Roland Cube or Yamaha speaker

[OccinticLady]

Hi all,
I'm looking at one of two speakers for on "the road"...a Yamaha speaker (model TO-1 - mid nineties) or a Roland Cube 30...
Both go for about E70...steep for the Yamaha, but it IS a synth-capable speaker, be it with a few watts...the Roland has 30W but...is a guitar speaker...
Which one to choose?
Thanks
Melissa

[lilith]

Hi all,
I'm looking at one of two speakers for on "the road"...a Yamaha speaker (model TO-1 - mid nineties) or a Roland Cube 30...
Both go for about E70...steep for the Yamaha, but it IS a synth-capable speaker, be it with a few watts...the Roland has 30W but...is a guitar speaker...
Which one to choose?
Thanks
Melissa

What do you want to connect and with what kind of cable?

[erlkönig]

Is it for monitoring or for the audience (small locations)?

[tseaver]

@OccinticLady
What instruments are you playing? I'm pretty sure that you'll find the Cube less suited to any kind of keyboards than the Yamaha: that series (especially the cheaper ones) is really aimed at busking guitarists (have a look at the "amp emulation" choices: they are all guitar-focused).

If you are running a PA, then putting a mic on the low-wattage-but-keyboard-focused mic is a reasonable choice. Or if the Yamaha has a "line out" port, running that one straight to the FOH mix should work, too.

[OccinticLady]

Hi all,
I'm looking at one of two speakers for on "the road"...a Yamaha speaker (model TO-1 - mid nineties) or a Roland Cube 30...
Both go for about E70...steep for the Yamaha, but it IS a synth-capable speaker, be it with a few watts...the Roland has 30W but...is a guitar speaker...
Which one to choose?
Thanks
Melissa

What do you want to connect and with what kind of cable?

I'd go for shielded cable with a 6mm jack. It would ne two Korgs (Monologue and MicrokorgXL) - I have a mini mixer for that...aminimal setup for living room jamming with someone else (plays guitar)...

[OccinticLady]

Is it for monitoring or for the audience (small locations)?

Living room jamming, with some others, I have a mixer (a Stranger MM5) with room for five channels...

[OccinticLady]

@OccinticLady
What instruments are you playing? I'm pretty sure that you'll find the Cube less suited to any kind of keyboards than the Yamaha: that series (especially the cheaper ones) is really aimed at busking guitarists (have a look at the "amp emulation" choices: they are all guitar-focused).

If you are running a PA, then putting a mic on the low-wattage-but-keyboard-focused mic is a reasonable choice. Or if the Yamaha has a "line out" port, running that one straight to the FOH mix should work, too.

I'd link my synths to it, for living room jamming.
The Yamaha is actually a vintage extention to the keyboard Yamaha had back then (the PS-10) and I doubt it has enough punch to do the job...

[lilith]

The Roland is a guitar amplifier and its frequency range does not fit to your synths.

Maybe get something like this:

https://www.thomann.de/de/behringer_b_205d.htm

[erlkönig]

I haven't found anything about the Yamaha speakers - if they play in the domain of "hifi", you'd better go with the Roland cube. There are significant differences concerning reaction on impulses between speakers for home use (hifi) and for making music.

[glowrak guy]

Fender have a pair of new frfr speakers, made for their new guitar amp modeler, the Tone Master Pro.
The FR 10 and FR 12 have been used by a few synth players who also like them. A Fender dealer should have some in stock.
Some people have mentioned them being a bit noisy at very close range, and many say it's typical with pre-amped gear these days,
and others say you have to be kissing the grill cloth in a quiet room to notice, and a couple of techs have determined it's easy to replace
the inexpensive parts with better ones, if needed. Might be worth checking out by finding a shop, or someone you know who has one
or two. Video examples from a long topic (each has a 12 second lessons ad up front)

https://youtu.be/XA0Q82SNHk0

https://youtu.be/pVKQuTRH8MA

@google fender fr12 youtube for many reviews

The topic; https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... s.2501747/

Merry Christmas, and may Santa bless your synths!