though, and technically COULD be used as a guitar amp. That's not a bad price for a stage monitor, though, if you can get around not having standard inputs. #alteclansingstagegig
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badhatharry
10/20/09

@thebigcheese: In order to use this as an amp, you're going to need a power amp to drive the speaker, and an active DI box to get the guitar up to a level the amp can deal with. And then you don't get any tone controls outside of what's on your guitar, and you don't get to overdrive it to get some fuzz.

And while $100 would be a nice price for a monitor, I will bet you anything that this will make a terrible monitor. Any $100 monitor will be terrible. #alteclansingstagegig
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TomXP411
10/20/09

@badhatharry: If it had more power, this would be perfect for lots of situations... but at 40 watts, it's a bit anemic for actual stage use. For playing video games, though, this is probably pretty close to ideal.

Although, if you're using something like a Pod in a low-volume situation (think acoustic, church bands, or even park/beach with an inverter), this might not be bad.

Plus, the description on AL's site is pretty clear what this is for: it's a video game speaker, not a live audio monitor. #alteclansingstagegig
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badhatharry
10/20/09

@TomXP411: I wouldn't use this in any professional or semi-professional application. It has RCA inputs. If you ever tried to use this on a stage, you would spend your soundcheck trying to get rid of hum.

As for an iPod, I would rather use computer speakers because they're cheaper, probably sound just as good, and I have two discrete channels, rather than a stereo signal coming out of one set of drivers.

And I know it's for video games. Thebigcheese was floating the idea of using it as a inexpensive stage monitor. #alteclansingstagegig
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TomXP411
10/28/09

@badhatharry: Oh yes. I've been doing this a long time, and yes, unbalanced inputs=buzz and hum. :)

You could use it for low-powered acoustic situations, though, where people typically are either un-miced or they only mic the singers. It'd be perfect for my little "acoustic" Variax, which I currently use with a rather ugly Kareoke amplifier.

The thing is... Just TRY to buy a decent "non-guitar" combo amp for less than $300. It's practically impossible.

Oh well. I keep looking...
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SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
10/20/09

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You never know what is too much until you have too much. #alteclansingstagegig
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PhyrePhox
10/20/09

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I have mixed live music for about 20 years, and I've never seen a guitar amp in this configuration. It does, however, resemble a monitor wedge, and it appears that is the intended visual reference and use. #alteclansingstagegig
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John Herrman
10/20/09

@PhyrePhox: ok ok ok! #alteclansingstagegig
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Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
09/08/09

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Guess they could be good for something....
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