I only saw the first pic.... you have GOTS to be kidding?! In your living room?! lol

C'mon man, you're supposed to be on MY SIDE!

Its simple.
You didnt let her choose the color of the carpet.

You might have a point there sir....

Johnny...You're nuts.

You know for a fact that's too much (and very harsh) for a LIVING ROOM. Hell, that too much for most bars and small clubs!
You pointed out that you want you equipment up there to rip vinyl. Well, you don't need your SUBS LoL!

My suggestion would be to compromise and have a table with your Turntable, mixer, and a pair of decent LOOKING monitors

Funny thing is by the look of your post...you already know the answer. Because if you read it yourself, it does sound kinda ridiculous

So...now that you're done showing off your equipment, tell the wife how everybody here thinks you've got a ground wire loose in there somewhere heheheh

You damm sure aint going to put that in no living room...everything will fall from the shelves of all the neighbors houses :)

the fact that you claim you need all that to rip vinyl leads me to believe that this is just a roundabout way to show off your gear.

where are the amps???????????????????????????

In the kitchen inside the dishwasher :op

Dam son those speakers are old!! Who did you buy em off of .....
Kool Herc? LOL! ........................... Im playin!

i'm still waiting to see his amp rack

And damm, do you carry all that equipment by yourself? That's a back breaker right there..

but does the carpet match the drapes?

Not gonna lie bro thats pretty dumb to put that in your living room, even if you were single. just my opinion

it looks cool like a reggae dj setup, but I've learned that mixing different sub designs is a big no no.

haha I was thinking the same thing.

I Like It!!

i will make the room..

:)

hell my room looks cool dont it!
this is where i sleep
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i use to have these bad boys in there..
but just no room now..in my garage now :(

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im with you johnny m


thats why im no a sucker being married!!!!

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Buy another smaller AP system for the main room. Leave that rig downstairs.

johnny,
on thing though you should really look into re-carpeting/painting those stacks then i think she might think about it...

haha!

Next all you need is a light show and some uplighting and you can club out the room.....lol. In all seriousness be happy that your wife let you put anything in your house. For me, it was a fight just to put a small set up in an extra room that we were not even using.

Sell it and buy new compact speakers.

When me and my wife first moved in together, I told her this: "You can fix this place however you see fit, but I will have a corner for my turntables" Now as far as the speakers goes, they're in the basement, plus 90% of my vinyl is upstairs.

lol nice thread johnnym

why would you want to put your equipment in the kitchen??

+1

Just as I imagined it would look like....old and full of cob webs like Johnny...lol!

lolol

LOL ..... This looks like sum old speakers we used 2 use in MIA back in the luke days now we know were they went when we upgraded

ripping vinly are u serious !!!

with speakers that heavy i wouldnt do a gig under 650...(50 of that is going to gas for the big azz truck u need, and another hundred to pay help leaving u with 500 and a backache)

crazy.

What's the name of your sound johnny?

Johnny do you Spin with a Phonograph to match all that ancient equipment?

them speakers look like they belong in a museum.

lol...

Some of y'all got JOKES!

Anyway...

The system used to revolved around these babies... --->>> www.djjohnnym.com

For those that don't know, those are 2 Peavy CS-800's. The ORIGINAL WORKHORSE for all professional DJ's!

Now, you don't use them in regular STEREO MODE, nawww, you bridge EACH of those suckers, and you get 800 Watts RMS of PURE CLEAN SOUND. Well, it was moreso 700 Watts RMS with the Built In Limiter, I would NEVER have to worry about a "New Jack" DJ on the MASTER VOLUME of my rig, blowin up anything....

Then I added the 2 QSC 1500a's seen here ----> www.djjohnnym.com.

I'd run BOTH of these ALSO Bridged, which would give me 1500 Watts in to 4 Ohms.

So, I could basically eliminate the Peavy's and run 2 subs PER AMP, each speaker getting 750 Watts (1500/2). And that make the rack a WHOLE lot easier to carry.

Then of course, you had the RANE AC23 Crossover, which has never failed.

And a Furman PL-Pro, to make pretty lights...lol

Next up was my "Processor Rack" ---->> www.djjohnnym.com.

The heart of this baby is the Soundcraftsman DX-4200 PreAMP. Now, let me tell you a little bit about sound.

Most DJ's run out of their mixer into the crossover, into the amps....WRONG.

The BEST way to amplify your sound is to keep it CLEAN coming out of the mixer, and to feed it into some type of Preamp, (or Mixing Board), for the BEST type of sound.

A lot of cats don't know that....

I added a compressor for "Guest" DJ's, and a BBE for the pretty lights....lol

A beautifully lit rack was VERY INTIMIDATING to those on the come up....

The Furman VU meters are the most important parts of the system, as they warn me that I'm about to spend some money to get speakers reconed if I DON'T TURN IT DOWN!

When you're rocking LOUD sound for a LONG time, your ears grow tired, and you might keep turning it UP and UP, but those meters let you know when you're about to get out of your league...werd up.

Then I have ANOTHER QSC 1500a to run the MIDS, and it has it's own VU meters as well.

Then I have a Crown PowerBase 1 to run my tweeters......more than enough headroom.

LOL!

You are absolutely correct.

I usually just use this setup here.... --->>> www.djjohnnym.com BUT I have to INVERT the signal Junior Earthquakes so the bass stays in phase.

If I need to rock out everything, I'll put the scoops on one side, and the Junior Earthquakes on another side....

lmao...U need a better camera tho...

