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Thefx191 Just Startin' 7 posts since
Jun 26, 2012
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Nov 24, 2012 11:34 AM

Pod HD 500 Through Roland KC 550

Hey I'm pretty new to this community so bear with me if i'm asking in the wrong spot but anyways here we go.  I recently decided to upgrade from the speaker I was playing through to a keyboard amp because I've seen a lot of positive comments about some of them here on the forums.  So I went down to my local store and I tried a yorkville 200kb 200 watt keyboard amp and I thought it sounded pretty good.  They had it on sale for 300$ instead of 760$ regular price.  Unfortunatly they didn't have a roland kc 550 so I could try and compare but I could still get it shipped in.  So my question is: would the sound quality be the same since that the yorkville is actually worth more new and they are both similar wattage and they both have 15" speakers? I'm still open to other suggestions if you have any.  Thanks

  • jws1982 Iknowathingortwo 263 posts since
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    Nov 26, 2012 2:08 PM (in response to Thefx191)
    Re: Pod HD 500 Through Roland KC 550

    It'd be of similar quality, although no two speaker systems technically sound the same.  I'd say you made a good purchase.  Set up your tones to work well with the Yorkville, and you'll be good to go.  If you ended up getting the Roland later, you'd have to re-tweak your patches to sound best with that amp.

     

    If you're wanting some suggestions, here's one:  I personally use a 12" powered PA speaker for my POD HD500 when I play live.  That way, when I play a gig somewhere where there's not enough monitor mixes, I just pipe a mix into my speaker and I'm good to go.  I've found I play a lot of gigs where there's only one monitor mix, which is usually set up for the lead vocalist.  This way, I just set up another aux send and feed it to my monitor.  If I know the place I'm playing has a good monitor setup, then I just leave my speaker at home.  I'm all about keeping my gear to a minimum these days.  Having to load in just a guitar or two and one POD / accessory bag is great, especially when I get to watch others bring in heads, cabs, guitars, effects, etc... just to get a couple of perfect tones that few, if anyone, in the audience notices anyway. 

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