What kinda speakers do i need for dj-ing for weddings/proms/school dance?

I'm startin to get involved in dj-ing, but i want to make sure i find and pick the right speakers 1st. I've been looking at speakers that range from 300watts to 600 watts. Im curios, as to what would be the ideal amount of watts to use for certian functions. Im generally going to be dj-ing for weddings and school dances. Also, im running on a small budget, so i want to know how much i would need, so i can keep my pocket from going empty. I don't want to buy 600 watt speakers, and only have to use half of it's power. And i don't to buy 300 watt speakers, and twice as much power! And i want to know if perhaps, i would need speakers that have more than 600 watts? Im new to dj-ing obviously, so any help is appreciated. I recently bought the numark mobile dj-in-a-box package, so i can get started on mixing and what not, but now i need to look into getting speakers, so i can play these mixes and hear how they'll sound on my actual potential speakers. I also noticed that many speakers for sale come with amps, so do i really need an amp, or are there speakers out there with built in amp, so i can simply connect the speakers to my laptop via RCA audio cables? because i don't want to go through the hassle of buying an amp, if i don't need to. But if having an amp brings out much better quality, then i guess i'll have to buy it. PLZZZZ HELP!!


if this is of any help, im using CUE 5.0, NUMARK TOTAL CONTROL BOARD, Treaktor LE, and an DJIO interface. What kinda speakers do i need for dj-ing for weddings/proms/school dance?
Hello! First thing is please be aware that 600w is not twice as loud as 300W... 3,000W is twice as loud as 300W as sound works on a logarithmic scale. Worrying, I know, but trust me. The answer to what you should buy is whatever you can afford and what sort of places you will be playing.


Yes you can buy speakers with an amplifier built in, these are known as active speakers, and are a handier if you are going to have the same set-up each time (which in your case I think is true). Professional audio companies use separate amps as this gives greater versatility with regards to setups and multi speaker arrays but then you have to worry about impedance matching and all sorts of other stuff you don't want to concern yourself with. With regards to quality of sound, don't worry. A built in amp will be matched to the speaker and so long as you buy from a reputable brand (eg. Mackie or Peavey) you shouldn't need to worry and 99.99999% of people wouldn't be able to hear the difference anyway. With regards to cabling most active speakers will have an XLR (that's the three pin plug) on the back so you will need cables from your mixer/laptop output to two (normally) male XLRs (you will need two of these obviously - one for each speaker) and you also need to remember that you speakers will require power so you will need power leads to plug them in to the wall.





All that said, go for what you can afford. 300W should be plenty, if you find yourself doing bigger and better gigs then you should have some cash to upgrade and maybe up the power and buy a couple of sub speakers as well if you find yourself playing very big venues. Again most big venues will have a tailored house PA system you can plug into.





Hope this helpsWhat kinda speakers do i need for dj-ing for weddings/proms/school dance?
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