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Posted by mezzir on Apr-12-2004 22:06:

Quick speaker problem

K so i got my technics and stanton mixer and they work fine. for a while i had the mixer going through my TV on its aux setting since i didn't have speakers, but just recently i picked up some crap ones from the salvation army for 16/pair. anyways, i got the cords to hook up the speakers' old wires (300 ohm or something, the ones where you have to screw in the like two pronged fork thingy) and change those to RCA, and i got them hooked up and they play, but the volume's reeeeeally low no matter what i do and i can't figure it out. i've tried plugging the speakers into master, booth, etc and i get the loudest (albeit by not much) through booth, but when i turn the cue volume all the way up i can still hear the sound just as loud from my headphones when they're sitting on the table
anyone know whats up?

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Apr-12-2004 22:12:

Are you not using an amplifier???? sounds like you are hooking them up directly to your mixer. Your mixer goes to an amp with a line in and then you can hook up your speakers.

Posted by Inertia on Apr-12-2004 22:15:

dont you need an amp to run those speakers?

Posted by mezzir on Apr-12-2004 22:15:

aaaah

shit

any recommendations for cheap amps?

Posted by Zombie0729 on Apr-12-2004 22:17:

dude, you can buy a decent sony reciever/amp and a 2pair of speakers for dirt cheap mate.

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Apr-12-2004 22:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
dude, you can buy a decent sony reciever/amp and a 2pair of speakers for dirt cheap mate.

Agreed....Hit your local Best Buy, and bring home a Receiver with speakers combo, and get your mix on...

Posted by Inertia on Apr-12-2004 23:03:

or just steal your neighbor's stereo and use it. hook your speakers up to the reciever. thats what i did for a while..

Posted by razzi on Apr-13-2004 04:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Inertia
or just steal your neighbor's stereo and use it. hook your speakers up to the reciever. thats what i did for a while..

hahahahahahahahahahaa nice!

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Apr-13-2004 06:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Inertia
or just steal your neighbor's stereo and use it.

and you never got caught??

Posted by Inertia on Apr-13-2004 15:50:

well, i really just borrowed it without asking, or acknowledging that i, in fact, had it. i did give it back, we�re buds, so he wasnt mad or anything.