Samson Technologies PA & Live Sound

I paid $320 for it and it is worth it if you play gigs. Superb distance and clearity i fell in love with this unit when while the band was playing a show i was in the living room messing with this chick and could still be heard. i walked aroung most the night hanging out with chicks while our guitarist (with a shure vhf wireless system) was stuck standing by his amp so his system wouldn't cut out. Footpedal style reciever makes it easyer to run it in front of your effects. You need AAA batteries for the bug but they last forever and their cheaper then 9-volts i bought an adaptor for the pedal reciever. Not as strong as a digitech but your not stomping on it to turn it on so it really doesn't need the expensive metal case but what it is made out of isn't far from it. It also has a slight delay if you get to far away. If you want a wirless system and can't afford the realy good ones get this for 1/2 the price i love it. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

The Samson Technologies Live 615 are very underated, most people havent even heard of these or even know that they exist. I don't like the sound of traditional keyboard amps - most aren't bi-amped and for the most part, you gotta buy two to get stereo. I also prefer the sound of 15-inch cones on piano sounds, so that was a priority as well. After owning these for a year, I can say they were/are a great investment. The speakers sound good, I've never overloaded them, and I've used them in a large variety of settings: 1.) stereo onstage monitors for my 90's rock/alternative band - plenty of power here with 400 watts. I use them with Korg Triton/Hammond Xk3c/Alesis Micron. 2.) solo piano sound system at wedding ceremonies, even in large churches (sounds great with yamaha digital stage pianos). With speakers up on poles, sounds quite natural. 3.) I use as mains when accompanying several choirs, including a local jazz choir with about 25 singers. Again, it makes a light, simple, tasteful sounding solution and the price can't be beat. Good sound quality at low levels, good bass but the output is not overwhelming. It's not hard to get the OL/clip light to flash constantly. It feels like the built-in amplifier just don't have enough power... But after some tweaking i found a good balance between my crossover and EQ. I recommend them to anybody who wants a easy-carry good sounding cheap speaker. Overall, Price worthy but doesn't get to loud good for anyone who wants a cheap and flexible speaker. I wouldn't use them standalone with more than 50people. With subs and no low-freq. running through TH-15A i would say these boys can handle up to 200 people depending on the room and so forth. In the end you get what you pay for.

For $500 this portable PA system is working great. I bought it for a DJ gig in a fairly large restaurant space, and I never had to go above 60% on the master volume. Clear as a bell, no giant booming bass, but bass responsive is fine. I'll get a subwoofer later to add to the system. Ipod dock is a major plus! console has a really small footprint. Also used with live band (power trio) and worked great! The sound from this PA blew me away. Crystal clear vocals, deep, resonating guitar, and very little ambient noise. Ingenious design that allows the two speakers to be hooked together and the mixer and cables to fit right into the back of the cabinets for ease of carrying. Perfect setup for singer songwriters wanting to start live gigging, and plenty of punch for full band as well. Plenty of power for 1-3 people as long as your style isn't deafening noise. The emphasis on this system is superb clarity and it does that with room to spare. Incredibly portable and I really like the fact you can keep the amp head IN the speaker while using. reduces clutter & improves stage space. Bu there is the lack of 3 band eq (it has 2) and the reverb sounds a little funky if turned up too much. Used judiciously, the reverb does enhance the sound considerably. A perfect weight for a aging wanna-be rock star. If your emphasis is on portability and QUALITY of sound I highly recommend this little pa. Overall, The sound quality was great. The ease of set-up was wonderful. Just wish I could put the mixer in the back of the speaker with an iPod 'attached'. Other than that, this system is great and has paid for itself, twice! Great sound reasonable price! Buy It

The Samson Technologies SX Series Rack is a great stereo amplifier. It is very rugged and reliable and wont break on your or have any problems if it gets knocked around a bit. The Samson SX series includes five models. The all have great control capability and protection features, and the Samson Technologies Sx 1800 is designed for maximum power and efficiency, this powerful amplifier is an ideal sound for reinforcement situations. Commercial installations and for powering many different types of PA systems. It has a bridgeable operation and dual temperatures. It is very compact with a efficient design, the 1800 and 2400 are almost exactly alike. They both have three output LED meters and controlled outputs. This rack has been designed to provide and put out clean output audio with low distortion and wide dynamic range along with the dependability demanded by professional audio engineers and the work from home musicians. This rack is for all of us on all different levels. Overall it’s a great amp at this price you can beat it , its well worth the money spent to receive something of this quality. I use the amplifier to power the lows and have the amp hooked up for the four 12 inch sub woofers running 8 ohms per channel in stereo and pushing them to the full potential because of the Samson Technologies SX 1800, I now get no distortion and a very clean signal. I am thinking about upgrading too the SX 3200 version from Samson Technologies SX Series Rack because of the specs that it has. I am pretty sure that’s the highest version that they have created. But with the 1800 I was not disappointed by any means, the SX 1800 was the first version I have tried so im not sure about the 3200 version but I know that this one is great. I bought it used for right around 300 dollars, that is a steal. You can probably get them cheaper online today.

