Thoughts on being a mobile DJ? and speakers...

[souldancer]

I love you guys!! so much information, I was planning on spending on CDJs and a DJM but I use those in clubs regardless. I know this business is a lot different than the club business. I'm looking at buying some active powered speakers, souldancer, you're my hero, you gave me so much info, i know exactly what I'm going to head towards. If you guys have any websites that sell most of this stuff at good prices I am more than willing to check them out. If you guys are ever in the Dallas area hit me up! I DJ at night clubs here so I wont mind sharing my VIP table with yall

No problem, i'm as i said in the caribbean so for me the prices are different then yours. But go to djforums.com in the speaker section i always see a guy telling he will beat any price in speakers and lighting. think his name is al poulin. might wanna contact him.

Well known internet shops are agiprodj, proaudiostar, idjnow. they will all try to beat each other in prices. but probably your local shops will do the same as you show them what deal you can get with another. depending on wich brand they buy their stuff is like 20 to 40 percent cheaper then the retail price you see advertised in their shop. ofcourse they need a earn something but you can get prices down, and the more you are willing to spend all your money with them the better the price.

I added some extra video's for you in my last post.

and this site might help you too. http://www.mobilebeat.com

Enjoy the ride

[souldancer]

It could be BillESC that sells speakers, well just read some through the forum you will find it out.

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

In the US I'd use idjnow they have very competitive pricing when I was younger I did a fair amount of business with them before moving up north... On Canada I use axemusic for planned purchases and I phone directly instead of ordering online... Locally I goto long and mcqaude for unplanned purchases...

[funke]

+1 on the Alto 12s. I really like mine and they are very affordable. They have decent low end and are fine without subs for small events. I also have four harbinger 18's, but only use the two for large weddings. I power them with a 5kw Certain Vega amp and use a balanced Minidsp for sound processing.
As far as lighting, led par cans daisy chained together are great for wash lighting. Too many different lights going on at the same time looks cheesy IMO.
As far as a mic, a wireless mic or two is a must. People like passing the mic around for speaches and cables get in the way.
Your controller will be just fine. Most wedding DJ's that I know don't mix anyways.

[frankGR]

Man absolutely save your money for the speakers and get something to play easily with your laptop ad having always all your music with you!

I've been working a couple of times at birthday parties or stuff like that, only one thing is important: gotta have the music they want!

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

Don't be afraid maybe to factor in say $50 to $100 an event for iTunes there have been times I've actively downloaded songs that I didn't have from iTunes while at an even... Also have spare cables you will get the odd person asking to play something off their phone and if it happens to be someone important to the event or wedding it may go a ways to allow this to happen... I normally keep a few 1/8 to RCA jacks in my cord case
For this reason

[sobi]

For speakers, I can't recommend the QSC KW series enough. They are some of the best sounding speakers you can get in that class. On top of that, one of the key factors that (surprisingly) no one mentioned is warranty. If you are planning on doing mobile applications, your gear is going to take some abuse, and a good warranty is a god send. QSC really puts their money where their mouth is with a 6 year warranty.