LeeM
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Getting pretty good at this dj malarkey and do parties now so I want some decent speakers, gonna get a couple of These I think
Currently I use a Samsung surround sound with a sub, will I miss the bass from the sub or do speakers like these give plenty? Can anyone work out what cable Id need as well? It has an xlr socket but says output next to it so I'm confused.
Also anyone got any idea what sized venue these would be suitable for? Ive been asked to do a couple of parties in function rooms so that's part of the reason I'm looking at bigger speakers so I can do them in future
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RyanCorsa99
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probably be fine for a edium sized venue. Active speakers are always a good choice as the amp is matced to the speakers  the output socked on it is probably so you can connect another speaker to it to let you piggyback the amp from the speaker.
From the pic, it looks like the top left hole might be for the input. that'd be a speakon connector. similar to this... http://www.stagebeat.co.uk/Stage-Line-MSCN-8100-SW-Speaker-Cables-10M-SPEAKON-JACK-129390-101355
dont hold me to it though because the picture isnt all that clear, bit fuzzy!
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LeeM
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That cable looks like the one, cheers.
I'm going for active ones to minimise cables and wires as well as being easier to move and set up
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LeeM
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Bigger pic here http://www.djkit.com/images/products/178748_IN1.jpg
Also channel 2 input is stereo RCA, does that mean if I had just the one for now I could plug in the RCA from my controller to the RCA on the speaker and just have both left and right channels combined into a mono output?
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Dom
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That doesn't look like a speakon connector (speakon is typical used for amplified outputs eg: passive setup between amp and speaker), rather a Neutrik combo XLR/Jack socket. So you'd need a XLR or Jack cable to what ever is available on your mixer (a lot now have balanced XLR outputs). You also have the unbalanced RCA's at worse case.
The XLR output, this isn't amplified, will be for daisy-chaining the input signal for use with other active tops/bottoms/subs or connecting to another amp for passive tops/bottoms/subs.
As for the missing bass, compared to your Samsung surround system i'll doubt you'll notice 
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LeeM
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I've got balanced 1/4" trs. Would those sockets take normal xlr or is it a special type?
Only reason I ask about the sub is I've seen a few comments in mags and on blogs about people discussing whether or to its worth adding a sub to your pa system, and I love bass!
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Dom
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Bog-standard XLR. But as said, if your mixer has jack outputs (either balanced or unbalanced) then you can just use a jack cable.
Until you get some decent tops then i wouldn't worry about getting a bin.
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