wow thanks for the reply it seems like you really know what you are talking about!!!!

so have an amp is the best way to go then as opposed to powered speakers?

i'd definitly go for the good amp + good passive speakers... but if you really want powered speakers, its your money

powered speakers ARE easier for mobile setups, less stuff to move. but i figure thats what wheeled racks were invented for, and passive speakers are lighter

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Abhay, this is really basic stuff....... Monitors are "speakers" that you use to listen to the mix (in this case in the booth) and subs are just for putting out bass and generally are used for PA set ups although some studio monitoring set ups do also use separate subs. Fr3sh make sure you either make the booth so solid that it cant shake (i.e.concrete) or have the decks on sprung sufaces otherwise any munter too near the Booth doing their Taz' impression will result in grade A needle jumpage. Mackie speakers SRM450's may pump out decent levels but they sound so sharp and mechanical and I often find they lack atmosphere when used on their own. Home theatre systems will have some lag because they (+ amps) are not designed for monitoring and often have built in eq's for 5.1 which takes a fraction of a second to process the audio. if you want some decent cheap monitors go for Tannoy reveals or JBL control 5's or samson resolve 65/80's or similar. For booth monitoring you dont want to spend too much and you'll need em to be tough.

I don't understand.... won't they get distorted out by all the sound in teh background....

**SNiff** **Sniff** (starts crying)...

I DON'T GET IT>>>>.....

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Originally posted by Abhay I don't understand.... won't they get distorted out by all the sound in teh background.... **SNiff** **Sniff** (starts crying)... I DON'T GET IT>>>>.....

uhh...what?

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Originally posted by Abhay I don't understand.... won't they get distorted out by all the sound in teh background.... **SNiff** **Sniff** (starts crying)... I DON'T GET IT>>>>.....

dude its pretty simple. when mixing with this kind of set up the sound that the croud hear can have a slight delay on it form what u are hearing live from out of your mixer, and when u take ur phones off and start trying to mix it can be a bit hard as everythign has a delay on it, so if your beats start going out and you touch the platter you wont hear it untill the delay catches up, this is literally imposible to mix like, so monitors are just speakers that you have in the dj booth that come stright out of the mixer (so no delay) so that you can hear what your mixing without a delay on it. simple really.

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