In February I will be playing at a large house party (approx 200 people) its a big house and I want to smash it.
I have my usual set up i.e. Macbook pro, S4, Midi fighter classic etc. However I need some recommendations as to what size sound system I would need and where to get it from. What will sound the best for my style (I play house, tech house, trance and a bit on Dnb).
I am in UK so I guess you Americans won’t be able to help me too much on this one. Maybe something like this:
That set up is going to be an over kill for a house party. All you would need are 2 main cabinets. I would suggest JBL PRX615M or EV ELX115P and just one 18" sub. maybe a JBL PRX618S
You may even be able to get away with just the main cabinets and no sub. In a house environment, you will have a lot of wall in which the sound bounces off. Less is more and will sound cleaner. Also people absorbs sounds, so get stands for your speakers. I would point them at a wall.
That setup would work for 200 people in a single room. But if you try and crank it out to 200 people scattered around a large house you’ll just end up with an annoying ‘boom boom boom’ in every other room and a dancefloor of people with hearing damage.
have you not thought about buying a pa system. you wont be able to get the best however you will get somthing that will do the job for 300 quid if your a smart shopper ps im in the uk
I doubt you can get anything decent that would work well for 200 people with a sub for that
Definitely not too much bass and they aren’t huge subs, if you are really expecting 200 people that is a lot of people and you will need more sound than you expect depending on how much bass you want.
Your fist setup is more than enough for what you’re trying to do… I recently rocked a party in a large house for about 250 people in one room with 2 SRM-450’s and one Mackie 18" sub… direct radiating.. not the one you posted.. it was more then enough… sometimes louder isn’t better.
