Tech advice for new sound system

[Filthy Monkey]

Hey Folks,

im a newbie on this site but am a seasoned free party peep and old skool raver. Aaaa, the Rez :horay:

Am looking for some tech info for building our own soundsystem, was gonna buy one new but that kinda goes against the grain and have some experience with electronics so was gonna give building one a bash.

If anyone knows where to find schematics, etc for speaker cabs it would be massivley appreciated

Cheers y'all

[raverbaby]

www.speakerplans.com (http://www.speakerplans.com) This could help with a few cab designs, good luck m8!

[Filthy Monkey]

Nice one, just hope the scottish weathers as nice to us when we get up and running :)

Hope theres a multi rigger this year so we can test it against some of the big boys

[raverbaby]

Yeh sounds good, Me an a few m8's have just started building our own rig which should be raring to go in the summer. If you need any help just ask rajaspect or biotech, they have given me some gr8 tips over the past weeks.

[BioTech]

http://www.speakerstore.nl/index.php?l=en&pg=5 << Plenty of plans there mate. Including the mighty "punisher" http://www.speakerstore.nl/index.php?l=en&pg=11&c=21

What kind of music were you thinking of playing and what size events do you plan on doing. Indoor/Outdoor?

[elretardo87]

Nice one, just hope the scottish weathers as nice to us when we get up and running :)

Hope theres a multi rigger this year so we can test it against some of the big boys

There's one or two in the pipeline :wink:

Check your PMs and if you need any help don't hesitate to get in touch I'm local and I'm sure me and some of our crew would help out as much as you need.

[Filthy Monkey]

Hey Boitech, looking at probably 1.5 or 2K system for Techno/Electro/House sort of sounds so need to be bass heavy. Thinkin maybe 6 Bins and 2 Mids, for indoor and outdoor use.

Do you know wheres good to get a second hand power amp?

Elretardo, checked my PM and sent you a reply. Edinburghs a very small place :)

[elretardo87]

Hey Boitech, looking at probably 1.5 or 2K system for Techno/Electro/House sort of sounds so need to be bass heavy. Thinkin maybe 6 Bins and 2 Mids, for indoor and outdoor use.

Do you know wheres good to get a second hand power amp?



What is your budget?

[Filthy Monkey]

Getting a big bonus this year so probably about £1,500 for the speakers and amp. Already got a light but might get one more

[elretardo87]

cool I'll have a think an give you my 2 cents when we meet up tomorrow .

[Raj]

we've picked up some reliable amps off ebay believe it or not...

[globalloon]

we've picked up some reliable amps off ebay believe it or not...

picked up a pair of crowns in good working order for £350

:surprised

[Raj]

picked up a pair of crowns in good working order for £350

:surprised

our personal favourites are peaveys but i would definetley have given crowns house room; yum

[we like peaveys because they are hard to break BTW; even if you get them wet you just let them dry out and off you go] [ i have helped take one apart and literally wash its components in the sink before reassembling it and using it for several more years; dont try this at home BTW]

[Filthy Monkey]

Cheers for all the help folks, got some ideas in the pipeline now so gonna put things in action in June. Hopefully have it up and running for the end of the season :)

Will post an info line when the first partys ready to go!!!

[Raj]

if you need more help just ask

:crazy_fre:crazy_fre:crazy_fre:crazy_fre

[BioTech]

Hey Boitech, looking at probably 1.5 or 2K system for Techno/Electro/House sort of sounds so need to be bass heavy. Thinkin maybe 6 Bins and 2 Mids, for indoor and outdoor use.

Do you know wheres good to get a second hand power amp?


Try bonza sound services (guildford) www.bonza.demon.co.uk They don't always keep the site up to date though so it's best to give them a ring to find out what they have.

Also try http://www.concerttrade.com , www.crystalpro.demon.co.uk & http://www.bdlm.co.uk/

6 bins and 2 top boxes should well overshoot your 1.5 - 2k mark. If it's techno electro and house you are playing you will not need large amounts of very low bottom end so 4 HD15 kick bins would do you very nicely. Look on speakerplans.com for the designs (if any of you are skilled in woodcraft) or ask around on the forum there as there are a lot of people setting themselves up as rig builders.

Bear in mind that 4 will set you back £1400-£1500 once they are loaded with drivers etc. Then you will need an amp to power them. If you are on a budget then look in to C-Mark amps as I've heard good things about them and they are stupidly cheap. Then you will need mid and top cabs plus the amps to power them. Not forgetting all the leads and processing equipment etc. This may well take you over your planned budget budget so I might have just wasted my time typing all that out but I'll leave it in anyway :bigsmile:

If you would like to stay away from dated designs and second hand equipment, but would like to stay within your budget, then another option would be this: http://www.voidaudio.com/product_detail.asp?id=46

It comes complete with everything you need and is easy to set up. Sounds great and will give you the experience you need to move on to bigger systems later on if you want to upgrade.

If you head on over to proaudioparts.com then I think you can get these systems for about £1800. It doesn't look like much but will probably outperform 6 dodgy reflex bins and cheap ancient top cabs.

[elretardo87]

Filthy monkey....I've not forgotten about you. I'm just a bit rushed at the moment. I'll send you a list of what we talked about tonight or tomorrow.