What are some great high sound quality stereo systems for parties?

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music McLo

I'm having a huge get together party for spring. I'm looking for a good speaker sound quality stereo system that will play really loud but high quality sound. That also can connect to my ipod. I had allot of stereos in my life that plays very loud. Although, It was just always something. Every time the stereo would play loud the music will crackle, sound muddy, and just sound low quality!

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You really should consider a couple of DJ/PA type speakers. They are designed to play loud music for a long time. If you can spare $500 or so, 2 of these will work great:

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Harbinger-APS15-15--Powered-PA-Speaker-105122774-i1430143.gc

Those are powered speakers so you can connect an ipod directly to the with a standard 3.5mm to RCA cable.

If your budget allows, there are even better powered speakers.

If you need more help - dankeifer@yahoo.com

Any good quality outdoor speakers or sound system with audio output?

Mauricio

I have been trying to find outdoor speakers or sound system with audio output for a month. Since i haven't been able to find anything could someone help.

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Your question is confusing - and this is why you haven't gotten any answers for the past 12 hours. Speakers, by their nature do not have outputs, only an input. Active, or powered, speakers may sometimes have an output to enable other speakers to be hooked up - "daisy chaining."

An entire audio system will have all kinds of outputs, line level, speaker level and on modern equipment, digital outputs.

I have to wonder what exactly you are trying to do. Perhaps you are confusing outputs with inputs - a common cause of bewilderment.

If you can provide more details, it will be possible to give a decent answer.

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How does the numbers of Watts affect sound in a system?

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Gabe

I was looking at 2 sound systems I would like to purchase. The 10-speaker system claims to have 265 Watts and the 8-speaker sound system claims to have 450 Watts. Does that mean that the 450 Watt system can sound louder and clearer over the 265 Watt system?

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Some times if you add to much wattage to speakers you can cause your speakers to become distorted at higher volumes. But in general more watts equals more volume. Although better speakers equal clearer sound.

How do I use my home theater system speakers rather than the tv speakers?

TK

I have my panasonic viera TC-P42S1 tv hooked up with my HT-S5200 onkyo home theater system via HDMI cable. How do I use my home theater system speakers rather than the tv speakers? I've messed around with turning the tv speakers off, and I know that I have everything connected right. I just can't find the option to switch from tv speakers, to home theater speakers. I've looked through my menu settings, and viera link. I need help please!

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How is your cable or disc network connected to the tv. If it is connected to the tv you need to connect an optical cable from the tv to the Onkyo HT. When you want to hear the tv sound through the speakers you will need to select the source you connected the optical cable to the Onkyo system. Or you can connect the cable or disc network directly to the Onkyo versus to the tv. Hope this will help you out.

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How do I use my home theater system speakers rather than the tv speakers?

system speaker no sound image

TK

I have my panasonic viera TC-P42S1 tv hooked up with my HT-S5200 onkyo home theater system via HDMI cable. How do I use my home theater system speakers rather than the tv speakers? I've messed around with turning the tv speakers off, and I know that I have everything connected right. I just can't find the option to switch from tv speakers, to home theater speakers. I've looked through my menu settings, and viera link. I need help please!

Answer
How is your cable or disc network connected to the tv. If it is connected to the tv you need to connect an optical cable from the tv to the Onkyo HT. When you want to hear the tv sound through the speakers you will need to select the source you connected the optical cable to the Onkyo system. Or you can connect the cable or disc network directly to the Onkyo versus to the tv. Hope this will help you out.

What are some great high sound quality stereo systems for parties?

music McLo

I'm having a huge get together party for spring. I'm looking for a good speaker sound quality stereo system that will play really loud but high quality sound. That also can connect to my ipod. I had allot of stereos in my life that plays very loud. Although, It was just always something. Every time the stereo would play loud the music will crackle, sound muddy, and just sound low quality!

