More than a left & right speaker stack...

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I use 3 or more speaker locations

  • Never

    Votes: 2 12.5%

  • Very rarely (less than 10% of the time)

    Votes: 4 25.0%

  • Occasionally

    Votes: 5 31.3%

  • About half the time

    Votes: 1 6.3%

  • Fairly often

    Votes: 2 12.5%

  • Almost always (more than 90%)

    Votes: 2 12.5%
  • Total voters
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Handinon said:
Most mobile DJ's probably do a two speaker set up for simplicity - you have to carry it, set it up, and break it down - the more speakers, the harder it becomes.
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HOWEVER, if I could walk into a room with five 8" or 10" high quality tops plus a couple subs, who's audio signal and control is automatically WiFi'd to a common router (i.e they could be placed willy nilly and just plug in the AC), all sharing a common software interface, I'd buy it....but to get a 100% digital, reliable, non-propriatary signal all the way from the controller to the speakers would require some standardization...in an industry that preys on Newbies with low quality 15" tops?
 
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Handinon said:
Most mobile DJ's probably do a two speaker set up for simplicity - you have to carry it, set it up, and break it down - the more speakers, the harder it becomes.
....I'm frankly tired of dealing with people that think Physics is a dirty word.
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I hear your pain. I find sound reinforcement to be the one area that most DJs, even some of the highest paid ones, are particular poor at. I tend to think ignorance is a large factor. If one is ignorant of the problems posed by a 2-speaker solution in certain situations, they can't sell the value of the proper solution. If you can't sel that value, how are you going to get paid for the extra effort and make it worth your while.

I think there is an identity problem too. Most DJ/MCs value themselves as a performer or organizer, not a sound professional. They work on better event plans, better mic skills, better mixing, etc. They don't work on better sound. They walk into a difficult room and just say, OK, this is the best I can do here, it will be OK. However, the same people take on a difficult wedding as a challenge where they can show off their skills and shine. Maybe Randy needs to do a final 1% on better sound.
 
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tunes4046 said:
I occasionally use just 1speaker for very small gigs, I guess that’s unconventional
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This is pretty common I think. There are many situations that warrant this. That is why I wanted to concentrate this thread on situations that require more than 2 speakers.
 
Handinon said:
IMHO, this is where a line source, due to it's very wide horizontal dispersion, excels - a single mono speaker setup.
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However, once you move away from that, (i.e. more than one speaker) the advantage starts to move to controlled directivity speakers, when they are properly set up.
http://www.libinst.com/PublicArticles/Setup of WG Speakers.pdf

In simple English, to cover as large an area as possible with a good sounding stereo image, spread your tops as far as possible, and toe them in a lot.
It only looks weird until the lights get dimmed!
 
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