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Wanted to chime in on battery powered speakers. I've had the Bose S1, still own the Everse8 and now own the QSC CB10. The Everse is miles better than the Bose and the CB10 is miles better than the Everse8. The Everse12 is too bulky and sounds like sh!t. Just my opinion. If it were me, I'd go for...

I just got in a Phenyx Pro PTL-800 mixer and thought I'd share my initial review. Keep in mind, I haven't even powered this up yet. Just commenting on the features. Phenyx is what I'd consider a "cheap chinese knock-off" vendor, but I've been using their wireless mics for 2.5 years now. Got one...

My opinion, the Everse 12 sounds crappy and weak and the box is way too bulky. I own an Everse 8. Excellent unit and small size. The mixer app is beautiful. I just bought the CB10 a few weeks back. It's just a bit larger than the Everse 8. Sounds much better and much louder. The mixer app is...

Been a while, thought I'd chime in on a new purchase and compare it against competitors. Let's talk battery-powered speakers. I've owned the Bose S1 Pro. It's a good unit, no iOS app. I used one for ceremonies and cocktail hours for several years. Very solid choice although a bit weak. Next up...

I was in Guitar Center the other day and got a few minutes to check out the Evolve 70. In short, I was not impressed, at all. The 70 has a 15" sub in it and the cabinet is HUGE. I figured it was an 18. I didn't try to pick it up but specs say it's 78 lbs and the cabinet is probably too big for...

It's called "portion control". Without it, the first people pile their plate high and usually waste a bunch of it. To counter, you have to cook much more food, which also increases the cost to the client. My clients love having our people control portion sizes.

I'll 2nd that. Our caterer normally dips the food onto the guests' plate. This past wedding was a mexican bar, so he decided to let the guests dip their own. He was entirely stressed out that we'd have enough food, given the first half piled their plates high. My view, it's never good to have a...

Not buying it. You spend $2.5k on a speaker, it should d#%n well have a cover with it.

$15 per person is what I'm paying to my outside caterer. For drinks, they supply water & tea. If clients want soda, it's on them.

I guess I'll say "thanks". ;) FWIW, most of my all-inclusives end up around the $10k mark for 100 people. Incidentally also, there is a local competitor who's about 45 minutes away. Their venue is much nicer than mine and much larger. They're advertising their "successful wedding venue" (their...

I use an external HD to sync my machines. I have a .bat file setup to use RoboCopy on machine #1. I then connect the HD to the 2nd machine and use another Robocopy command to copy the updated director over to the 2nd machine. Not sure if you'll have to reindex VDJ or not. I'm guessing you will.

My take is photogs get roughly double what DJs make. $1k-$1.2k for DJs and $2k-$2.5k for photogs, at least around the Birmingham area. It was roughly the same in Nashville.

I offer regular payments but so far I've only had a single client want regular payments. Practically all of them will gather up $1000-$3000, then ask me to send them an invoice. My only condition is that the balance is paid off and we have final guest count and food choice done at the 30 day...

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking as well. Booking season has apparently already started as I'm seeing a steady stream of leads come in. I'm going to try $1000 off or $500 off a one-day rental and see what happens.

You got me to thinking over my profit margin. Here is what a basic, all-inclusive package runs me: This is an $8,500 package for 50 people. I do not have any cost in there for my DJ service. Now that I'm looking it back over, $6,770 seems excessive and maybe it's why my bookings have dropped...