Help! NEED SERIOUS ADVICE ON BUYING AUDIO EQUIPMENT

[clubber5524]

I have been dj'ing for about a year now, so far just at house parties, and I have been using a ghetto setup so far. However I just received some job offers from two bars to dj there and now I am looking into buying professional sound equipment. (Amp, Speakers) I do not know much about all the technical aspects and was hoping some of you can help me avoid buying crap. I live in North Jersey and have checked out alot of the music stores in the area (guitar center, sam ash, etc.) but compared to prices I see online they seem very expensive. I have provided links to some products I was looking at below and I was hoping someone could give me an opinion of the products or a review if they own it or have used it. If anyone knows of any stores in North Jersey or online that would be good for me to check that would be cool too. Again, I will be dj'ing in bars so I won't need too much power but Im not sure how much wattage my amp and speakers should be. Also I'm looking to spend somewhere between 500- 1000, the cheaper the better. Thanks for you help guys.

Speakers:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7322726983&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7322035142&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7323516443&rd=1

Amps:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7323560263&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...662488&tc=photo

Sound FX:

http://www.123dj.com/roland/dfx69.html

My current mixer does not have sound effects and my cd players dont have bpm counters. I have read some negative reviews of this saying it is a toy but I would like to hear more opinions. I would like a bpm counter just for those quick mixes when sometimes u dont have enough time to beatmatch for the transition. I also would like something that you can scratch with and this product says it has real time scratching and I wanted to see how well these feature work. Thanks again for the time.

Peace Out

[A to Z]

>Just buy the JBL ION's. Built in Amp so you will save money and breaking ur back carrying equipment. Listen to the 15 in ions...they should be enough for what you need to do.

Andrew

[WarpdriveNYC]

>Just buy the JBL ION's. Built in Amp so you will save money and breaking ur back carrying equipment. Listen to the 15 in ions...they should be enough for what you need to do.

Andrew

Andrew gave you a very good advice on the JPL Pre Amp(Go for it)

now forget the mixer with any counter on it....use your ear, learn to trust them.

Mixer's lookin into Rane,Pioneer,vestax and Denon

CD player's Denonor or Pioneer

Good luck

[kevtherev1]

I have been dj'ing for about a year now, so far just at house parties, and I have been using a ghetto setup so far. However I just received some job offers from two bars to dj there and now I am looking into buying professional sound equipment. (Amp, Speakers) I do not know much about all the technical aspects and was hoping some of you can help me avoid buying crap. I live in North Jersey and have checked out alot of the music stores in the area (guitar center, sam ash, etc.) but compared to prices I see online they seem very expensive. I have provided links to some products I was looking at below and I was hoping someone could give me an opinion of the products or a review if they own it or have used it. If anyone knows of any stores in North Jersey or online that would be good for me to check that would be cool too. Again, I will be dj'ing in bars so I won't need too much power but Im not sure how much wattage my amp and speakers should be. Also I'm looking to spend somewhere between 500- 1000, the cheaper the better. Thanks for you help guys.

Speakers:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7322726983&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7322035142&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7323516443&rd=1

Amps:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7323560263&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...662488&tc=photo

Sound FX:

http://www.123dj.com/roland/dfx69.html

My current mixer does not have sound effects and my cd players dont have bpm counters. I have read some negative reviews of this saying it is a toy but I would like to hear more opinions. I would like a bpm counter just for those quick mixes when sometimes u dont have enough time to beatmatch for the transition. I also would like something that you can scratch with and this product says it has real time scratching and I wanted to see how well these feature work. Thanks again for the time.

Peace Out

You need a BPM counter, and you are going to attempt scratching??

haha too funny!