Hardware p.a system input

[skinzpoison]

Hi, i just bought an electric drumkit and im confused on what i would need for a amplifier.

Heres the front

[IMG]http://www.alesis.com/stuff/contentmgr/files/0/6fafe1548c808c0e649cb4729aa4a69f/large/dm5_front_lg.jpg[/IMG]

And the back

[IMG]http://www.alesis.com/stuff/contentmgr/files/22/dcff067dda78cbd918da6f7096c1e30e/large/dm5_back_large.jpg[/IMG]

Sorry they're large but its easier to see whats written underneath the inputs

Im wondering if its just a 1/4inch plug from the "phones" on the front to a generic p.a sytem, or do i need to buy a drum monitor that accepts two (L&R) 1/4inch plugs coming from "main output" on the back.

I'd like to know as it would pretty save me alot of money knowing i can use a p.a which has alot of uses over a drum monitor which is pretty limited

Thanks for reading

[Thaard]

I think you can use the headphones plug to jack into a amplifier(via xlr cables). If not, you need either two xlr's or stereo cables for the main outputs(but they're mostly used to connect with sound-cards for recording in DAW's)

[skinzpoison]

Thats what i was thinking, i need to get a p.a system anyway and if i can plug it into one i can kill two birds with one stone, saving the need for a seperate drum monitor.

The p.a in questions like this

[img]http://www.gear4music.com/media/16265/600/preview.jpg[/img]

I was hoping to use a 1/4 inch from phone on the dm5 module straight into the 1/4 inch input on a channel

[Thaard]

The brain you got with the kit should be good enough. Just jack it in from the phones-output into the input of the amp.

[skinzpoison]

Nice, that saves me a good £100 thanks very much