Monitoring/Practice Amp for Digital

I don't post much but I am about to buy a Technics P50 and will need a small monitoring and practice amp. Decent sound, line out, and reverb would be nice. I'll most likely only touch the reverb so it doesn't have to be superb.

I did some preliminary searching around here but most people's suggestions centered around performance. Any suggestions?

TIA

Jason A.

Run it through your stereo.

Unfortunately, most keyboard amps these days do not include reverb, because it is assumed the keyboard has it already. And indeed, the Technics does, but you are wise not to use it, because switching it off is how you enable the string resonance emulation that is one of the nicest things about this keyboard. Yet a small amount of reverb is still nice, add the a semblance of the *soundboard* resonance that will still be lacking on just about any digital.

So I'd recommend one of two routes: either an inexpensive guitar amp, which is much more likely to have built-in effects (but probably have disappoint sound in both the top and bottom ends), or else a small mixer with built-in effects plus a small keyboard amp or powered speakers or even your home stereo. I have no particular guitar amp to recommend, but I'd bet you could find something acceptable for $200 or less. The cheapest mixer I know with built in effects runs around $100 (from Alesis), then you can spend anywhere from $100 - $400 more on the mp/speakers (Roland's smallest would probably be sufficient). There are also dedicated reverb units you could get instead of the mixer, but I don't think you'd get one much if any cheaper than the mixer, and the mixer would be much more flexible.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

What do you think of the older Roland cubes? I see them on Ebay fairly regular and they have reverb built in. Anybody ever try one?

Thanks

Jason A.

I used to use one. Nowhere near as good as the newer KC series - I mean, a totally different league. They sound only marginally better than your average low wattage guitar amp, which is to say, OK but harsh in the mid range, very noticeably distorted on top and bottom. But they put out more power than a pair of computer speakers.