Starting DJ buisness,advice 4 equipment

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Me and a friend are starting a Dj buisness. We will be branching off from my uncles video buisness Video-Spots. So no paperwork will be needed as of right now.

Now my question is as far as equipment what should we anticipate on buying. First off we will not be doing a lot of mixing, due to the fact are clients will be a wedding party,only mix at the dance session. I plan on doing a computer(rackmount it) and have a 15" touchscreen(i plan on molding it into the rack for looks and ease) an a sound mixer around 5-10 channels. i need atleast 2 mic inputs(probally go wireless,so just 1) now i am probally goin to run a sub using a plate amp(around 1000watts,why so high? because i need to be able to fill a hotel ball room and its room to go loud or less) speakers is the main issue. i intend on a good 4 way setup.

oh and i really would like big speakers(for looks) but i want to keep the sound dynamic as possible. so advise me tweeters speakers and midbass. and designs for enclosures thank you.

posted here because Home audio is more involved than any kind. thank you

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[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

For a plate amp for the sub(thinking 2 SE's or maybe a Fi Q 15"s i was thinking of this

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=300-808

another amp for speakers maybe buy 2 of these

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=245-692&ctab=2#Tabs

for tweeters what about these vifa's, i hear the efficiency is really good so its enough to get really loud

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=264-555

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

DIY does that mean Do it Yourself? if so, yes

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

oh, cool. just post up sone links to the speakers you want.
What kind of xovers are you going to use?

plan to go active i guess. please recocomend some speakers. need to be big for looks otherwise i'll use multiple per pillar and cover it with grill clothe

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

For a plate amp for the sub(thinking 2 SE's or maybe a Fi Q 15"s i was thinking of thishttp://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=300-808

another amp for speakers maybe buy 2 of these

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=245-692&ctab=2#Tabs

for tweeters what about these vifa's, i hear the efficiency is really good so its enough to get really loud

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=264-555

input on this please

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

decware wicked one's or a housewrecker w/2 or 4 15's.

decware also makes a sub only Imperial folded horn for large areas too.

partsexpress for mid/tweet horns. active XO and you won't need much power for the setup.

all horn loaded:yumyum: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif thats lots of power. Sounds like fun. What woofers?

thinking 2 SE's or maybe a Fi Q 15"s

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

no i meant to play mids

oh sorry. i havent really explored that yet. i dont seem to know what is a good brand

and a 12-15in maybe even 18" midwoofer. give me some input

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

wouldnt you want a ribbon tweeer for this kind of thing?

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

or maybe even a line array, that would rule

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

wouldnt you want a ribbon tweeer for this kind of thing?

ribbons and retards(dancing people) don't mix from my experience.

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

lol, are saying they break em

 

[badandyturbo 10+ year member]

I have a set of stage EV Force 15's the have tweeters built in. I also have a Mackie 15" powered sub. I use a QSC amp for the EV's

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

Ribbon Line-array would own...

I dont understand how the environment would affect them anymore than it would affect a normal dome tweeter?

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

or maybe even a line array, that would rule

like this