Answer
You really should consider a couple of DJ/PA type speakers. They are designed to play loud music for a long time. If you can spare $500 or so, 2 of these will work great:

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Harbinger-APS15-15--Powered-PA-Speaker-105122774-i1430143.gc

Those are powered speakers so you can connect an ipod directly to the with a standard 3.5mm to RCA cable.

If your budget allows, there are even better powered speakers.

If you need more help - dankeifer@yahoo.com

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Is it true you should not mix different brands of speakers in you Home Theater?

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George

Like say a Yamaha center speaker with say Klipsh in the rest of your 5.1 or 7.1 system speakers. Will they sound off balance or something or maybe interfere with eachother? I want to know what people have experienced.
Thank You

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haha only the most snobbish hometheatre geek would turn his little nose up at such a concept!!!!!!! let me talk about this a bit as i have heard things like this before.

speakers all have a frequency table. that is a line graph drawn across the spectrum of sound
0 hertz and one end of the graph and maybe

30,000 hertz at the other.

then a squiggled line is drawn across and you can see which frequencies are emphasized( made louder) by the design of the speaker. so to different speakers will have two different frequency tables for many many different acoustic reasons... some people watch for it and some dont. some people will go as far as to prohibit the replacment of an individual driver on one side of the speaker array because the sides will no longer match. for visualization...recording studio speakers generally emphasize no frequency so you get a true playback of your music. home theatre subs will emphasize low frequencies because thats what they are supposed to do...make sense? anyways as far as hand picking which speakers to place at your centre or you front left and right or your rear left and right. it is a very common and celebrated thing to do!! but yes 99.99999% of people will choose identical left and right "pairs" of speakers.

as far as power requirements again its very muddy waters but matching the left and right "pairs" is really the only guideline.

have fun, swap out pieces, mess with the sounds, mess with the EQ tune it, retune it....always ...live it up..

if you crank your amp to loud damage could occur
4 ohm speakers in an 8 ohm amp damage might occur.
but a speaker designed to handle large power hooked to a smaller amp?? yer pretty safe I think....

to see what a frequency table looks like check the following in GOOGLE IMAGES

"speaker frequency curve"

What computer sound system can you suggest, for a guy who wants to make electronic music?

Arlh

Hey everyone
Christmas is coming up and i wanted to add a few wishes to my wishlist. Does anyone out here have any recommendations for a great computer sound system (speakers and bass). In particular, something that doesnt cost much more than 250£, but still has a kicking bass and top-notch sound quality, if that is even possible.
On a side note, do you have any recommendations for a good midi keyboard?

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You really need to go out and listen for yourself. For everyone that claims that brand x or model y is the best, there is an equal opposite opinion. What some people call deep bass others won't, or they will find it loose or boomy. Since you will be making electronic music through them, they will essentially be part of the instrument, which is probably not a good thing. With electric guitar, the speakers are a big part of the sound, which is why so many guitar plug ins for recording have speaker emulation. You will probably want the speakers as neutral or 'clinical' sounding as possible, to avoid having the sounds dependent on your particular speakers. Also, make sure you look at the issue of durability. You can put out some pretty nasty waveforms digitally, and this can fry high frequency drivers and crossovers in cheaper speakers. Another concern would be what listening environment the speakers will be placed in. Near field monitors are usually not very good at imaging, except in a very tightly defined area. In other words, high frequency beaming means the treble response will drop off if the listener is not right in the sweet spot, where the full range comes through, so these would not make good speakers to fill a room. There's a ton of choices, so your best bet is to stick with speakers sold by music stores, rather than trying to get the most watts for the least money. Of all the websites I've found, http://www.Sweetwater.com has the widest selection, best organization and most thorough descriptions and reviews overall. So, I'd start there and narrow down the choices to something manageable and then search for a couple of more reviews on other sites, and then search for the best price/service deal.

As for a midi keyboard, that depends on what you are looking for: a strict midi controller, a keyboard with built in sound capability, or something with integrated control surface, such as transport controls for start/stop while recording, pads for percussion, etc. Something else to research at Sweetwater.

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