My sister's boyfriend just told me some great news!
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sell what you have... you honestly dont need it. Or buy the j8 system.
Mix, go to Guitar Center and just buy the MLS1000 Line Array System. Get two of them. Should be on sale for President's Day next month. Might be on sale now still with New Year's Day! Plenty of Thump, and sound quality is excellent. They are my go to for the majority of the events I do moving forward. In total the sub and column weighs 38 lbs. I believe the Sub is like 29 lbs and column is 9 lbs. Also eliminates having to bring speaker stands for the speakers.
You guys have to remember this guy has no savings, no credit card, literally waits for school pension and social security checks to come in every month, just to take care of day to day bills
No it doesn't. Habit and quality are not mutually inclusive. It's just as easy to call two speakers on sticks/uprights the work of a lazy DJ.
The fact is - subs are most often ON THE FOOR so there goes that theory.
I recently did a DJ gig at a very elite private country club and I put my 15" 3-way speakers on the floor in positions that would produce the best results. The room has hard surface walls and a lot of glass that exaggerates the highs and mids, while the floor couples with the 15" drivers to enhance my bass response without need for subs. The space is so live I barley have to drive them at all.
I choose the placement based on speaker type, room conditions, and the sound I want to achieve; not how it looks. I've also been known to use floor monitors to get sound onto dance floors that are not adjacent to my position, and even hidden them in decor, etc. Speakers on the ceiling? Why not?
Most DJs are doing a rinse-and-repeat performace using the same gear every time in pretty much the exact same setup. You can't run the exact same system everywhere you go and claim to be doing something unique or high-end with the sound. That's especially true if your decisions are rooted first and always in how something "looks."
Even when the music sounds good - DJs tend to butcher the other equally and often more important parts of an event. I've had a rash of gigs lately involving DJs as either another vendor on site or a client of one or more of my tech services. These Evox, Bose, etc. systems have become the copycat norm for many. Even when the music sounds good it's annoying how badly they handle their microphones. They all feed their mics through the subwoofers which makes their voice and everyone else's unintelligible. These are not inexperienced or cheap DJs - they just don't truly know anything about audio beyond stereo music playback and a pair of RCA jacks. They want their voice to sound heavier than it actually is, but are clueless about how to do that. They hand off these poorly setup mics to people making a speech or toast and then blame that client or person for not holdingthe mic correctly when the low frequency hum overtakes the system.
Hey! DJs - your mic is not supposed to be sent to the subs!
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I just got my baby back. The issue was with the power cord not staying all the way in. It was a small piece inside the laptop that connected me power cord to the laptop that had to be replaced. The repair cost me $120. The laptop is good to go.
I believe this is the 2nd time you have had to have this specific repair done. You either have a faulty machine or you are not taking care of it. This is NOT a common problem.
I still use my Windows 7 laptop.
I love how it doesn't try to "out-think"me.....like Win 10 did/does.
The less unnecessary crap on it, the better.
When the radio station went totally digital (MANY years ago)
the software ran on Windows 3.1.
It was the simplest version of an operating system, that could still run the program.
The graphics were horrible, but the dang thing never crashed on us.
I love how it doesn't try to "out-think"me.....like Win 10 did/does.
The less unnecessary crap on it, the better.
When the radio station went totally digital (MANY years ago)
the software ran on Windows 3.1.
It was the simplest version of an operating system, that could still run the program.
The graphics were horrible, but the dang thing never crashed on us.
And... technology is great....
but sometimes it just gets in the way.
This reminds me of a conversation about A.I. it's taking jobs away that people did.
My new service company will be one that fixes all the things that AI breaks. 