Topic: Speakers and Sound Systems
I am a classical pianist, and my interest in Pianoteq is specifically as an alternative to an acoustic piano, as previously mentioned in other threads I have owned Steinway D's and other quality pianos, but presently don't have the space or money for a D or anything even close. In my view it's a D, maybe a Steingraber, Stuart or maybe the exotic Italian thing, names excapes me.
My present system is as follows:
Keyboard: CME UF8
Pedal CME GPP-3
CPU: AMD 5200, 2 gigs RAM, WD Raptor Drive
Sound Card M-Audio 192
Sound Routing: Samson C-Control
Speakers: VL-X5
All in all it's not bad, but I want to improve the sound delivery.
I am making a framed cabinet to house everything from 3x3PAR timber (75mm x 75mm). This will be heavy: presently I use a double X frame and it's not even completely level, but it works fine for now.
I Was thinking of mounting the speakers under the keyboard pointing away from the playerpossibly even angled upward slightly so the sound reflects of any wall in front of the player. Possibly also (via the Samson C-control) a second pair of high frequency powered speakers pointing from the corners of the keyboard towards the player, but set volume wise lower than the main Tascams.
I have also seen the Yamaha YSP800, or even 1000 which is really a TV single box surround system. This claims to diffuse the sound. This is woudl consider mounting behind the keyboard, but pointing up at the ceiling.
Any comments will be greatfully received.