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    Posted: 30 March 2017 at 4:41pm
Hi guys me and a friend are looking to build a small-ish system as its our 1st time ever really dabbling in this stuff and was just wondering what suggested components we should use as we have no idea really about what drivers ect would be best. we would be playing a variety of genres on said system (bassline,gabba,donk,hardtek ect)

i was thinking something along the lines of 2-4 subs 2 mid ranges and a horn and bullet tweeter and was wonderingif it could be done for about £400 or cheaper

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I would not be the one to advise on a system, especially in these genre, but I can advise you to put some more info :
You plan to play outdoors? indoors? big venue, or small room?
How many people would you want to cover? it will be way more relevant than stating a number of watts :)
Do you already have cabs/loudspeakers/amplifiers/processing? Or do you start from scratch
Do you want to build your cabs or buy them ready made?

Originally posted by Mawby Mawby wrote:

was wondering if it could be done for about £400 or cheaper

hem... I hate giving definitive answers but it seems way out of the reality (assuming you start from scratch, even for the 2 subs option)

oh and don't worry the newbie section is there for that


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Ahh i see i see!

erm the system it would be for abit of both but id say mainly indoors and the venue will be small ish in size and the amount of people i couldnt have a definite number but i could say from 2-15 people ish and i plan to do everything from scratch also id build the cabs myself

im sorry for the lack of info!

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Originally posted by Mawby Mawby wrote:

Ahh i see i see!

erm the system it would be for abit of both but id say mainly indoors and the venue will be small ish in size and the amount of people i couldnt have a definite number but i could say from 2-15 people ish and i plan to do everything from scratch also id build the cabs myself

im sorry for the lack of info!


Just to get it clear; you're looking to spend less than £400 on a 5000 watt system ??
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i dont mind paying more its just a sort of figuire i estimates roughly from some components on a few websites
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Originally posted by Mawby Mawby wrote:

i dont mind paying more its just a sort of figuire i estimates roughly from some components on a few websites

They wouldn't be car audio websites would they?? Big smile
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no there was a couple like this one

http://www.electromarket.co.uk/live-sound-pa/speakers/speaker-components/pa-bass-drivers/woofer-size/15%22/

and a few others
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mini-mad Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 March 2017 at 5:56pm
Originally posted by Mawby Mawby wrote:

no there was a couple like this one

http://www.electromarket.co.uk/live-sound-pa/speakers/speaker-components/pa-bass-drivers/woofer-size/15%22/

and a few others

Noooooooooo!
Where abouts do you live?

If it sounds like a gorilla is trying to escape, turn it down.
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Originally posted by Mawby Mawby wrote:

no there was a couple like this one

http://www.electromarket.co.uk/live-sound-pa/speakers/speaker-components/pa-bass-drivers/woofer-size/15%22/

and a few others

The power figures there should be taken for what they are, greatly exaggerated.

Looking at this sort of site www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=VODV181000 would give you an idea of what building a proper 5000watt sound system,

That being said if as you say you're only planning to cater for 2-15-ish people, then the cheaper stuff will almost certainly satisfy your requirements.

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i see ill definitely have a look around that site!
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Originally posted by Mawby Mawby wrote:

i see ill definitely have a look around that site!

I ask where you live as i have a few bass sections up for sale....

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A 5k sound system for £400 is never going to happen unless you spend that money on hiring in.
Im putting together a 'cheap' system and I dont want to add up what Ive spent to get where I am.
You need speakers, amps, crossover & cabling between all.
I found a promotion that CPC Farnell were running to get my bass amps £450+ reduced down to £125 (I think) then amps to run the mids and tops. Because I didnt know what I was going im running 3 runs of speaker wire (should have used a patch panel really) so thats another £60 gone, a half decent speaker management system will run you £180+, then the price of wood, glue, drivers (if your self building) hell even buying second hand bins and tops (and Ive been really really lucky with some of my purchases) has run me £350+ 
Now if I want to over exaggerate, I could say I have 7.5k of amp power, realistically (because im not running everything bridged at 4 or indeed 2 ohm) and taking into constant power of my drivers my max is 2.8k 
Rough guess im in for £900+  
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