Discussing plans for new small soundsystem

Hey guys,

Me and a couple of friends are thinking about building a small sound system. Our focus will be on hosting some small outdoor/indoor events, I’d say for approx. 150 people. We plan on playing different kinds of music such as techno, house, drum and bass, dub etc. Basically it should be capable of playing most dance music styles nicely. Besides, a logical possibility for expansion later on is also desirable.

For a first investment, our budget is about €3500 - €4000. We already got our hands on a DSP (Behringer DCX2496, we suspect it will suffice for now) and two 2x1000W amps of which one channel is broken (so we have a total of 3x1000W channels).

None of us has built a sound system before, but we’ve been through many many forums. We would like to receive some feedback / thoughts on the following setup;

-        Subs: 2x Hog Scoop (18LW1400 loaded 1000W RMS@8Ohm) 

-        Kickbins: 2x ES18-BPH (Fane Colossus 18SB loaded 1000W RMS@8Ohm) 

-        Midtops:

2x Lavoce Sistema F153.14N (Waf153.00: 500W RMS@8Ohm +  DN14.25T 80W RMS@8Ohm) http://www.loudspeakersplus.com/v/vspfiles/templates/driven/pdfs/LAVOCE_Sistema%20F153.14N_SuggDes_RevB.a.pdf

OR

2x MT130 (PD121: 300W RMS @8Ohm + BMS4550 80W RMS @ 8Ohm)

Some questions we have:

• We are not sure whether we should pick the Sistema or MT130 for tops. Our thought was that for small events e.g. houseparty or renting them to make some small side money, we can use just a 2x Sistema setup as these cabinets can be used for full range as well. Which would you suggest?

• Regarding amplifiers for the hogs + es18s: How much headroom power should we be aiming at? Would wiring the hogs in parallel and kicks in parallel and then use a separate bridged amp for either be most efficient? E.g. one Crown XTI4002 (3200W Bridge-Mono @ 4Ohm) for two hogs, and another Crown XTI 4002 for two es18s?

Any suggestion / input / whatever would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!