I have 500 dollars and need a PA System
If I could spend under 500 dollars for a PA System + Stands that’d be awesome. I’d mainly be playing House Parties and Small bars.
Also do you think I could get away with one speaker for now at a house party?
Speakers aren’t cheap. You MIGHT… MIGHT be able to find a used B-52 for that price, or a pair of something else. But my best suggestion would check craigslist for what’s in your price-range.
No matter what though, it’s not going to be the best and you’ll want to upgrade. But everyone has to start somewhere.
The other legit option is to rent them, esp. if it’s only going to be a few parties. Check out people/places that rent basic PA’s for a day/evening and see what goes from there. This is probably the best option until you can afford some solid stuff.
My problem with Craigslist is that I don’t know what to even search because pa system isn’t giving me anything. (I’m close to Philly)
there is a samson PA system that for its size is amazing, its like $500 i believe
A pair of Behringer B212D and your budget is pretty much spent, if you were really thrifty you could get stands and cabling for $500 but I wouldn’t count on it. The B212D is a good, lightweight powered speaker, lots of bang for the buck, sounds good on top of the matching 15’ or 18’ powered subs Behringer makes. Later on if you choose to upgrade, they would make good monitors.
Thinking about getting these
Stands (20% off)
Amp
Oh wait the behringer 212D are active hmm
One less thing to lug around is always a good thing…
Sounds like my basic situation. For awhile, I was rocking this:
with this:
For a house party, it was more than enough, and for small bars, you shouldn’t have a problem. The Phonic system survived some serious abuse for about 5 years in several bands I was in, so they’re definitely durable.
With specials going on at Guitar Center I can get 2 b212D and 2 stands for 487, I just need the figure out what cables I need. I use a mixtrack pro
If your in Chicago, all you have to do is hit me up. I’m getting rid of my EV eliminators + amp.
Do you plan running cables 20+ feet? if so you would want to balance the audio by either plugging the RCAs into DI boxes and running XLR cables or hooking up to a mixer with balanced outs.
Guitar Center has the Mackie Thump 12" for $199 a piece. Def a step up from the behringer speakers.
Throw in stands and wires and you’d be right around $500
Mackie Thumps 100%. I’ve had mine for well over 5 years and have never had any issues.
IMO, dont spend all the money on a sub-par sound system, you will regret it later. Use the money to rent out a system, then keep saving, id say at least $1000. That can get you a very respectable sub, speakers and if needed an amp. In my research to find a decent, portable sound system though, your ideal budget should be about 1600-2000. Yes, thats a lot to save for some speakers, but its a long term investment.
If youre not looking for long term, then dont bother wasting money on a cheap system, just rent.
renting for house parties isn’t the most cost effective option. It would prob cost a min of $100 a night for the house parties. So say you rent speakers 5 weeks in a row you could have just went and bought 2 speakers. If you want something better just save up some more. I only rent when I’m doing shows or stages over 500 people. Buy 2 decent tops, save up a few weeks, buy the matching sub.
+1
For small venues could self powered monitors work? When I purchased my Rokit 6s my friend who turned me on to them told me he had played small venues with them and a sub. Depending on the venue and atmosphere it may be another option?
Well monitors aren’t amplified at all.. Its the raw sound. So personally I would say No
get some mackie thumps