I bought this pedal when mars music went out of business. I think I paid around 50$ for it. The sound quality was okay and at the time it was probably one of the better deals for the money. I could get out into the crowd or walk around my house while playing and it did not seem to change my tone too much the farther I went. There was however a difference between it and a cable. It seemed to roll off some high end and the bass became a little less tight. Honestly it was not that bad but I am also the type of person to not get too hung up on things that can be fixed with some EQ on my amp. Having the receiver on my pedal board was awesome. I have always been a pedal board user and never wanted to run a 20 foot cable from a rack unit to my board then run through all my pedals before sending another 20 foot cable to my amp. That is just too much cabling to worry about and can add to the noise levels . This little box could be run of my pedal power and I could even mount it under the board to save some space. The main downside to this device was the transmitter. There is nothing to protect the transmitter from the dangers of a metal show. Things can get wild and having this plastic box sticking out of the guitar was always a concern. It got pulled out several times which I guess is better than it breaking but still an annoyance, especially in the middle of a song. The battery life was also less than ideal. I found myself changing the transmitter battery before every show which aside from the cost is also terrible for the environment. After a year or two I went back to a cable and only occasionally miss the freedom of wireless.

The Samson Audio RS12 HD's are passive PA speakers designed for a variety of purposes. The setting which I've used these speakers has been in a practice space with a band. Along with the Samson Audio XM410 mixer, some good friends of mine in a band have these set up in their practice space and they're really some good sounding speakers. It terms of pure sound quality it probably matters most which PA amplifier you're using, but the speakers can make a huge difference as well. It's good to have compatibility within your amplifier and speakers as I did when using these, but not necessary at all if you don't have a matching amplifier. These speakers have a 500 watt peak and boast a 12 inch sub woofer to go along with a 1 inch tweeter and 1.5 inch compression driver. They also have both 1/4" and Speakon connections in one. The speakers are pretty large, but certainly portable if you're looking for something to bring around to play shows with. However, since they are pretty big, they are definitely best suited to stay in one place most of the time. The price of these speakers is quite a bargain, as a larger company like Samson Audio is able to afford making PA gear at this great price. I believe that they are sold as individual speakers if this makes a difference to you. While it's not the best one that money can buy, it's quite good for the price and is perfect for bands who are looking for a PA for their practice space and would even work well in a smaller venue for live music. Either way, if you're looking for some modest PA speakers at a reasonable price, the Samson Audio RS12 HD's are definitely a set of speakers you need to know about.

The Samson Audio XM410 is a six channel powered mixer for use with a public address system. The six channels on here each have their own XLR and 1/4" inputs, as well as equalization and aux control. It also has 1/4" jacks for an effects loop, auxiliary input, and both main and monitor outputs. The XM410 also has stereo RCA connections for tape inputs, mostly for plugging in a CD player or something of the like. There is then build in effects as well as an on board 7 band equalizer. The effects are 24 bit and there are 100 preset sounds to choose from, including effects like reverbs, chorus, and flanger. They're no longer making the Samson XM410, but it hasn't been too long since they stopped making them so you should be able to find them new and if not, certainly used. Good friends of mine who are in a band use this mixer in their practice space and it definitely sounds good. I don't think that they bring it out to live shows, but for use in their space it has a nice full sound and offers up all the options you'd need for a practice PA. They've got it set up with a set of Samson RS12HD speakers, which make for a very nice PA system combination. I've only heard some of the reverb effects on here, but any effects at all is nice to have so I really consider the effects an extra bonus. This wasn't a very expensive PA system new, so if you getting a used one it should be even less, making it the perfect practice PA amp for bands on a budget. Again, I don't know about using this for a venue, but it would probably do just fine although I can't speak from experience here. I will say that this is a great PA for practicing if you're looking to put together your own PA.