Powered Booth Speaker ?

[welby]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of getting a powered booth speaker.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of getting a powered booth speaker.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

To use for monitoring you mean?

[welby]

To use for monitoring you mean?

Yes - I just feel I sometimes need to monitor the output from behind the decks instead of just "sticking my head round the speaker"

I perform a sound check, but sometimes sound levels etc change from track to track.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Yes - I just feel I sometimes need to monitor the output from behind the decks instead of just "sticking my head round the speaker"

I perform a sound check, but sometimes sound levels etc change from track to track.

Have you a budget in mind?

[DJ James Lake]

I dont know if they are still available but numark used to do a pair of little active speakers just for this and they were quite cheap.

Normally monitors are really useful if your in a room with seriously bad acoustics. Any active speakers will do the job as your not going to be running them anywhere near what you P.A. will be

[yourdj]

Do not go cheap as they will be rubbish.

get a small active cab from a known make if i were you (10inch would be ideal). maybe get a set and then use them as back up or for sound in other rooms etc.

I used by Tapcos at the weekend as a hire job and got £100 on top of the gig in another venue. luckily my amp did not blow up as they are my backups.

Have not got them back mind you so hopefully they are still in one piece.

[csg]

Any active speakers will do the job as your not going to be running them anywhere near what you P.A. will be

You should say that to some of the DJ's i work with that complain that my standard monitor system ( that delivers 129dbA spl @ 1m continuously) is not loud enough....
even had one guy apologise to me last year as he thought he had blown them up...but i couldnt hear him properly due to the noise comming from the monitors which supposedly were silent...time for another job me thinks!

But, back to the subject - i think a small pair of say 10" + 1" actives that can also be used as delays / backup speakers is ideal - on a budget i was very impressed by the W audio zenith range i heard a little while ago

[DJ James Lake]

You should say that to some of the DJ's i work with that complain that my standard monitor system ( that delivers 129dbA spl @ 1m continuously) is not loud enough.

Probably cause the have all gone deaf from having 129db blasted directly at them for long exposure times.

For normal mobile use though they really dont need to be very big, obviously a pair of active pc speakers isnt going to do the job so a bit of common sense is needed

[csg]

quite, but THEY have the volume control on THEIR mixer, and this is what they specify

typical riders ask for 4kw monitor systems including bi-amped mid highs, and subwoofers placed by the feet

got one here at the moment which is asking for 2 Funktion one res2's with 2 F118's for good measure

you dont need to tell me...but it will be my problem when the technics decks approx 3 foot from the subs are suffering from a bit of rumble...

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Im sorry, but i really do not see the point. Surely if, its just for mobile work, to make sure your levels are correct, youve got either chanel lights on the mixer, or can do a level check in the headphones....

Ive only ever seen a real need for monitors when your mixing, and theres a delay on the main amp rack...