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  • October 25, 2012 at 5:30 pm #30762
    Hee Won Jung
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    dont bother spending any money on speakers until you can afford to get some decent sized ones…For personal use use some good computer speakers with a sub…then when you can afford it pick up some cheap Monitors like the Rokits which are good for DJing with

    October 25, 2012 at 5:51 pm #30764
    Anonymous
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    Samson Expeditions are nice small PAs, good sound, too. If you add a sub-woofer later it should handle 50 or so people parties. And won’t get the cops knocking at the door. I would not use studio reference monitors for house parties: People spill beer (bye bye), pushing the speaker at max volume for hours might cause damage, pulling out plugs, oops, people sticking in pointed objects into the cones, bye bye…

    For home DJ:ing, any decent reference monitors are fine. If you are seriously getting into production, spend at least 400 $US or more into reference monitors so you really hear what’s going on instead of guessing games.

    October 25, 2012 at 7:19 pm #30772
    railings_731@yahoo.com
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    Jlo – I completely skipped the studio monitor route, and used the money i would have spent on them to help pay for PA’s. I have two Harbinger APS 15-inch speakers. They each have a 200-watt amp built in (APS means active speaker system) so you dont have to spend extra money on an amp. They each have big 15 inch woofers so the bass is fine for house parties without the need for a dedicated woofer….because that would jsut get cops called on me haha.

    So i would recommed you do what i did, i am very happy with my pruchase. One Harbinger APS 15 costs $249 at guitar center, but they provide plenty of volume and bass for my 80-person college house parties. That way, I can just put one or both in my room and use them when i practice too 😛

    October 29, 2012 at 8:28 am #30945
    Terry_42
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    200 watts x 2 = 20 people for good sound…
    I would never again bother buying any PA. In clubs you have a club PA, in bars you usually have a PA, for anything else (weddings, events,…) just rent the darn thing and put it on the promoters bill. Any decent promoter will be OK with this.

    October 29, 2012 at 1:30 pm #30970
    Coltrane09
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    DJAckatz, post: 30928, member: 4135 wrote: Jlo – I completely skipped the studio monitor route, and used the money i would have spent on them to help pay for PA’s. I have two Harbinger APS 15-inch speakers. They each have a 200-watt amp built in (APS means active speaker system) so you dont have to spend extra money on an amp. They each have big 15 inch woofers so the bass is fine for house parties without the need for a dedicated woofer….because that would jsut get cops called on me haha.

    So i would recommed you do what i did, i am very happy with my pruchase. One Harbinger APS 15 costs $249 at guitar center, but they provide plenty of volume and bass for my 80-person college house parties. That way, I can just put one or both in my room and use them when i practice too :p

    So you’re using one speaker or both when practicing? I tried the studio monitor route and couldn’t get pass the 15-20 minute mark without the things shutting down/protecting themselves. This I might add when running them without any distortion and feeding the volume carefully without any alcohol in the mix as I’m not a drinker..lol. Very nice sound, but they must be played at a very low volume IMHO.

    October 30, 2012 at 5:18 am #31001
    railings_731@yahoo.com
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    Terry_42, post: 31101, member: 1843 wrote: 200 watts x 2 = 20 people for good sound…
    I would never again bother buying any PA. In clubs you have a club PA, in bars you usually have a PA, for anything else (weddings, events,…) just rent the darn thing and put it on the promoters bill. Any decent promoter will be OK with this.

    On the contrary Terry, I use this PA for house parties up to 200 people with no issue for sound quality and loudness. I know that you like the 10 watts per-person rule, but i find that good location of speakers is golden with setting up a PA for an event.

    For large venues ill use 2 Yamaha Dual15″ 1000-watt speakers and 2 JBL 2000watt 18″ subs.
    But the Harbingers have never really let me down, even when the crowd gets big, the sound is just fine in the back of the party.

    October 30, 2012 at 5:20 am #31002
    railings_731@yahoo.com
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    by “This PA” i mean 2 200-watt active 15″ speakers

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