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I am currently using a Focusrite Saffire and a pair of Spirit by Soundcraft 4P active monitors. They sound fine when I am playing a single note, but as soon as I play more than one note there is some audible distortion. This takes the form of a slight loss of clarity in the high frequencies, and is more noticeable with a 2-foot stop or mixtures. When I swtich to headphones (AKG 701) this disappears, and the sound in general is much clearer and more natural (I mostly use the Bosh-Schnitger sample set). I am thinking that the problem may be harmonic distortion (though my understanding is that this is often more of a problem with lower frequencies) and therefore wondering whether the solution would be to add more speakers, perhaps 4 more (or even 6) with the manual pipes cycled, and the pedals routed through my existing 4P's. I am proposing to put the four new speakers on top of the console, facing me as I play (the existing ones are behind me and off to one side on a deep window sill, discreetly hidden behind the curtains), and I reckon I could put another pair on top of them without offending my wife too much.
Various Forum members have spoken highly of the Behringer Truth series, but there seem to be several models available. The B2030A's have 110W amplification and the B2031A's have 225W. The B3030A and B3031A seem to be the same but with ribbon tweeters instead of cones. Is the extra power worth the additional cost, and do the ribbon tweeters make any difference? The costs do mount up when you start to multiply everything by six, and I am thinking in future that I will want to add a sub-woofer, and perhaps more speakers for surround-sound, though I would need to get another Saffire (or another interface) to have more than 8 channels. I have to limit it to what my wife will find acceptible (one small speaker I think would be her ideal) and what I spend on speakers I won't have left for sample sets or (for that matter) home improvements.
Apart from Behringer, are there any other recommendations that are good value? Is what I am proposing the most cost-effective solution to achieve a realistic sound? Might it be sensible just to add one pair of additional speakers for the moment?
The organ room is approximately 4 x 5 metres in size, with a 3 metre ceiling. It has a wooden floor with a carpet in the middle, and wooden panelling two-thirds of the way up. There is a Chesterfield sofa and a chaise-longue. It is not particularly resonant in terms of acoustics. It doubles as our television room, and I don't think it should end up looking like a recording studio.
Various Forum members have spoken highly of the Behringer Truth series, but there seem to be several models available. The B2030A's have 110W amplification and the B2031A's have 225W. The B3030A and B3031A seem to be the same but with ribbon tweeters instead of cones. Is the extra power worth the additional cost, and do the ribbon tweeters make any difference? The costs do mount up when you start to multiply everything by six, and I am thinking in future that I will want to add a sub-woofer, and perhaps more speakers for surround-sound, though I would need to get another Saffire (or another interface) to have more than 8 channels. I have to limit it to what my wife will find acceptible (one small speaker I think would be her ideal) and what I spend on speakers I won't have left for sample sets or (for that matter) home improvements.
Apart from Behringer, are there any other recommendations that are good value? Is what I am proposing the most cost-effective solution to achieve a realistic sound? Might it be sensible just to add one pair of additional speakers for the moment?
The organ room is approximately 4 x 5 metres in size, with a 3 metre ceiling. It has a wooden floor with a carpet in the middle, and wooden panelling two-thirds of the way up. There is a Chesterfield sofa and a chaise-longue. It is not particularly resonant in terms of acoustics. It doubles as our television room, and I don't think it should end up looking like a recording studio.