like a guitar amp and pa speakers.. also cabinets and monitors.. etc... .. I'm new to this stuff...
2006-07-18 09:18:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
an amp is the power source for the speaker but in the guitar world when you refer to an amp your talking about the entire cabinate when they are in the same box. If you buy seperates then you need to get an amp and a speaker cabinate a monitor is when you have a large system and you need a speaker right by you to hear your instrument which can also be your (amp) PA is the larger system wher you have your main speakers connected to a mixer either powered (with a built in amp) or passive (external amps)
2006-07-18 09:31:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 19⤊ 2⤋
Well, technically they're more or less the same thing. Both Amplify a sound signal coming through an input. A guitar amp may offer more ability to control the sound (base / treble control, gain, etc...) although in a concert setting, the mix going out to the PAs could be equalized at the board.
2006-07-18 16:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by evilim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guitar amp = plug into wall and plug guitar into amp
PA system has main speakers and monitor speakers
These speakers are connected to a mixer.
The mixer has mics coming from the amps and drums and singer.
The difference btw main and monitor speakers:
Main Speakers = usually bigger than monitors and point out to crowd.
Monitor Speakers = face the band so that they can hear themselves together.
2006-07-18 16:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by SOMEBODY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amp drives the music into the speakers.
Monitors are what controls the loudness, treble, bass, ect that will then be driven by the amps into the speakers.
2006-07-18 16:23:30 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a guitar get's a chord that goes from it to its amp which then has a chord going to a speaker, the amp powers the speaker, go to your local best buy or radio shack, or any electronics store that carries these things around you I am sure they will have them and you might learn some things
2006-07-18 16:25:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speakers are used to make a sound louder at a given distance from any sound the microphone unit picks up. Amplifiers broaden AND louden a specified sound from a pick-up unit.
2006-07-18 16:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a speaker is the physical unit which translates electrical impulses into sound. an amplifier takes a signal and increases it's strength.
2006-07-18 16:23:27 · answer #7 · answered by ceprn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