speaker info

[Google's friend]

I have agreed to be a DJ for a friends wedding. I want to buy an
affordable single new/second hand speaker that will produce good sound
and be loud enough for a big party in a fairly large room. What i am
mixed up about is the 'loudness' of a speaker. I se terms PMPO and RMS
and I am confused as which means what and what should i really be
looking for as far as volume and sound quality goes. The same goes for
ampyfiers. I am hooking the lot up to my computer - all help
appreciated
Peter

[Gadgets]

Can't give you tech info, but basically, forget peak output (PMPO) and watch
the RMS output. Do you already have an amp at home? I would think a
75-100W amp would be reasonable with large speakers, esp if you could run a
sub too. An amp with similar or higher output (check RMS output at same
impedence as speakers, commonly 8 Ohm) than speakers is better than a low
powered amp having to work hard to drive the speakers.

I'll leave the practical experience to the pros, but in the meantime, might
be worth going to a few audition rooms of hifi retailers and getting a feel
for amp/spkr/volume/room size variables. As for quality, you might find
that getting the output right, good sized speaker boxes and some heavy wire
will be fine for a noisy party environment running a compressed audio
format...

Have fun with those mp3s! :)

Virtual Turntables might be handy?
http://carrot.prohosting.com/vtt_overview.shtml

Cheers, Jason (remove notmail to reply)

Macrovision disablers
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[Jeff Westwood]

"Google's friend" <krnptr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have agreed to be a DJ for a friends wedding. I want to buy an
> affordable single new/second hand speaker that will produce good sound
> and be loud enough for a big party in a fairly large room. What i am
> mixed up about is the 'loudness' of a speaker. I se terms PMPO and RMS
> and I am confused as which means what and what should i really be
> looking for as far as volume and sound quality goes. The same goes for
> ampyfiers. I am hooking the lot up to my computer - all help
> appreciated
> Peter

As someone who has spent a lot years doing function work as a DJ, my advice
would be to hire the gear. Normally you could get and amplifier and speaker
package for around $100 per night. The quality of this gear may be less
than your average home equipment but robust enough to throw in the back of a
van without worrying about damage. Since it sounds like you're only
planning to do the one gig I can't see the point in investing in this kind
of gear. Normally the sort of speakers I would hire for a function with 100
to 200 guests would be two large speaker cabinets with a 12 or 15 inch JBL
bass driver and a horn tweeter. These are normally covered in black carpet
with handles and corner caps and should not be considered as hi-fi
components but they fill a big room. Besides your average function
centre/hall will have awful accoustics and really good gear may sound very
average. One thing that I have picked up over the years is how much the
accoustics change from when a large room is empty to when it is full of
people. A large number of bodies in a room absorbe high frequencies and
make the nice sound from your sound check sound dull later in the evening.

Cheers

Jeff Westwood

[Newsy]

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> "Google's friend" <krnptr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:40ce6b7a.0401130743.71f785ee@posting.google.c om...
> > I have agreed to be a DJ for a friends wedding. I want to buy an
> > affordable single new/second hand speaker that will produce good sound
> > and be loud enough for a big party in a fairly large room. What i am
> > mixed up about is the 'loudness' of a speaker. I se terms PMPO and RMS
> > and I am confused as which means what and what should i really be
> > looking for as far as volume and sound quality goes. The same goes for
> > ampyfiers. I am hooking the lot up to my computer - all help
> > appreciated
> > Peter
>
> As someone who has spent a lot years doing function work as a DJ, my
advice
> would be to hire the gear. Normally you could get and amplifier and
speaker
> package for around $100 per night. The quality of this gear may be less
> than your average home equipment but robust enough to throw in the back of
a
> van without worrying about damage. Since it sounds like you're only
> planning to do the one gig I can't see the point in investing in this kind
> of gear. Normally the sort of speakers I would hire for a function with
100
> to 200 guests would be two large speaker cabinets with a 12 or 15 inch JBL
> bass driver and a horn tweeter. These are normally covered in black
carpet
> with handles and corner caps and should not be considered as hi-fi
> components but they fill a big room. Besides your average function
> centre/hall will have awful accoustics and really good gear may sound very
> average. One thing that I have picked up over the years is how much the
> accoustics change from when a large room is empty to when it is full of
> people. A large number of bodies in a room absorbe high frequencies and
> make the nice sound from your sound check sound dull later in the evening.

I wholeheartedly agree.
Forget about trying to learn the techie stuff until after the gig.

Rod
>
> Cheers
>
> Jeff Westwood
>
>