Florro

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I suppose the average crowd for us is around the 100 mark. Some weddings though it can be 200 and we would like to get away from weddings and more into pubs, school socials etc. Just so as there is some more variety and have a bit more free range with the music

Am I going a little over the top? I am heading down to store dj in Melbourne on Saturday to most likely purchase (among other things) a pair of JRX625's and a JRX618S-XLF sub. A little under $5,000 for a 2.1 speaker system. Can someone please tell me if there is something remotely similar to these at a fraction of the price?

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Thanks everybody for the welcome messages. Yeah Jaz it is a bit overdue. lol. Cupe she will be singing up, its just with the kids and preparing for gigs (and shopping) she doesnt get on the net much. Honestly I reckon she will be some great help for some other mobile Dj's trying to think of songs for weddings/parties etc. I think her biggest strength as a Dj is her knowledge of songs from all different genres.

Hi everyone, Im Ben aka Florro. My fiance is actually the one that is the Dj, I just enjoy music, im not any good at dj'ing although I sometimes give it a crack at home. lol. She has been Dj'ing for about 8 years now and we actually met when she was resident Dj at the club I used to always go to. My background is actually audio video sales and installations so we match up well. ha ha This year we decided to invest in a bit more equipment and really start promoting ourselves as mobile Dj's. Alot of people remember her from when she was working at the club and we have received alot of business from that. We are now at the point where we are turning away gigs up to 3 months in advance so have decided to upgrade her current speakers and buy a cheap set of decks to use with the old speakers, this way were not turning away business. Current system CDJ400's DJM600 Audioline 15" Active 2 ways DJ Tech 15" Subwoofers LED Mushroom Light Ebay Lasers Fog machine Vango Swing

Hi everyone, I am looking to start building a DJ booth to take with us on gigs. Just wondering if someone has some ideas or photos as to what they currently use. I will post photos of whatever I end up making to try and help others that also want to build their own booth

Thats awesome mate, I have just been doing a quote with Andre as well and am looking at the PRX625's and the same subs as you. The subs aren't going to be available to end of November though. I am also going to get the carry bags and some new XLR cables. Cant wait to have it all going and set up. Gonna rock some Christmas do's this year! lmao

I found out yesterday that stores like storedj and djwarehouse offer payment plans with just 25% deposit. Now that I know this I would not consider any no name ebay stuff when you could at least get a brand name set like Behringer. I know they arent the best things out there but you know they will be consistant. With some ebay stuff you dont what your gonna get or if the company/store will be there in 12mths when you need a part or warranty claim. I am guessing you have about $300 - $500 to spend on speakers. Given that they want 25% deposit your $300 would get you $1200 worth of gear, and $500 would get you $2000 worth of gear. I am assuming they would have 12mths to pay it back but check with them as it may be more or less. But at 12mths your looking at somewhere between $17 and $29. Personally I wont be buying gear any other way. I am much better putting the extra cash into my mortgage and saving interest (if you have a car loan you could do the same) and pay the small weekly payments.

Storedj offer a $6,000 repayment limit with 24mths to pay it back as opposed to DJ Warehouses $2,500 with only 12mths. Both require a 25% deposit however storedj will charge you the cost incurred by them for the repayment plan. From my experience in retail and finance arrangements I think the ACCC would have a little bit to say about this but personally I understand the narrow margins involved in this sort of equipment and the costs associated with repayment plans. So I am happy to pay the extra couple of hundred that it works out to be. As discussed on another thread the cost of this including the repayments companies charge is IMO still a better option than hiring your gear every weekend that your doing a gig. The gear is brand new vs god knows how old, you have a point of difference over the competition and you own it in the end

Just re-reading therough some earlier post and I cant say that I agree with the hire option vs payment plan. Where I live they charge through the nose to hire. A full set of speakers, lights, mixer & player is $400. And its about 15 years old! If you were to spend $8000 at store dj ($2k deposit - $6k repayment) your payments are less than $60 a week. So depending on how many gigs you do it is probably cheaper than hiring and in the end its yours to keep. Just my 2 cents.

