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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Hauber" data-source="post: 74151" data-attributes="member: 272">Re: DJ Booth SystemFrom my crash-course in Nightclub management:Put a couple really high power mid/high speakers at head level around 2 and 10 o-clock.&nbsp; if they are higher tilt them down, and likewise if they are lower tilt them up, so the speaker&#039;s axis shoots right into the ear.&nbsp; You don&#039;t need or really want the sound going out into the house, your dancefloor PA should adequately cover that.Think &quot;Texas Headphones&quot; style like used for drumfills.&nbsp; Putting speakers behind you is just as pointless as guitarists with their amps behind them at knee-level.Every DJ wants different things from the monitors, some want it ridiculous (louder than the mains) others don&#039;t want them at all.From a logical standpoint, you would like to hear what&#039;s going on in the house if you are controlling the level out there.&nbsp; But if you have a sound crew or club manager controlling the house volume it&#039;s not as important.Here&#039;s what I&#039;ve had the best luck with in small-booth installed monitors:&nbsp; (all with rigging capability -use any other box or monitor at your own risk)EAW DC-6 (discontinued) or UB82 (essentially the same)EAW DC-5 -not sure of current equivalent (it&#039;s a sideways 12+2 box -probably the VR21 would work)Community iW28 <a href="http://www.communitypro.com/productlist/103-ibox-series17" target="_blank">iBOX SERIES</a>EV <a href="http://www.electrovoice.com/family.php?id=41" target="_blank">Electro-Voice*FRi Series</a>Grundorf <a href="http://www.grundorf.com/index.php?Type=SOUN&amp;Application=GTH&amp;Model=GT-1601" target="_blank">GT Series - Full Range : GT-1601</a> -flown sideways&nbsp; -and for something larger and almost indestructible:Grundorf <a href="http://www.grundorf.com/index.php?Type=SOUN&amp;Application=GTH&amp;Model=GT-2002" target="_blank">GT Series - Full Range : GT-2002</a>&nbsp; -flown sidewaysYou may need a sub if your not getting enough off the main ones.&nbsp; There&#039;s never one that will be enough <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> but in a smaller booth, compact is the key.&nbsp; I also recommend more power than you think you&#039;ll need and then processing.&nbsp; Multiband limiter, HPF and some EQ -obviously a DSP is ideal and if your main processor as a set of spare inputs and outputs you could use that, if not then a stack of analog gear would work. Set your limit so that the speakers can maintain an overdriven hash of highly compressed music indefinitely -take heat and duty-cycle into account.&nbsp; Having a larger-than-needed amp also helps in that it doesn&#039;t run as hot or spin it&#039;s fan as hard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Craig Hauber, post: 74151, member: 272"] Re: DJ Booth System From my crash-course in Nightclub management: Put a couple really high power mid/high speakers at head level around 2 and 10 o-clock. if they are higher tilt them down, and likewise if they are lower tilt them up, so the speaker's axis shoots right into the ear. You don't need or really want the sound going out into the house, your dancefloor PA should adequately cover that. Think "Texas Headphones" style like used for drumfills. Putting speakers behind you is just as pointless as guitarists with their amps behind them at knee-level. Every DJ wants different things from the monitors, some want it ridiculous (louder than the mains) others don't want them at all. From a logical standpoint, you would like to hear what's going on in the house if you are controlling the level out there. But if you have a sound crew or club manager controlling the house volume it's not as important. Here's what I've had the best luck with in small-booth installed monitors: (all with rigging capability -use any other box or monitor at your own risk) EAW DC-6 (discontinued) or UB82 (essentially the same) EAW DC-5 -not sure of current equivalent (it's a sideways 12+2 box -probably the VR21 would work) Community iW28 [URL="http://www.communitypro.com/productlist/103-ibox-series17"]iBOX SERIES[/URL] EV [URL="http://www.electrovoice.com/family.php?id=41"]Electro-Voice*FRi Series[/URL] Grundorf [URL="http://www.grundorf.com/index.php?Type=SOUN&Application=GTH&Model=GT-1601"]GT Series - Full Range : GT-1601[/URL] -flown sideways -and for something larger and almost indestructible: Grundorf [URL="http://www.grundorf.com/index.php?Type=SOUN&Application=GTH&Model=GT-2002"]GT Series - Full Range : GT-2002[/URL] -flown sideways You may need a sub if your not getting enough off the main ones. There's never one that will be enough :-) but in a smaller booth, compact is the key. I also recommend more power than you think you'll need and then processing. Multiband limiter, HPF and some EQ -obviously a DSP is ideal and if your main processor as a set of spare inputs and outputs you could use that, if not then a stack of analog gear would work. Set your limit so that the speakers can maintain an overdriven hash of highly compressed music indefinitely -take heat and duty-cycle into account. Having a larger-than-needed amp also helps in that it doesn't run as hot or spin it's fan as hard. [/QUOTE]

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