I posted this on the General Arranger forum but seeing how it is more slanted to the Ketron forum I have reposted here.

Greetings All -
This is my first post. I have a reedless MIDI accordion and I am looking to purchase an Arranger for live performances. It came down to the Ketron X4 and the Ketron XD3 (because I need a module)and I believe I'll select the XD3 as I don't need a sampler or sequencer. The sounds are pretty good and the styles will work for me. Please let me know if I am missing any great arranger modules (not keyboards) as I am a little concerned about Ketron's reliability.

I need to buy speakers for this new setup and am thinking about the Mackie SRM450 just because of the reviews here and on the web. Forgive my ignorance, but are these PA speakers? Monitors? Both? Can I just plug my Arranger and Midi Accordion into them and be on my way? I don't want to buy a Roland KC300 and the accordion people are telling me to buy Polytone's Mini Brute but that just seems to be because they are lemmings and every accordionist they know uses the Polytone.

Thank you.

The Accordionist,

The XD3 will be a great Module for you.

Thanks,

AJ