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Post subject: Fender P-150, does it have feedback rejection circuitry?
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:28 am
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I'm interested in buying the Fender Passport 150 to use with a duo: Yamaha piano-direct, Fiddle-through mic, with the occasional guitar or acoustic bass added-on mics.
I think the power will be sufficient with this unit for the small venues that we play, but I'd like to get away with NOT adding a monitor.
Can I put the speakers behind the mics without feedback? I read somewhere that if they are positioned carefully, I won't need a monitor.


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Post subject: Re: Fender P-150, does it have feedback rejection circuitry?
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:54 pm
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I had a PD-150 and never had a feedback problem. I remember reading that it was designed to prevent feedback, but don't remember where I read it. I think you'll be happy with it and that it will meet your needs.


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Post subject: Re: Fender P-150, does it have feedback rejection circuitry?
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:02 am
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It's interesting that Fender's download site for its manuals has separate listings for the PD-150 and the P-150, but they both load the same actual .pdf file. Perhaps there's no difference?

From my own experience with larger Passports (the 300 and 500), I can say that if you use speaker stands to get the speakers up higher than the performers, you should be able to hear fine without monitors and still be off-axis from the straight-line where the speaker is aimed enough to avoid feedback. Don't tempt fate by pointing the directional microphones straight at the speakers, but in general, I have not had much in the way of feedback problems.

The only time I've had feedback with my system is when a dance caller is standing on a platform right next to a speaker, and she leans over to grab another dance card off a table, absent-mindedly putting the mic up to her shoulder, essentially stuffing it into the speaker, about a foot away from the cone.

The odd thing is that the feedback I hear from my Passport is oddly less ugly sounding than feedback I hear from other systems. Yes, it's loud. No, it's not music, but it's not so much of a whistle-noisy thing. It's a loud tone, and it goes away when you point the mic in a more appropriate direction.

And it doesn't seem to hurt the system.

Putting speakers high is already a good idea because treble is very directional, and if you put the speakers low enough that someone has to hear the sound through other people, it won't sound all that good. If you put the speaker high enough that everyone in the crowd can see it, then they'll hear better, and you usually avoid feedback as a bonus.


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