Battery Powered Speakers

[pill]

Getting more and more requests from clients to help out at the wedding ceremony as well, sometimes in areas without access to power.

Wondering if anyone can recommend a wireless (battery powered) speaker, or a wireless UHF microphone reciever, and/or similar.

[Buck_Choi]

i think you can get passive speakers. which dont require a power point. although you do need to connect them into an amp. which does require a power point

not sure about no power to a mic unless its a wired one straight into mixer.

[pill]

yeah i'd need something with an amp and battery built in to it. that's how the wireless ones come i think

[Buck_Choi]

i have no clue if you have no access to a power supply..

best bet is to get a silent generator.. i know of them know nothing about them give it a read up

[stevie85]

Hire a generator. done it a few times works a charm cost you somewhere around 100 a night. if its 30m away in the bush you wont hear anything. battery speakers are not gonna work for what you want. ask for an extension lead when hiring probably give you one anyway. try kenards or something easy

[DjDennis]

pill I'll have a look at what some use here

but basicly its the hire companies that do that more than us (the djs)

[SourceRaver]

http://www.matrixproductions.com.au/audio_prices.htm

Look for a 'spruiker box', the come with a battery and sometimes even an additional speaker.

Some have an inbuilt wireless mic and CD player. Most of them can also be pole mpounted.

[DjDennis]

Thanks Source - havent had time to look today

forgot about Matrix had them

Pill can grab that or pass the info on

I gave up on having these because they break when you dont want them too

ok back to my cleaning up

(shit I make a mess after a show)

[andythemusician]

You can get wireless gear that has wireless receivers. Think of what location camera crews use for the lapel microphones on reporters.

Battery powered mixer is also feasible, I have a Behringer one that will take two 9v (one for phantom power). Never tried it though.

Battery powered speakers are also around, but I haven't seen them since Primary school. Hell I'd probably consider rigging up a car battery and inverter instead of purchasing a battery powered speaker.

Unless you knew you were going to get a decent return on the investment though, I'd rather opt for standard wireless gear and mains powered bins I knew I could rely on during gigs and productions.

[DjDennis]

Trouble is Andy your not in Perth..

thats where Pill is and he wont get gear (hire) from outside perth just for one show at a time

local is the only way

now buying gear is totally different - he can see whats out there all over the place, so if he wants to buy that gear he can, but some just cost to much...

anyway trouble is the distance between here and where u are just sucks

if I cant hire local, I try buy from the closest (because of shipping)...

[pill]

For the cost of these units (1k plus for a decent one) it's just not worth buying it hey

[DjDennis]

thats why I hire whats needed and charge more to the Client!