Roland CM-30 CUBE Monitor

The Roland Cube Monitor 30 is an inexpensive, compact, lightweight (12 pounds), good-sounding monitor with built-in mixer and an assortment of input types. It can be linked to a second unit via Roland's familiar "stereo link" connection.

This monitor can fill a small room with the sound of an iPod. As a gigging amplifier I would choose this only for the most low-key of "wallpaper" gigs in an intimate venue. Despite having the same nominal power rating as the Cube 30-X modeling guitar amplifier, the CM-30 has far less projection and low-end handling due to its smaller cabinet and speaker.