PA Speakers on a tiny budget

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02-09-2011, 02:35 AM
epidemik

PA Speakers on a tiny budget

My friends have a house that has parties on a semi-regular basis and our old speakers just died. The amp is still good but I'm not sure what the specs are, I'll check soon. Being college kids, we are on a tiny budget. Is there any way we could get speakers for a small dance party (it's a mid sized living room - probably 50-100 people) for under $200 (maybe $250 tops)?

Last week it was running off a crappy shelf system. :eek:
02-09-2011, 08:32 AM
Nesquigs

for under 200? your prob sol.

we had some peavys at my frat house back at school. so if you already got a decent amp you might be able to walk away with some dope 15' monitors for around 300.

go to guitar center. or look on craigslist.
02-09-2011, 09:20 AM
fullenglishpint

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Originally Posted by djnesquigs

dope 15' monitors

Fifteen Foot monitors?? like this?

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/si...ge-speaker.jpg

You'll shake the house down! :p
02-09-2011, 09:29 AM
Nesquigs

Quote:

Originally Posted by fullenglishpint

Fifteen Foot monitors?? like this?

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/si...ge-speaker.jpg

You'll shake the house down! :p

hahahahahah wooops.

nah, 15".... cant handle hitting the goddamn shiftbutton 10 min after waking up. hahah
02-09-2011, 09:41 AM
fullenglishpint

For anyone who was wondering, yes that is indeed a leaked image of the new Traktor, complete with 4 wheel drive and shipping with a free pair of foot pedals.
02-09-2011, 09:56 AM
soundinmotiondj

Quote:

Originally Posted by epidemik

My friends have a house that has parties on a semi-regular basis and our old speakers just died. The amp is still good but I'm not sure what the specs are, I'll check soon. Being college kids, we are on a tiny budget. Is there any way we could get speakers for a small dance party (it's a mid sized living room - probably 50-100 people) for under $200 (maybe $250 tops)?

In that price range...check out craigslist or local ebay auctions. Any "name brand" full range top with a 12" or 15" woofer will do the job.

I recommend that you prefer the 12" loaded top...and add a sub at some point in the future. You will lose 1-2dB of output, probably gain 5-ish Hz of low end extension, and have a speaker than is smaller, lighter, and easier to place in the room or hang from the ceiling.