What to do when the GoRack isn't enough?

[gfa]

Speaking of which ^^^, I forgot to thank MartingitDave for his posts of try-outs of various systems. Lotta work! Thank you!

[Wyllys]

Originally Posted by gfa

Oooh, that would be so nice. Take the whole band to a shop that's well-stocked. Set up and play through a few different configurations. Have assistance from a well-informed salesperson. Sadly, that ain't gonna happen.

Actually, all you need to do is hook up any playback device to either your amp or a powered speaker and valuate the on- and off-axis sound quality. You don't need to have the band there...and you can't both play and valuate at the same time. You'd have to be in two places at once.

[maxtheaxe]

Another option might be to go with the next-level processing that the GoRack is based upon. The GoRack should be enough for most situations, but I discovered that one because I already had the DBX Driverack PA units (now discontinued), which include a real-time analyzer. BTW all of their literature talks about how well these work with powered PA speakers, but they work just as well if you have separate power amp & speakers...just patch in between your mixer outputs and power amp inputs.

The newer versions start at around $400.00, and then it's another $99.00 for the proprietary mike for the RTA, but deals come up on used ones...

https://reverb.com/marketplace?query...ck%20PA&page=2

I found mine when they were phasing out the earlier version, so I got a real deal on them (bought two...one for mains, one for monitors) but they work great and have quite a bit more functionality than the GoRack.