Kustom (yes, they’re the ones that used to make the padded "tuck and roll" amplifiers of the 60’s and 70’s that resembled the dashboards in Tijuana’s best sparkly colors) has designed a sensible system that is small, lightweight and very flexible. It’s a practical solution to the above problems, a good sounding and easily adaptable and it fits into the backseat of a GEO Metro. It could even be used as a monitor system for a larger PA system.

The system is comprised of two KSC10 speakers and KPM4060 Powered Mixer head. Each channel of the 4 channel mixer is equipped with an XLR low impedance (with phantom power) and a quarter inch high impedance input. These inputs maybe used with mics, electric or electro-acoustic guitars, keyboards or line level (tape, CD player or drum machines). Each channel also has a volume, an extremely wide range and useful tone control and a reverb control. Yes, it contains a sweet sounding spring reverb unit on board. Moving over to the master section we find an overall master volume control, a three band equalizer, master reverb and tape/CD input master. The unit also features a tape in and output, a line level output (for hooking up additional power amps or a monitor amp) and dual speaker outputs. A honest 60 watts of RMS power is delivered into a four ohm load. Ultra clean MOS-FETs deliver this power to the speakers.

The surprisingly good sounding, specifically designed KSC10 speakers feature a heavy duty 10" speaker and 3" x 7" piezo tweeter. The frequency response is 72 Hz to 20kHz and a constructed of plywood (not composite wood), Vinyl covering, a 1 3/8" pole mount stand adapter and a expanded metal steel grill round out the package. And oh, by the way, it even includes two 20 foot speaker cables, so it’s ready to plug into.