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Posted by Liquid Fusion on Sep-14-2007 17:42:

Equipment I just purchased?

Last night, I just purchased some equipment. I was wondering if I needed to get anything else. I feel like I'm missing something. Oh and any input on the equipment would be great too. Thanks.

I purchased:

Sennheiser HD 25's

2 Pioneer CDJ 200's

1 DJM 400

2 Alesis M1 Active 620's

Ipod - 160 GB

Posted by cmay119 on Sep-14-2007 17:47:

No you look good to go. Just need Music.

Posted by Jarvmeister on Sep-14-2007 17:59:

You'll need leads from the mixer to the speakers. XLR will be fine.

Posted by Zoso on Sep-14-2007 18:22:

Looks like a solid setup that will provide years of mixing joy. Color me a bit jealous. I'm soooo ready for a CDJ, however life keeps getting in the way - i.e., new roof for the house, tires for the car, food for the kids, etc. Soon, though...

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-14-2007 18:36:

How did you plan to use the iPoo with that setup?

Posted by Jarvmeister on Sep-14-2007 18:53:

You're such a penis.

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
How did you plan to use the iPoo with that setup?

Probably the same way I use mine: I put all my tunes and sets on it, and play them through the best sound processing and speaker system I have (my mixer and speakers).

Jarv

Posted by Konix on Sep-14-2007 19:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Jarvmeister
You'll need leads from the mixer to the speakers. XLR will be fine.

Too bad the 400 doesn't have XLRs, only RCAs.

Posted by Jarvmeister on Sep-14-2007 19:55:

Simple solution: Get RCA/Phonos then.

Posted by miamitranceman on Sep-14-2007 19:56:

Yeah man, make sure you get some RCAs (red and white connections) for the 400, not XLR.

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Sep-15-2007 01:25:

Nope, that setup's not going to work, you need at least a 320 gb ipod.

Looks good dude. Just make sure you have the cables

Posted by Liquid Fusion on Sep-17-2007 02:09:

do i have a converter, because the speakers i bought i think are XLR, I guess I'll check to see if they are compatible with RCA

Alesis M1 Active 620

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Sep-17-2007 02:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Liquid Fusion
do i have a converter, because the speakers i bought i think are XLR, I guess I'll check to see if they are compatible with RCA

Alesis M1 Active 620

You will need a converter. Those monitors only take XLR or 1/4" (balanced or unbalanced)

Posted by Liquid Fusion on Sep-17-2007 03:56:

do you know the range in price this could be, or better yet what the converter would be called. I could probably search google for like "XLR converter or some s***

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Sep-17-2007 13:37:

Typically it's not called a converter, it's just called a cable.

Just searching google for "XLR to RCA" will get you good results. Here's a pretty good one - http://www.cablestogo.com/product_list.asp?cat_id=2029.

You're probably looking at $15 or so per cable retail price (you'll need one for each monitor). You can usually find them in small lots on ebay too, for something along the lines of $20 for a four pack.

EDIT: These prices are for short 2 ft cables...longer ones are more, but not much more. I'd try to use as few cables as possible (e.g. don't use a xlr to rca adapter cable butted up to another rca cable that goes to your speakers, or something), as that adds noise to the signal since you aren't using balanced connections. So try to get one cable that will go from your mixer to your monitors if possible.