Sean Leonard

I thought about the light bridge one but decided against it. I am going to be somewhat restricted on setup space at a lot of the venues I will be playing at, and I am not a huge fan of overhead lighting, further in the future I will probably invest in some 1.5 or 2m truss stands. My speakers are slightly infront of me to the sides so its not too bad. I also think the backlit stretch covers look tacky, if I was to ever get them I would get black ones and not backlight them. Thanks for your input though 🙂

This is very important information and I really appreciate your two cents. I have actually massively increased my speaker and setup budget, figured I may aswell do it properly, once! I don’t want the stress of hiring equipment or wondering if my speakers are going to last the night without overheating or failing. So took a 6 month interest free finance option and have ordered the JBL EON 515XT Active Speakers and a JBL EON 518s 18″ Active sub. I am hoping these will have the ability to perform and perform again and again for years to come! Beside’s I don’t wana be one of those bedroom DJ’s turning up to DJ someone’s wedding with some £200 speakers and a tacky piece of star cloth, quality equipment will hopefully pay for itself! Now I just hope I can fit them into the back of a large estate car with the seats down or I’m going to have to buy a van aswell!

Thanks again, yeah ultimately I will be adding a sub at some point, just scared to invest too much money then not get any gigs, maybe these ones would be a better choice then http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-PVXp-15-1600W-DJ-PA-Disco-Active-Powered-Speakers-PAIR-With-Stands-/191069543115?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Speakers_Monitor&hash=item2c7ca1dacb and I might add a single 18″ sub. Im liking the look of the peavey range especially with that 5 year warranty.

Ok I need some more educating, I am more then likely going to go with an active setup, so that I know everything is matched well, but I have been looking at the Peavey Pro range which are passive. Saw a bundle of 2 pro15 tops and 2 pro subwoofers, each producing 350w rms giving a total power of 1400w rms. And these are designed to work together completely at 4 ohms. So basically is the Peavey range reasonably good quality? And What spec of amplifier would I need to power it to its full potential? And when it comes to amps is there a major difference between cheaper ranges and the premium ones when it comes to performance and sound quality? This should cater for 100 people comfortably? Thanks again for all the help you guys have been great!

Some very good input guys I have decided to adjust things in my shopping list and also extend my budget a bit. Going to go with 2 active tops and a subwoofer. Still researching which one’s but I am a big fan of doing it right the first time. Just a lil question on connecting then if I only have one sub, It will go DDJ SX – PA Mixer – Subwoofer – Active Speaker on one output and directly from PA Mixer – Active Speaker on the other channel? Or will both outputs go to one subwoofer which will then through the signal to both tops? I’m a little bit lost there. Also do I need to make sure the sub low filters the through signal or will tops generally have the correct crossovers built in?

Thanks for the replies guys I am understanding this more and more now. But could someone please tell me why the speakers that I posted a link to would suck? They have plenty of power? If I ran them alongside subwoofers aswell?