Equipment Advice please - good home setup

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by keno54

I am gathering info to purchase my first karaoke system. It will be strictly for my personal home entertaining. I have no desire to go into the business but I want a good system that will handle the room I will set up in.

I have a 40 x 40 shop with 16 ceiling height, and it is completely insulated. It is a big open room. We cook and carry on with friends and neighbors regularly and want to add Karaoke to the list of events.

I am convinced that I need the Hoster and Karaoke Suite 4 so that I can create a library on hard drive. My questions are what other equipment is required.

Speakers - would 100 watt capacity speakers be sufficient for a room this size? What would be the minimum woofer size you would recommend in a speaker?

Mixing amplifier - would 100 watts output per channel be enough for that room?

If I get the MTU cdg burner, can I then just read existing cd's into the computer and use the MTU software to add lyrics to it, thereby creating my own karaoke disks?

What would a reasonable price be for a good, but not top of the line (but not rinky-dink either), equipment set up be? Would $750.00 buy a reasonable setup?

Any help or advice (and even product suggestions) would be appreciated. This is all very confusing for a newcomer to this area.

For this sized room $750 would be more than adequte. I've been hearing very decent reviews on the Phonics PA packs from other users on other forums. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...tem?sku=636503 They do recommend getting better mics & even speaker cords, but other than that...

[bryant]

I use JBL EON15 powered speakers, fairly light, no need for amp, and sound awesome in every place, including outdoors, I've played, and Behringer 1404FX for nice compact mixer, with plenty of nice effects.

[keno54]

Thanks to each of you for your thoughts. I appreciate it.

[Lonman]

Sorry about the link admin, I forgot!!!!