John Halliburton wrote on Sat, 04 March 2006 15:16 |
Pascal sayeth:
Honestly though, DJ's are more in need of LAB-subs or similar than "pro's" usually are. Look at the sound systems used by many of the working LAB-sters in the Lounge. Most of those systems would blow every sub in the stack if they were exposed to an 8+ hour dance party.
You forgot a smiley after this amusing statement...
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Sorry for the confusing post:
Note that I point out the LABsters in the Lounge, not here in the subwoofer forum. A recent thread there showed plenty of sound system pics from Lounge posters. Not a LABsub to be seen.
My point was not that DJ's are idiots, or that LAB sub owners can't do dance parties, or that LAB subs suck (I'm sure they don't) but that a system with inadaquate bass response will invariably end up getting blown up if used on a regular basis for electronic music dance parties, and most of the smaller LAB members sound systems (outside of the subwoofer forum of course) are focused toward doing live sound and not DJ events and thus don't have enough bass response to do decent-sized dance parties. Thus DJ's need "Pro-grade" subs even more than most pro engineers who run rigs for similar-sized live sound events.
What happens when there is not enough bass? The DJ tries to push it louder. Red lights? Whatever, just make it louder. Then limiters get pushed and gear starts to clip. Then speakers blow.
What happens when the bass is really thumping? The DJ doesn't feel the need to turn it up louder. The mixer levels tend to stay out of the red. The crowd goes wild, the mix stays clean, and the gear never gets pushed too hard.
Darin- Go with the LABsubs. More work now but you'll be much happier in the long run.
edited for clarity