Cheapest monitor speakers for PSR2000 ?

Looking for a cheap(below$150) off the shelf speaker that I can plug in directly to the PSR2000 for small room amplification. The on-board speaker is not enough power. Something I can buy at GC, Bestbuy or Circuit City or someplace like that. It does not have to be super high quality but decent enough to listen to and people can sing along with you. If I can get away with one (not a pair) would be great - needs to be lightweight. Will a monitor speaker work ? How about a small guitar amp ? Thanks.

I have a 100 watt Polytone Mini/Tini Brute guitar amp that I no longer use. If you, or anyone else is interested, I'll let it go for $75 plus shipping. I used it for doing small, private parties for a few years and it worked just fine.

Gary

Have you used it with PSR2000 and how does it sound ? I just need it to play in a small room 20ftx20ft living room with bunch of people singing.

I know this is guitar amp, but for keyboard use, does it provide decent sound ? I don't need particular deep bass sound as long as it has decent response.

Yes, I used it with the 2000 and it sounded pretty good. It was the same scenario, a room of 16 X 28 with about a dozen people drinking and singing their hearts out. I ran the keyboard straight into the amp using the mono output, and it had all the punch you needed for a room of that size and larger. I also used it when I was playing some of the smaller senior centers with the PSR-5700 and PSR-740 and it sounded good with them as well. It obviously doesn't have the bottom end of a 15-inch Barbetta Sona 32, but there is sufficient punch to handle most of the small room venues.

Gary

How about the mics - where does it plug in ? Since it only has one input. I am not using the Vocal harmonizer in the PSR2000 so I need to plug in the mics (just one mic). THanks.

Also how old is the amp ?

Even if you don't use the harmonizer...you SHOULD use the mic input on the 2xxx ..... it's very good and give you lots of control.

If you're going to use more than one mic, you'll need to use a mixer, otherwise with a single mic, just plug into the 2000 and it will do an admirable job.

I bought the amp about 10 years ago to have as a spare. As UD and Donny will tell you, I'm a nut case about having spares. That's why I have two of just about everything. The amp was used a couple dozen times at most and is in excellent condition.

Gary

Look at Advent Powered Partner speakers (Look for their highest model). They're rated at 35 watts per channel. Maybe they deliver 20 clean watts per channel. They are very compact and nifty. I like that if you put them on the floor, they point up at the audience at a 20 degree angle.

They run about $165 for a pair, but maybe you can get a great deal or a used pair.

Beakybird

Yamaha YST-MS50 powered speakers with subwoofer will make your PSR shine. I use it with my PSR-9000. Price less than $100.

Bob

Bob,

I agree the MS50's & sub sound real nice with my 2k for in the house playing...good bang for the buck!

With all due respect to Gary, I would not play a keyboard through a guitar amplifier. The guitar amps are optimized for the frequency range of about 600 hz to 6 khz, whereas a keyboard, especially an arranger, produces a full range signal, with bass and drum lines, which could go as low as 40-50 Hz, and violins and many other instruments going above 16 KHz. The guitar amp, which usually has a single speaker, will usually not reproduce the arranger sounds correctly. The keyboard amps and bass amps are both optimized for low frequency response much better than a guitar amp is. However, the bass amps usually do not have good high-end response. The moral - try to use a keyboard amplifier.

To do it on the cheap, use computer speakers. The Yamaha YST-MS50 is an excellent choice. I bought mine for $85 at CompUSA, and they are great. You should also look in the computer stores or on the internet - they will be much cheaper than at the music stores.

The other, slightly more expensive option - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=.../base_id/100216
This is Rogue 1560 "stereo" amp at Musician's Friend. It is supposed to have stereo horns along with a single woofer, and is rated for 100 Watts. This might work.

In fact, I would much prefer to use a stereo sound, to take advantage of the the stereo samples played by your keyboard.

Regards

As I explained, the guitar amp was used mainly as a back-up, just in case my Peavey were to drop dead in the midddle of a performance.

That particular guitar amp had a very wide frequency response, probably because it was made before guitar amps became so specialized that they were tuned for higher frequencies. It worked just fine!

As for stereo, I fully agree. A pure stereo output is far superior and that's why when I talked with Han on the phone, I recommended that he look into the Yamaha powered computer speakers as they would probably do a much better job.

Cheers,

Gary

I also saw another Rogue model KB-50R and even smaller KB-30R which might be smaller in size for my car trunk - do you think it has similar sound response as the heavier KB-1560 (it looked big) ??
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/search/detail/base_id/100215/src=01350

Thanks

Hey Gary,
I'll take that Teeny brute. I have a fond place in my heart for those old bears ! We'll work out the details by phone....unless you wanna make another rib-run and see the 3 way stereo JBL setup?!?!?!

I was just advised the other day that BUY.COM has the YST-MS50 amplified speakers/subwoofer (80 WATTS total) for $39 (YES, THIRTY NINE DOLLARS !!!!!!!!). I just bought two more sets !!! This is a totally amazing deal. These are basically the same speakers that Tyros uses, at 1/4 the price! These are YAMAHA speakers, not some cheapo bargain basement units. FOUR of these (two units), one aimed at you for monitoring, and the other aimed at an audience, would work for all but an auditorium setting.

Uncle Dave--you gotta deal!

See you soon,

Gary

DNJ can't buy them. They are $59. with $20. mail-in rebate!
DonM