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Popular Brands of the Speakers

Speakers are one of the important parts of any music systems. It is an electromechanical transducer through which the sound comes out. The power of a speaker, generally, determines the quality of the sound. The accuracy of the speaker is one of the primary concerns in determining the ultimate output quality the speaker. The performance usually depends on the ability to reproduce a signal without distorting it.

Price versus Quality Battle
There are a number of popular brands of speakers that are available in the market capable of producing quality sound at affordable prices. There are high quality speakers too, that are quite expensive also. But most of the popular brands look at the quality price ratio aspect of their manufactured speakers.

Popular Brands of Speakers
Some of the popular brands of speakers and audio products include, Behringer, Blackheart, CBI, Celestion, Crate, DBX, Dunlop, Edirol, Elctro voice, Eminence, Epiphone, and EVH.

Some more like Fender, Gator, Jemini, Genz Benz, Hartke, Hughes & Kettner, Ion Audio, JBL, Krank Application, Kustom, Line 6, M Audio, Mackie, marshall, Monster Cable and Motion Sound are also in the market.

Other manufacturers are Nady, On stage, Peavey, Phonic, PSC, Quik lok, Radial, Randall, Raxxess, Rolls, Samson, SKB, Squier, Stagg, Tascam, THD, Ultimate Support, Vox, Yamaha. The more popular brands of speakers are Behringer, JBL, On Stage, and Yamaha.

Behringer
The Behringer has some exclusive range of PA loudspeakers that have some significant differences from the other popular brands of the speakers. Majority of the PA systems are big and heavy, but the ones made by Behringer possess an efficient design concept. They are capable of producing superb sound even at the most extreme of levels. Some products also contain an integrated sound processor to have a better control of the system. The noise level is also low to enhance the output.

Yamaha
Over the years, Yahama has been a major player in the field of audio performances. It has reached everywhere in studio, concert hall, and into your own homes. The high point of Yamaha manufactured speakers are quality production, sonic precision and audible detail. An Yamaha speaker system includes soavo, performance series, in wall custom series, outdoor series and more.

JBL
JBL has some innovative designs in their speaker systems. The system is capable of producing high quality stereo sounds for the films, MP3 songs and games. The creature segment of JBL boasts of some cutting edge sci fi designs and greater sound presentations. It has some compatible plug and play solutions to go with Macs and PCs, desktops and portables, as well as Walkmans and MP3 players. The consumers get cool designs and extraordinary sound quality, in an inexpensive package.

One of the features of the JBL speaker system includes a touch volume control along with a straight forward interconnect technology. These extra additions have made them one of the popular brands of speakers. The clean low bass is provided by the high quality sub woofer, along with the mini stereo jack connection, which allows the high quality audio output from digital music players, stereos, computers and portable listening devices.

About the Author

Victor Epand is an expert consultant for music gear, speakers, and microphones. You can find the best marketplace for music gear, speakers, and microphones at these 3 sites: music gear, speakers, Behringer, Yamaha, Fender, Gator, and microphone.

Guitar pickup help for rock and metal lead guitarist!?

Im trying to decide what to put into the bridge position of my epiphone les paul custom. Can anyone tell me what the differences in tonal quality are between the gibson 500t and the 498t? I play rock, alt rock, metal, and i own a 120 watt hughes and kettner warp x amplifier. Also what would you suggest from seymour duncan's line?

Thanks a million!
please do not suggest emg! lol thanks

I'm not familiar with Gibson's pickups, but I am at least moderately familiar with Seymour Duncan's. I would suggest

Custom or Custom Custom - similar in tone, but I think the Custom Custom is a little hotter. Versatile, but not as "warm" per se as the Alt 8 and JB. Good cleans, good distortion, tight low end, good clarity. Not as high output as the others I've listed.

Alternative 8 - hot pickup, very "clean" sounding even with high gain. does not muddy up, gives both good cleans and solid chunky distortion. sounds similar to the JB, but a little hotter and with a tighter low end, ie, better for rhythm. I have this and an Alnico II Pro in my LTD EC-100QM and I just love it - lots of that warm, "middy" alnico chime, lots of mids to push a saturated tone, and the A2P gives a very "Slash" lead tone. Good times!

PATB-2 (parallel axis trembucker distortion) - quite possibly the hottest passive pickup seymour duncan sells. I've heard it still gives acceptable cleans, but I think its meant for a distorted tone especially. 21k DC resistance? Something crazy like that. Massive, beefy, but more balanced than the Invaders (which I do not recommend, too dark and muddy for most guitars).

You might also look into the D Activator and D Sonic pickups from DiMarzio... they're targeted towards players who tune down but still want a very "clean" tone - clarity with good chunk and output, etc. They're marketed as the passive alternatives to active pickups.

Something to keep in mind is that normally most humbuckers will expect to see a 500k volume pot. If you put a 1Meg pot in there instead, it will grab a little more treble from the pickup. It's a very simple mod, but I feel like it really made a difference with my Alt 8.... makes it a little louder, in other words. I can always use my tone knob to roll off some of the high end, if I want to after all...

Good luck!

Saul

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