Recommendations for amps

tpaairman said:

I understand that I don't actually use film, however that is still a term that gets used.

Also, I know I need a business plan. That's why I'm on here asking these types of questions, to find out what all I need to get. Keep in mind too that my original question here was about suggestions for amps. I appreciate the input overall, however it seems like this is staring to stray wayyyyy off course.

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I think we understand you are looking for suggestions on amps - hard to suggest something when we have no idea where you want to be price-wise, equipment-wise or otherwise. The other suggestions kind of fell from the same tree. In order to give an accurate suggestion, we need as much info as we can get. This also allows for other helpful (and maybe not so helpful) remarks.

Again, no offense was ever meant nor should be taken. It's the way a conversation evolves. This is information you should be glad we're wanting to share. As stated previously, I / we are not trying to scare you away from partaking in the music world - but if you're going to get involved, do it properly, for the right reasons and try to learn from what we have done / seen in the past. Following the ideas tossed around, you will also save yourself alot of pain and money. The path you take is totally up to you - we're just trying to help, which IS what you asked for. On here, typically if you ask a question, we want to know the bigger picture - which generally can provide you the best answers / comments.

If you want a direct question / answer (without any other input / comments) - the answer at this point would probably be something like - visit an audio store and look at all their amps available. The stores DO want to sell a product. We're not selling anything. Having said that, we do like to help people. Kind of hard to specify or make recommendations without knowing the other information. Kind of like saying what size pool should I buy? Without a slew of other information, how does one answer that appropriately?

Tigger's point is valid .. it's like asking what the best car is .. without context, the answer can be almost anything. If weight is an issue, we go one way. If long term dependability is important, we go another. There are some great brands that are seen all the time for DJ and light sound work: QSC, Crest, Peavey, Crown and EV come to mind. There are also value brands: Behringer, gtdAudio, Carvin and a few others, where price is a main driver and they are fine for many applications. If we know the speakers to be driven, the room sizes to be played to, the weight you are comfortable with (they range from under 10 pounds to over 50 and you need at least 2), we can give you specifics.

For now, the best advice would be to use the $6500 price point as a stab at an initial expense and work out the plan from there. Once you've identified the target market and have an actual budget, we can start identifying candidates for you to look at. Speakers and interface components (controllers/mixers) would be the first to look at as you need to be comfortable with the controls and the sound. Amps, in general, sound about the same when driven mildly. It's when they reach their limits that the differences shine through and we don't know those yet.