I have a question for those of you who have used or do use a frfr solution such as a yamaha dxr10, ev zlx12, alto, headrush etc... Will they reproduce the sound well of a profile at pretty low volume?
Here's my dilemma:
Myself like many others desired the amp in the room sound. I bought a kone about a year ago and wasn't quite satisfied with it, changed to an eminence speaker about a month ago and it worked ok but not as varied profile to profile which I expected before purchasing. I loaded the Kone back up last weekend and have spent a couple of days messing with it. I've come to the conclusion my issue with both speakers is volume, I wasn't turning my amp up enough to push them so they were lacking when reproducing sound.
Both preformed better at a decent volume, but my ears are about done in after years of loud music and extremely loud work environments, I can't play very long even though the volume really isn't that loud without pain in my ears and a pretty good headache. This has also caused me to limit my FOH outings after 29 years, I only do acoustic shows anymore and those are becoming less frequent.
I hooked back up to what I was using for four years prior to getting a power amp and Kone, the effect return of a small combo amp, I set the volume where I used to on it and it was much quieter than what I'm using now, I attribute that to a pretty low wattage speaker that doesn't need much power to move, but it doesn't sound near as good though I can play for longer periods of time.
I know going through studio monitors works well but I want something that sounds decent that I can take elsewhere, taking the amp in the room sound out of the equation which was what I was originally trying to achieve returns me to the question above, do those frfr solutions reproduce a good likeness of a profile at lower volumes.
Your thoughts or experiences would be greatly appreciated, I don't want to spend anymore money without seeking some advice first.