List Price: $444.00
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- 40-watt output power with 10 speaker and independent tweeter
- Subwoofer output for low-end boost (compatible with most subwoofers)
- 3-channel design includes 1/4 Line input and XLR Microphone input
- Stereo auxiliary input (RCA type) for connecting CD or MD players
- Rotary controls for adjusting channel and headphone levels, plus Low and High EQ
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My father bought this amp on the strength of Roland's reputation. He used it on four gigs with his jazz/pop quartet in a small lounge, playing a Yamaha piano. I am sorry to say that he, I and the rest of the band found the sound of this amp thin and lacking in headroom to the extent that every dynamic flourish and most low notes were unpleasantly distorted. We returned to the store and A/B'ed this amp with the identical floor model, a cheaper Ampeg bass amp, and a more expensive Markbass Micro. After finding the floor model performing identically and thus ruling out a product defect, he settled on the Markbass Micro which costs $150 more but sounds easily 6 times louder and cleaner, with no fuzz. It is a quarter the size to boot! However even the Ampeg combo same size and $80 less outperformed the Roland. Bottom line: Maybe OK for synths, or lower volume, but this amp cannot handle piano as should be expected for the price, compared to others in its class.
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