PA for home Djing

[Fmshred]

Okay sounds good. Yes I got a little confused over the t-amps. It is just for me practicing and some friends. The room is a bit bigger not a small bedroom.

[Fmshred]

So I got some Jbl control 5s with the JbL SB-5 passive subwoofer now. So with a little t-amp I can get this setup running?

[amadeus]

So I got some Jbl control 5s with the JbL SB-5 passive subwoofer now. So with a little t-amp I can get this setup running?

Yes this should be fine, though I'm not too sure how powerful of an amp you will need. As the Sub is passive, the amp will be driving the sub and 2 speakers, which means you will need more power than if you had a powered sub.

Someone else I'm sure will be able to give you some advice.

[Fmshred]

Okay thanks. So thats my exact setup which i got now:

1 x JBL SB5 Subwoofer 4Ohm, 350Watt, 45Hz-175Hz, 91dB, Crossover 125Hz

2 x JBL Control5 4Ohm, 175Watt, 75Hz-20kHz, 89dB, Crossover 3kHz, 6,5" Speaker + Titan Tweeter

[deevey]

Okay thanks. So thats my exact setup which i got now:

1 x JBL SB5 Subwoofer 4Ohm, 350Watt, 45Hz-175Hz, 91dB, Crossover 125Hz

2 x JBL Control5 4Ohm, 175Watt, 75Hz-20kHz, 89dB, Crossover 3kHz, 6,5" Speaker + Titan Tweeter

Now you will need a bigger or separate Amp for the sub, the little T-Amp will not drive the sub properly.

[Patch]

You shouldn't have mixed studio speakers/subd with hi-fi amps.

The little amp I showed you is great, and any decent hi-fi speakers (of 100w or similar) would sound great.

You don't need studio speakers/sub for home use DJ'ing. You've wasted a TON of money.

[amadeus]

I personally dont know of any good amps that will also drive a sub, I have a 2.1 HiFi setup but that is with a powered sub. I don't know of any 2.1 amps, you may have to go down the rout of getting a surround sound amp.

I'm not sure what the best option would be.

[deevey]

You don't need studio speakers/sub for home use DJ'ing. You've wasted a TON of money.

I'd hardly call the Control 5's any more than a decent Hi-Fi Speaker

To be fair the Control's on their own will be fine with a T-Amp, should have got a Powered sub however - its going to cost money to drive that beast.

Did you pick them up secondhand ?

[amadeus]

Also as it's a passive sub, I'm not actually familiar with it but in the pictures looks like it has no control over anything?

Having control over crossover is important, I run my sub up to 100hz then my bookshelfs take over, I would run it lower but my bookshelf speakers are only small and so it helps beef up the lower end.

[Patch]

Groovy - then maybe he should just take the sub back and get a get a decent amp.

But the mini t-amp I linked to ain't gonna have enough power for those Control 5's.