Just remember storedj offer the same repayment plan as djwarehouse but with storedj you can pay back up to $6000. Djwarehouse only offer $3000. Let me know how you go with the gear. I am looking at the same set up but am tossing up about spending the extra to go the PRX625's.

I have been reading through different threads all day as well as contacting a few various finance companies I have dealt with in the past and it turns out both storedj and djwarehouse use a company called certergy for repayment plans. I am yet to call storedj and find out their T&C's but it opens up a whole new possiblilty that I could get the size I want and the powered speakers I would prefer. Hrmmm JBL PRX625........

http://www.jblpro.com/catalog/general/P ... =365&MId=3 The XLF has a maximum SPL of 133db vs 129db on the s. Also frequency response is lower 39hz (3db-) opposed to 50hz (3db-) on the s. I dont look at the +-10db readings as it is a massive variance. Every 3db is double the volume so +-10db is over 8 times louder or softer. Example if your doing 100kmh in a car a 10db variance would equate over 800kmh! So yes there is a difference in the 2 it depends on the price difference and if you can justify it. I can. lol

Hi Andy. Good chatting to you today. Let me know if you end up getting your 2000's soon. Cheers Ben

I had the same problem on a DJM-600 when running active audioline speakers. The Pioneer mixers have an unusual XLR connection at the rear which also means the speakers arent balanced properly. Have a look at the back of the mixer, it tells you which pin in the XLR is hot, cold and ground. I think from memory 1 was ground where normally 1 is hot. I made up my own XLR connection to balance the speakers and we also have had it shock us anymore. So I assume that was the fault. We also changed all the other leads at the same time so could have been something there too.

I think storedj would be the only one that has both Behringer and JBL. JD's Sound & Lighting have both JBL and V-Mas. I am 2 hrs+ from each store so I need them to be open on weekends. You havent said anything about the V-mas. You dont like them or havent had anything to do with them?

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Be particularly interested in those that are having their parties at function centres. Alot of them are screaming out for resident DJ's or at the very least someone they can point their customers too. Get there early in the day to set so you can meet the owners/managers. alot of them wont do the graveyard shift when you are actually playing. Introduce yourself and just generally chat about what you do. We are now first port of call for 5 function centres in town and just got asked to resident another one on Sat nights but were booked nearly every saturday night until March next year.

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Thanks for your thoughts Jaz. I did wonder if the top of the line Behringers would be better than the bottom of the range JBL's. By hte sounds of it most people suggest that they arent. I have also spoken to JD's Sound & Lighting which import and sell the V-Mas as well as sell the JBL. They say that it is more comparable to the JBL MRX range which are $3200 + for the pair. Only difference being the highs are clearer on the MRX. At nearly 3 times the price they would want to be.

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Hi all, sorry to start another which speaker thread but after searching for ages through the recent threads I couldnt find anyone that spoke about some of the speakers I am considering. We currently run a pair of Audioline 15" Active speakers and a pair of Dj Tech Professional 15" Active subs. The bulk of our gigs are weddings, engagements and birthdays of all ages, 60th's, 50th's, 18ths & 21st's. The speakers are now getting a bit long in the tooth and need to be retired to smaller functions and alike. as such we are looking for some new speakers. At the end of the day main aim is volume but still retaining some form of quality sound. I would ideally like active speakers purely because of how easy they are to set up and pack up, but I know I am most likely going to need a passive system. Behringer B2520-Pro $999 pair V-Mas VJS725 $1299 pair JBL JRX125 $1158 pair I do have a tendancy to lean towards the JBL as I have sold JBL home hifi in the past and love it. There are rumours though that the V-Mas are a chinese knock off of the higher model JBL's and their specifications do tend to reflect this. If anyone has listen to or purchased any of these speakers I would be keen to hear your thoughts.