I meant that when you are in the battery/busker market the ROI is not good. I have a full PA system (Yamaha StagePAS 300) that only cost €350. Roland do a single speaker basic PA for €250.

I have given this question some serious thought this evening (because I might well need something like this myself in the near future) and looked for something from Yamaha and the options from Roland, Behringer et al. It seems you want an amp but you don't want your banjo drowned out? I reckon the best bang-for-buck option out there is the Roland Mobile Cube. Yup, including case, it will set you back €200, or less if you're lucky, but it will do all you want and more.

Otherwise, you need a decent active twin speaker set - look to the IT world for this. I have a good pair of active desk top speakers for my laptop that are all of 20 years old (now that type tends to be USB). They ain't battery powered mind and they probably cost around €60 at today's prices. For that matter, they ain't that portable either!

As a last resort - check eBay! Nothing wrong with second hand (so long as it works)

HTH

Follow That Dream

Sam
Karaoke King

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Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what