So I may be DJ’ing a large frat party for Halloween pretty soon. I’ve got a hand me down powered mixer that’s a BEAST… 3000 watts with WAY more channels than I need, but it’s got a great amp in it.
I’m planning on getting some of these to go with it>
The question is, until I can afford the Eurolive speakers, will my Cerwin Vegas (in the picture above) be good enough for a large house party? They get really loud, and have decent bass, but I’m not sure if it’ll be enough. Any thoughts?
One thing to remember is that each person in the room will absorb some sound. You have to factor in the number of people, not just the size of the room when thinking about the sound system.
3000 Watts from a 125V source is 24 amps. The average home in the US only has 15amp circuits so make sure the amp has a circuit to itself (e.g. run a cable to the basement just for the amp.)
You probably won’t trip the switches using the amp by itself, just be careful not to share the circuit with anything like disco lights, an AC device, heater or refrigerator.
Get the speakers up high and angle them down over people heads. The pro way is to use speaker stands and a “Top Hat” connector in the speakers, but you can get the same results suspending them from ropes or roping them to shelving up high. Angle them diagonally from the corners of the room so as not to bounce the sound off the back wall and create quiet spots in the center of the room.
Spend a moment getting unshared power to the amp and getting the speakers up high and you’ll be fine.
Great info. I’ll be sure to setup hours before hand so that everything is good. I’ll only be running the amp, and laptop, so I’ll look for a non shared plug and hopefully be alright (so long as nobody plugs in a toaster
Their strong suit is copying other companies designs and reproducing their products for cheaper. I need one-stop-shop volume and bass (i dont want to lug a sub around) and these are the cheapest I’ve found. Roughly $450 for a pair.
They have also gotten good reviews, from what I’ve been able to find.
My Live Sound teacher told me this too… although many people refute it.
You can get way better speakers for less cash if you build them yourself. You can buy better drivers for the same end cost and get a much larger sound.
True. I work as a sound technician and bizarre things affect sound. More people in a room = more bodily fluids. Bodily fluids absorb the bass and treble levels of sounds differently, so some tweaking may be needed once it fills up.
This is why bands/artists can sound good in sound check then not so good once the crowds fills the room.
For the money I don’t think you can touch the Behringers. You’ll find the same speakers under different brand names (Technical Pro, Pyle, etc.). I use a simillar set of speakers and have had great results even outdoors. For a house party I can’t see you getting noticably better results with other speakers.
A friend of mine bought Behringer speakers recently. They have a built in amps and we have organized few parties till now, both house and outside and the were just brilliant! They have an indicator led that show you the loudness level indicator,so when its blue its great, orange is risky and red is critical. We tried to turn volume up to the limit of blue but we couldn’t stand that loudness!!!
Pair of those were paid about 900 eur
just plain false. there are 2 types of speaker failure, thermal, and mechanical (blow a cone). neither is caused by underpowering. Now,they might sound like ass due to being driven by a clipped amp, but they sure as hell wont break.
IMO, the best houseparty rig from BFM is a pair of Jack 212 (1 per side) or 4 Jack 112s (2 per side). they are a super easy build, and pretty compact.
If you want to build subs, a pair of T18s will get you by. If you want to step up to a larger sub, use the titan 39 over the Tuba 24 or the Tuba 30 because it gets you highest sensitivity in the kick range.
