JLNorthGA
Active Member
It looks like one of the channels may be going out in our inherited amplifier. It is an old Carvin 600. This our house main. It manages to put out a reasonable amount of sound for our space.
We obtained some SM58 microphones by a donation (new in box!) - so we've now got four Shure SM58 vocal microphones. So we don't have to spend the money on that. We've got five Shure SM57 instrument microphones - so even the bluegrass bands should be happy.
We've got to spend the grant money in a timely basis. While an amplifier might not be flashy - it is a needed piece of equipment. I can always use the Carvin to power one (or more) monitor channels for those groups which want several monitor channels (as opposed to just two). I'm currently looking at the QSC GX5. The amplifier would be powering a Nady PS115 500W speaker. My other alternative would be a QSC GX3.
Realistically - we're at maybe 1/3 of the volume per channel on the Carvin. I was thinking about the QSC GX3 as it is less expensive by $100 or so. The GX5 is more sized to the speakers though.
We obtained some SM58 microphones by a donation (new in box!) - so we've now got four Shure SM58 vocal microphones. So we don't have to spend the money on that. We've got five Shure SM57 instrument microphones - so even the bluegrass bands should be happy.
We've got to spend the grant money in a timely basis. While an amplifier might not be flashy - it is a needed piece of equipment. I can always use the Carvin to power one (or more) monitor channels for those groups which want several monitor channels (as opposed to just two). I'm currently looking at the QSC GX5. The amplifier would be powering a Nady PS115 500W speaker. My other alternative would be a QSC GX3.
Realistically - we're at maybe 1/3 of the volume per channel on the Carvin. I was thinking about the QSC GX3 as it is less expensive by $100 or so. The GX5 is more sized to the speakers though.