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hey Duke, hehehe...oh yes, I know about the visa runs. We're actually "legal" now with official residence visas, but we have friends who always use it as a great excuse to go to Guatemala or Belize. sometimes I regret not having the excuse...! thanks for the notes on the CM-30. Most of the time, I'll be running just nylon-string guitar through the system, but sometimes vocals, and sometimes also cassette loops which more-or-less can cover the whole frequency range (at least on the low side). I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with a Yamaha system, either the Stagepas or the single MSR-100, both of which involve an 8" woofer, horn, and bi-amped 100 or 150 watts per speaker. In going through the process of choosing, I've decided I want to get something as expandable and flexible as possible, in case the situation comes where I need to run a couple of people through it, for instance an acoustic bassist or key player. The Yamahas seem to have the best chance of reproducing that stuff, while still being very small. Plus I've fallen in love with the detachable powered mixer that comes with the Stagepas - I might be able just to fly around with that alone and leave the speakers in strategic places, which is the most portable solution of anything. I do have a Micro Cube and am amazed at how loud and clean it can be, for having only 5 watts. If it were guitar alone I needed to support, I'd probably go with a CM-30 no contest, for the cost/headroom/size ratio. thanks much - hope the Korean gimbap was kind to you. Daryl Shawn www.swanwelder.com www.chinapaintingmusic.com > Hey Daryl! > > Sorry for the late reply, but we were off in Korea on a "visa run". > (If there's anybody else from the Loopy list that would know the > definition of that term, then I'm sure it's you). > > I saw you mention the Roland CM-30 Cube Monitors in your original > post. I've got a pair of these that I use in a 2.1 setup along with a > Gemini 12" powered monitor. I was wondering: how much low end do you > need to reproduce for your purposes? The Roland's sound great and > have a very good frequency response all the way down through the low > mids, but their bass is fairly crippled -- which is why I supplemented > mine with a powered sub. They have a pretty hefty rolloff below around > 200 Hz, and practically nothing below around 60-80 Hz. But, with a 5" > woofer, you can't expect a whole lot of low end response. > > However, if you're just using them with your acoustic, I think they > may be worth taking a look. They're extremely portable; I can easily > lift both of mine with just one arm. There are a lot of I/O options, > and They're a lot louder than you might think, with low distortion, > and, if you can live without the bass response, reproduce tones nicely. > > Just another $.02 to consider. Regardless, hope things are going well > and good luck!!! :)