On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:28:29 -0400 (EDT), Karen Lewellen wrote: >> A keyboard amplifier or acoustic combo? >I do not feel either of the above. >I also realized that question was unclear. there are vocal mics, what >I am amplifying is the source for the backing track, i. e. if I am >playing the track from a laptop, the active speaker or amp is >suitable for that sort of equipment. >If there is a burned cd involved then the speakers / amp is suitable >for the best tool for playing / pausing when the materials are >burned. Assuming the laptop itself does not such a drive. Those are suitable for that kind of sources, second-hand they aren't expensive, but a single old school amp/speakers combo could weight around 40 Kg and the size could be around 100cm x 100 cm x 30cm (the old less heavy and smaller amp/speakers combos unlikely provide good enough sound and/or aren't loud enough). It's no fun to transport something like this. New gear is available for around a quarter of the weight and half of the size. I don't know how good or bad this new gear does sound, perhaps the sound is good, but it's new and does cost 5 to 10 times as much. A power mixer and speakers is something much used, it provides better weight distribution by 3 instead of 2 individual parts and it's available in a weide price range. From less than a consumer JVC BoomBlaster to no end. -- pacman -Q linux{,-rt{-pussytoes,-cornflower,,-securityink}}|cut -d\ -f2 4.18.1.arch1-1 4.18_rc8_rt1-1 4.16.18_rt12-1 4.16.18_rt11-1 4.16.18_rt10-1 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user