Tip Me Over The Edge - Henriksen The Bud Six

[rpjazzguitar]

One thing that still puzzles me about the Bud is this.

By all accounts, it's good for voice as well as guitar. And, there are reports that the sound is PA-like. Seems to me that these reports are consistent. If it wasn't PA-like would it be good for voice?

The Blu is different from the Bud in the center frequencies of the 5 band EQ. In the Blu the EQ bands are tighter and don't go as high - maybe because it's not optimized for voice. My impression from what I've read is that the Bud and Blu sound about the same when the EQ pots are all at noon.

This leaves me with a question about comparing the Bud/Blu to a powered speaker with multiband EQ (either contained in the speaker or as an outboard device). I haven't seen anybody post that comparison. But, with a unit like the Bose S1 weighing 14.4 lbs, having the capability of being much louder and costing around $600 less, why not check it out as a possible alternative?

[Woody Sound]

This leaves me with a question about comparing the Bud/Blu to a powered speaker with multiband EQ (either contained in the speaker or as an outboard device). I haven't seen anybody post that comparison. But, with a unit like the Bose S1 weighing 14.4 lbs, having the capability of being much louder and costing around $600 less, why not check it out as a possible alternative?

Well, depending on your pref's, you'd probably have to carry a couple of pedals with the Bose. If you wanted a little more EQ control, some reverb, etc.

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

[rpjazzguitar]

Well, depending on your pref's, you'd probably have to carry a couple of pedals with the Bose. If you wanted a little more EQ control, some reverb, etc.

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

There are a lot of small powered speakers. I mentioned the Bose S1 because I've used it. It has reverb. It has two band EQ and a bunch of presets -- but I agree that many players will prefer outboard reverb.

The Everse 8 has 7 band EQ plus parametric EQ, but didn't sound as good, IMO.

I've heard good sound from a small Alto. Not sure which one.

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

I've heard good sound from a small Alto. Not sure which one.

The 1000W (RMS continuous power) Alto TS4XX series is amazing. They all have an integral 3 channel mixer (one of which is Bluetooth only, IIRC) The 408 (8") is $300, the 410 (10") is $350, and the 412 (12" and an extra 250W) is $400. The 408 is 17 x 10 x 10 and 20 lbs, while the 412 is 24 x 14 x 14 and weighs 30 lbs. If I were going to buy a powered speaker or two for gigging, it'd be one 12 or a pair of 8s (depending on whether the big one fits in my trunk). If you have two, they link wirelessly for stereo.

If I need live sound reinforcement, I'm still using my ancient Samson 8x2 mixer and Alesis RA100 in a small portable rack case, now driving a pair of Toobs. The electronics are getting long in the tooth, but they still sound great. If the mixer or the amp should happen to fail, I'll go to Alto. I always carry a small class D head as a spare, but so far I've never needed it. For jazz, I run my guitar through the same rig and use an SM58 for vocals.

[rpjazzguitar]

The 1000W (RMS continuous power) Alto TS4XX series is amazing. They all have an integral 3 channel mixer (one of which is Bluetooth only, IIRC) The 408 (8") is $300, the 410 (10") is $350, and the 412 (12" and an extra 250W) is $400. The 408 is 17 x 10 x 10 and 20 lbs, while the 412 is 24 x 14 x 14 and weighs 30 lbs. If I were going to buy a powered speaker or two for gigging, it'd be one 12 or a pair of 8s (depending on whether the big one fits in my trunk). If you have two, they link wirelessly for stereo.

If I need live sound reinforcement, I'm still using my ancient Samson 8x2 mixer and Alesis RA100 in a small portable rack case, now driving a pair of Toobs. The electronics are getting long in the tooth, but they still sound great. If the mixer or the amp should happen to fail, I'll go to Alto. I always carry a small class D head as a spare, but so far I've never needed it. For jazz, I run my guitar through the same rig and use an SM58 for vocals.

Do I understand correctly that you can get your sound going archtop>mixer>amp>toobs? Same signal path for both guitar and vocals?

Might you know if the lineout from the Little Jazz will drive the TS408 adequately?

Thanks in advance.