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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...

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...

The little karaoke gig at the American Legion (Wed/Fri) is going well. For some reason, Wednesdays are bigger than Fridays. Last week I had 38 singers. This week was 32. They added a 2nd bartender on Wednesdays and I've heard karaoke nights are paying the bills. The boss messaged me last night...

I'm not sure how this will work out but I thought it might be worth mentioning. I made mention of doing a mobile DJ (wedding) last week. I used a single EV Evolve 50m. The system did fine but I was having to push it a bit too hard, sending it into limit on heavy bass tracks. It got me to...

Has anybody here had any experience with either of these units? I've had the Bose S1 and now own the Everse 8 and the EV completely destroys the Bose. So far, the Everse 8 has been more than enough for anything I've thrown at it. I'm just wondering how much the 12 improves over the 8. Anybody...

I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with the infamous Mike Foxx today on the phone. I gotta tell you fellas, he's not near the SOB everybody else was telling me. ;) Seriously, Mike's a great fellow. It was a pleasure.

I just had a singer accuse me of giving her covid, supposedly because I don't "clean" my mics between singers. She went on Facebook yesterday, trying to stir up trouble and to get people to stop coming to my gigs. Keep in mind also, this is the girl I bought a sound system and wireless mics so...

Yesterday I was invited to a party at a private residence. Lady singer, and we're looking at doing some shows/festivals together. It was her house and she wanted to use her Bose L1 with the big sub. Sounded terrific. And then the rain came. We were under a double-sized EZ-up and her BF decided...

Years ago in Nashville, I built out a home studio and was busy doing custom album projects and songwriter demos. I ended up dropping it after my ex-wife got jealous that she wasn't in the middle of it and I went back to live playing. Now, I've finally made the decision to rebuild a home studio...

In starting back up on mobile DJ gigs, I'd like to re-work my lighting. I'm wanting to go with a pair of 7' vertical trusses, warmer lights in the bottom with a white scrim and 2 large(ish) moving heads on top. I'm looking at some SheHDS lights and wondering what is the difference between a 235...

Check this out. This is a speed test from webpagetest.org and measure load times for various websites. Now keep in mind, the ryanacres site has a lot more stuff going on, but the numbers shouldn't be THAT far off. A 10 second load time is way too much, IMHO. I may be switching it over to...

You guys may remember my jewish DJ buddy, whom we used to do a lot of events in Nashville. Years ago, he moved to Los Angeles and I later moved to Alabama. A few weeks ago, he contacted me, asking me to provide sound and photobooth for an event he picked up in Nashville. On Saturday, he called...

Off the beaten path perhaps but a couple of months back I bought a little folding wagon at Walmart. I'm currently using a single EV Evolve 50m speaker, which fits perfectly into this wagon. I then have all cords and a single multi-laser light in a small rolling suitcase, which also fits...

Has anybody here had any experience with sites that let you schedule and post messages/ads to multiple social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, etc)? Buffer.com looks promising and is only $30/mth. I saw another that was $300/mth. Wondering if any of you had been using something like...

Check this out. I just scanned it quickly but it looks like a jukebox-style rental for $99 for the event. Of course, they've still got to rent a sound system and have someone who makes announcements...

I needed to reprint my brochures and have decided it's time for a slight price increase. Raising all packages by $1k, effective immediately. Here lately, something has been clicking (not sure what) and I've gotten 3 bookings in the past 2 weeks. During the last half-dozen tours, I picked up on...

Seems it was last week that somebody was getting razzed about posting a "I might be getting a gig" post. Now, I'm the one doing it. I don't know how this guy got my info but it sounds like it's gonna happen (I have a phone consultation this evening). The funny part is, it's 3 hours away and I...

Been doing some lighting changes and ever since Taso said that I had too many lights, I decided to try one without the downlighting. I have white string lights on all the trusses, 5 chandeliers and am in the process of installing vertical curtain lights behind the sheer drapes over the walls...

I had booked a valentine's DJ event this Friday and just found out it was canceled due to lack of ticket sales. Honestly, I'm pretty glad about it. Between karaoke and band karaoke, my nights are getting pretty thin, and this is in addition to the day gig as a Software Developer. Currently, I'm...

Not sure if anybody can use this, but thought I'd share it just the same. Last night, my duo partner and I did a "band karaoke" night. She has problems hearing herself, so I took along my Everse8 to use as a monitor. What I finally figured out (I've tried to do this before, unsuccessfully), you...

I've been dating a girl that wants to get back to doing Karaoke night but she needs a sound system and wireless mic. I'm giving her my extra Phenyx Pro mics and was looking at buying her a Harbinger MLS900 to start. Will likely upgrade her to an EV 30M by next year. I went online at Guitar...

Wondering if anyone here has seen or tried this? I'm kinda wanting to try it behind my karaoke singers.

I did a duo bar gig last night. Fairly large, rectangle room. Would probably hold 200-300. Concrete floors, with brick and glass garage door walls. Nothing but hard services. I'm using 2, EV Evolve 50M stick systems. During the first hour, the staff asked me to turn down twice, which I did. All...

It looks like my Aeon Blackbird unit went out. I'm only controlling uplights with it. Usually start off with a static color for dinner then throw it into sound active for dance. My movers are all on sound active. I'm not really interested in doing a PC-based controller or anything that requires...