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<blockquote data-quote="Weogo Reed" data-source="post: 49356" data-attributes="member: 1226">Re: Help with PA/Mixer connectionsHi Nate, Getting the most for one&#039;s money is pretty universal.&nbsp;&nbsp; Question is, what is more important to you?&nbsp; Best sounding speaker per dollar, or lightest speaker per dollar?&nbsp;&nbsp; Cheapest today or best warranty?&nbsp; And many more considerations.The little Soundcraft board might work fine for you, though it sounds like you are already loading it up with no room for expansion. I have never heard the Kustom PW50 speakers, but they look like they aren&#039;t going to sound very good or last very long.Consider getting one, good speaker.Jeff Babcock has a Mackie SRM450 in the Marketplace.&nbsp; One of these would probably be better than ten of the little Kustom boxes.On the 124FX the TRS main outs are NOT stereo, they are balanced line-level out.Yes, with basic cable building skills and good materials, you will be fine making your own cables.&nbsp; If you already have some quad core cable lying around, sure, use it.&nbsp; If buying, I would just buy a good-quality two-conductor cable.Running 1/4&quot; cables directly in to mixer line inputs is done fairly often.&nbsp; Sometimes it works well, sometimes not, depending on the specific equipment being used.With some inputs you will have an impedance and/or level mis-match.Going through a DI you may knock your signal level down so much that you don&#039;t have enough to really drive the mixer&#039;s line-level inputs.For now, for simplicity, I would go mono from Guitar and Keys to the mixer.&nbsp; this assumes the Keyboard has a Mono out.Good health,&nbsp; Weogo</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Weogo Reed, post: 49356, member: 1226"] Re: Help with PA/Mixer connections Hi Nate, Getting the most for one's money is pretty universal. Question is, what is more important to you? Best sounding speaker per dollar, or lightest speaker per dollar? Cheapest today or best warranty? And many more considerations. The little Soundcraft board might work fine for you, though it sounds like you are already loading it up with no room for expansion. I have never heard the Kustom PW50 speakers, but they look like they aren't going to sound very good or last very long. Consider getting one, good speaker. Jeff Babcock has a Mackie SRM450 in the Marketplace. One of these would probably be better than ten of the little Kustom boxes. On the 124FX the TRS main outs are NOT stereo, they are balanced line-level out. Yes, with basic cable building skills and good materials, you will be fine making your own cables. If you already have some quad core cable lying around, sure, use it. If buying, I would just buy a good-quality two-conductor cable. Running 1/4" cables directly in to mixer line inputs is done fairly often. Sometimes it works well, sometimes not, depending on the specific equipment being used. With some inputs you will have an impedance and/or level mis-match. Going through a DI you may knock your signal level down so much that you don't have enough to really drive the mixer's line-level inputs. For now, for simplicity, I would go mono from Guitar and Keys to the mixer. this assumes the Keyboard has a Mono out. Good health, Weogo [/QUOTE]

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