The equipment used for making music is different from the equipment used for reproducing music. A musician's gear is for producing a sound suitable for his/her performance. It is for creating sound. Reproduction equipment must be able to duplicate all sounds heard in any performance. Mixers are a different story because they must handle anything the user wants to "mix.' If you start using speakers made for guitar amps you may be quite suprised that they don't do much for clarinets and picolos. I learnd these things the hard way. Good luck. In any case, enjoy the music.
Line Array VS Traditional Box Speakers, Why not just get the line array ?
I am sure this question has been posed many times over but I am curious as to response from the current active crew here. Since I attend live music on pretty much a weekly basis for the most part I always come away with the same. I actually need that line array at home thought. Even if its not the band but the music between sets , I still need that line array.
We all spend good money on trying to recreate the live sound at home. Why not use the same pro gear that bands do, DJs, Clubs etc...for a fraction of the cost of some of the crazy systems you guys have. I have heard systems that cost ungodly amounts of money and no home system at any amount of investment that I have heard truly sounds like the real deal. Some folks spend stupid money on AMPs, cables speakers and the sound is amazing but again it doesnt sound like it really does live. For a fraction of the cost you can get you the real pro AV sound.
I look forward to the responses as I know a bunch of the cats on here are musicians as well.