{"items": [{"author": "Louis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131351103172", "anchor": "fb-10100131351103172", "service": "fb", "text": "Think you pasted the last paragraph twice.", "timestamp": "1578624990"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131351103172&reply_comment_id=10100131351432512", "anchor": "fb-10100131351103172_10100131351432512", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;fixed!", "timestamp": "1578625342"}, {"author": "Josh", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131355030302", "anchor": "fb-10100131355030302", "service": "fb", "text": "What're you using now, and how does it differ from the Entertainer systems?", "timestamp": "1578627339"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131355030302&reply_comment_id=10100131355843672", "anchor": "fb-10100131355030302_10100131355843672", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Good question!  A standard sound system today would use powered speakers instead of a powered mixer (amplifiers integrated into each speaker, instead of into the mixer).  It would have at least two monitor channels, and you'd be able to control the frequency of the mid-range parametric EQ.  The speakers would have far more bass response, by about an octave, and be more realistic in general.  The mixer probably has more input channels, maybe 16.  It might be an analog board looking pretty similar to the Entertainer but with more knobs, or it might be a tablet-controlled mixer like the XR18 where the physical box is just inputs and outputs and you control everything else over wifi.  Everything would be much cheaper.", "timestamp": "1578627754"}, {"author": "Josh", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131355030302&reply_comment_id=10100131356212932", "anchor": "fb-10100131355030302_10100131356212932", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Cool.", "timestamp": "1578627843"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131355030302&reply_comment_id=10100131356452452", "anchor": "fb-10100131355030302_10100131356452452", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Here's a post with what I thought in 2014: https://www.jefftk.com/p/reference-contra-dance-sound-system<br><br>If I were writing it now I'm not sure where I'd come down on the analog board, and there are some newer speaker options, but it's still about right.", "timestamp": "1578628054"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131361821692", "anchor": "fb-10100131361821692", "service": "fb", "text": "I worked with rock bands in the 80\u2019s and monitors were pretty important already. Also, the Entertainer could be used with external amplifiers pretty easily.", "timestamp": "1578632241"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131361821692&reply_comment_id=10100131371252792", "anchor": "fb-10100131361821692_10100131371252792", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Peter Yeah, one of the nice things about the Entertainer is that it has a small patchbay on the back that allows you to add other components easily.", "timestamp": "1578637488"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131361821692&reply_comment_id=10100131390693832", "anchor": "fb-10100131361821692_10100131390693832", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Peter if you're planning to use an external amplifier, though, an unpowered mixer would have been lighter and cheaper, though, right?", "timestamp": "1578663512"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131361821692&reply_comment_id=10100131394955292", "anchor": "fb-10100131361821692_10100131394955292", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Yeah, but you might use the built in amplifiers for monitors. Or other gigs.", "timestamp": "1578667633"}, {"author": "Dean", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100131346512372?comment_id=10100131435803432", "anchor": "fb-10100131435803432", "service": "fb", "text": "Joe S. Cline", "timestamp": "1578687789"}]}