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Brands that are not that well known?
When i started DJing professionally two years ago i started with peices of equipment i had collected from different shops/brands. As the business has took off, i have gradually upgraded everything, but the amp.
I started with a 'Prosound 1000' Amplifier from Maplin, and still use it to the day. Its super reliable, never over-heated and cut out on me and is an overall fantastic amplifier...
I guess what i am trying to ask is... Has anybody else brought equipment which the brand is not as' popular as the rest' and it has surprised you how well it has worked? Or is it just luck that i have in this case?
Thanks.
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Raaaag annna Bone!
Yes I ran a Synergy Cdj 2010 for years also without anti shock built in, and it was a proper work horse for me when I started out.
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I have some studiomaster Vx series speakers ans a
peavey mixeramp....bulletproof
Paul
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My first system (and still going strong) combined a modified Soundlab G742 power-mixer (good for karaoke as well as discos due to the onboard fx) and a pair of Prolight Concepts E-115 speakers (and cant find these anywhere online but it looks like Prolight are only pushing W Audio speakers now. They're a full-range speaker in a moulded plastic case. Heavy but they sound good!
The only downside to this kit is it's all flipping heavy!!
Dazzy D
Lightning Disco & Entertainment
Born to make you party!
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I had a Prosound 1000 from Maplin too, its a Carlsbrough really and although not the sweetest amp its certainly good value and reliable.
Not always the case but with this kind of kit an unknown brand is often something else with a different badge on it.
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Another thumbs up for the ProSound amp. It's what I used when I was a passive kinda guy.
Uber reliable and rather powerful!
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The Pro Sound amplifier was bought through Carlsbro - when Carlsbro where going down the pan and moved everything to China. It's like everything - 10 people will get one that works fine and then 1 will be a pain in the neck. This applies to all products and all brands.
The only thing that bugs me about those amplifiers is customers come here and say Maplins are doing a 1000w amplifier for £xxx can you beat it. Well the answer is yes we can as the amplifier is actually 250w per channel at 4 Ohms and 1000w refers to the peak rating which is generally double the RMS rating.
For the money though it's a good value product, but whatever Maplins sell there are retailers doing similar spec. products for less money.
By the way That Sound Lab powered mixer G742 was brilliant - we sold loads of them and had no problems at all... rare to say that about Sound Lab, but it was a cracking product for sure.
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Another thumbs up for a Prosound Amp (though mine is the later non-Carlsbro 1600w version). They're not cheap now either - £249 a go for what is basically a 400w/chan RMS amp into 8ohms.
I've recently seen some very good products from QTX (DJ-25S LED scans) - and some not so good ones (DOuble Derby), and the same goes for Lanta as well. Two brands I would have placed firmly in the budget bin a year ago. Gemini are also producing some reasonable quality kit these days (though not speakers).
Julian
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