Speakers help please

[jag4life]

At the moment i only dj online so i use my pioneer sdj08. Now i live on my own i have been having a few house party and i feel these are not doing the job. I was thinking of adding maybe one more speaker in the corner of the room but not wanting anything 2 loud dont want 2 piss of the neighbors lol . What do u think something small but can add more volume ?

[keithace]

I used a hi fi home stereo set up for a long time. It's cheap. Sounds decent. And it can be used for other things. (TV, computer, normal listening)

[LoopCat]

Look for an old (60's - early 80's) second hand hi fi system on ebay/craigslist and look up the model on google to see if it's a good buy. You can pick them up on craigslist for cheap and they usually pump out a good amount of sound and can cost you less than 200 bucks for two 10 inch woofers and a nice analogue receiver.

[olisharp]

krk rokit 5 is incredible value for money and will take all the punishment you can throw at it. They go plenty loud enough for house parties and have a pretty decent bass response.

You can by them individually too, which will be cheaper.

[DISaS73R]

They go plenty loud enough for house parties and have a pretty decent bass response.

That's just incorrect. Studio monitors are made for production, so they have a flat eq curve (i.e. they represent all frequencies equally, unlike most other sound systems) and they're meant for listening from a close range.

They will suffice for a house party, but you can get much more appropriate speakers for much less money.

[amadeus]

That's just incorrect. Studio monitors are made for production, so they have a flat eq curve (i.e. they represent all frequencies equally, unlike most other sound systems) and they're meant for listening from a close range.

They will suffice for a house party, but you can get much more appropriate speakers for much less money.

KRK's have anything but a flat response, they have an extremely exaggerated bottom end.

And actually would work pretty well in a house party environment.

Saying that monitors are only for production is well, wrong. Yes they are made for it, and yes they are supposed to have a flat frequency response, many don't, and most can be used in listening applications, production, DJ monitors.


Anyway back on topic and to the OP, whats your budget?

[calgarc]

I got my old canadian Hi-Fi system for free... cost me 19 bucks to repair them and 30 for an old reciever

[DISaS73R]

And actually would work pretty well in a house party environment.

I respectfully disagree. I've been to house parties with KRK 6s and some with a much cheaper combination of speakers + subwoofer and the KRKs did a worse job.

[olisharp]

That's just incorrect.

What exactly is incorrect? They're not loud enough for a house party? I had 5 noise complaints from my last house party, one was from a flat in a building across the road, so I can safely say that they're loud enough.

Not a decent bass response? Well ok, not compared to my K&H 0300 they don't, no.

Have you actually listened to Rokit 5s? They're ported and have a pretty exaggerated bass response around 60 to 80hz.

"Studio monitors are meant for listening from a close range?" Rather sweeping generalisation wouldn't you say? When you're in a commercial studio do you get your head close to the main monitors? No. You listen from all the way across the room sat behind the desk.

They will suffice for a house party? Well yes they will won't they, which is exactly what the OP is looking for, or is that just incorrect too?

Rokit 5s are £125 each - what exactly are these "much more appropriate speakers for much less money"?

Vague comments do nothing to advance the thread and only serve to spread confusion.

[LoopCat]

It's all about the size of your room and how close your neighbours are really. We used a friend's rokits set up on his kitchen bench a few nights ago and it cranked out plenty of volume and bass and was easy to set up. If you're just having a casual sesh with your mates and want speakers to move around they're a great option.

If you want it to be a permanent set up in a room like a lounge room I would definitely prefer a second hand hi fi for this as they pump out a decent amount of volume and if you do a bit of research you can get an amazing sounding louder set up for the price of one 5 inch Rokit (or even less if you are lucky).

The downsides of 'monitors' even rokits is that they have a small sweet spot, with a hi fi speaker it's designed to fill a room with sound and sound great. Also with a receiver you can hook up a bunch of stuff to it.