Now you KNOW I'd never create a thread JUST to show off stuff!

How dare you!
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I'm sayin', y'all got me BEAT in those CV threads...I had to do something!

man i remember those amps i used them, pevey & qsc i had mx 2000 at almost 80 pounds each dammmmm,

those days are over plx2 all day, give your back a break son, carry a qsc1804 & this www.electrovoice.com LOL.............

Well, she settled on letting me have 2 of these in the living room...

www.djjohnnym.com

***sigh***

Yeah, they got 2 space amps now that will WRECK SHOP...

I mean, forreal forreal....

The MOB!

On the real...

Do you know, I probably couldn't get 1,000 - 1,500 for the speakers today?

Unless I ran into some reggae cats, but anybody else?

They aren't havin' it...

you can't really still cary all that sh!t around lol........they have small light speaker that will wreck shop as well.....ev zx5

The word is VINTAGE.

:D a proper gentleman who compromises with grace. hats off to you sir.

Yes he can... its called U-Haul!! lol

Thank you, thank you..

It was the LEAST I would stand for, could do...

Oh, me and the U-Haul lady had a THANG goin on...

Yep, a 14ft. truck would do it every time.

;-D

You should teach her how to spin and guarantee you'll have that in your living room in no time.....

i'll ask since no one else did, how long have you had you CDL since you need a big @ss 18 wheeler to carry your equipment ....lol.......

damm i was just getting ready to post this & you beat me to it.....lol

Lol!! and to think i complain when loading up my tahoe for mobile gigs... Respect!! hahaha

I'm sure your equipment is NICE AND SHINY, from sitting around....huh?

lol...

Man look, the hardest thing REALLY were the CRATES....

Now, Serato is gonna save the day....

tahoe .......to big for me i fit this www.bhphotovideo.com & this
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in my 5 series bmw & this will fit in you back pack www.electrovoice.com

don't tell me you took 20 crates to a house party..lol.....

Nah, for a House Party? Just 10.

Duh, forgot to post the pic www.djjohnnym.com

lol
im no photographer so the hell with camera equip...

You get OJ props from me... your the man..

With all that equipment, and a backyard, you can host the first ever NY/NJ jimmy jam..

nope, mines nice, new and shiney with no cob webs from being purchased and used this decade.

lol

I don't think you've bought anything new (speakers or vinyl) except maybe your sl3 since the late 80's....

No, actually, the bulk of this stuff was bought in 1995, and have since bought a TM56, 56S, and an SL3.

So, you don't like equipment that LASTS a long time?

I'm sure that anything I've got will blow WHATEVER you may have right out off it's hinges...

Let's see YOUR PA Setup...

man that set up you have will blow dust out of a fly's @ss in china

Wait, let me do it FOR YOU...

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Mackie and JBL PRX 515 PA.

Just added JBL PRX 718s Sub...it's awesome!

LMAO! @ Mackie...

AND Wow, you added a WHOLE SUB.....

See???

It's always those who don't have the Battle Skills or the PA Systems who talk the most *ish....

Always....

NOW, whatchu wanna do?

A Sound Clash?

You already know...

damn, fucked up both posts...gotta stop typing and watching nba at the same time...

DUH, I wouldn't need all that for a wedding....

I'd just use 2 of these -->>> www.djjohnnym.com, and be good.

And you call ME old...

Just admit you were nervous...

It's cool, I told you, my equipment INTIMIDATES most DJ's....

You are not immune.

lol! sometimes you're actually a bit funny johnny....

;-)

DJJOHNNYM_vSL3.

give me two of these www.pssl.com
one of these www.pssl.com
with two 3602, i'll call it a day, no need for them to here me 20 miles away.......lol.....

I thought this was serious at first, cause I'm trying to bring up just 2 1200's a mixer, and 2 6" speakers, sometimes I don't feel like going to the basement.

Now YOU know what you're talking about...

EAW is the STANDARD for High Power.

I've got RCF's (EAW) in the W-Bins....

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BADA BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG!

HAHAHAHA!!!

LOVE IT V35'S

Johnny you ole' school

much respect

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Thanks man.

Cats wondering why I haven't UPGRADED, and basically, ONLY RECENTLY has the Powered Speaker market put out anything comparable to what I would lug around for a big function.

Now for a small function, 2 -35's do the job. They're heavy enough to give me the Bass I want, rolls on wheels, and sounds great behind a QSC 1500a.

And that was my cutoff. If a party was "too small" for the V35's, I wouldn't do it....Feel me?

Having all those speakers and amps was great experience when it came to learning about LIve Sound too...

so i guess your a reggae dj

No, The MOB stands for Members Of The Board...

That was the acronym I came up with, because in order to take over Rutgers, we actually had a "Mole" join one of the college entertainment clubs, and get on the planning board. So, when it came time to choose a DJ, they would always put us down, but they were actually a member of our group.

We learned the polictics FAST....And at times, REALLY worked like "The MOB", as far as intimidation, kickbacks, and getting chicks, was concerned.

"Members Of The Board" is stil used whenever I need to do Corporate Friendly functions, and everything else in between.

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HEHEHE


LOVE IT!

back 2 the old school
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i'm sorry but after qsc plx theres no WAY i'm going back to the old school as far as amps go.............they don't have the ball's of the crown macro tech when it come's to bass, but for 20 ponds PLX/PLX2 all day.......!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, I hear you LOUD AND CLEAR, thus the reason for me phasing the Peavy's out, and using the 2 QSC 1500a's. Bridged, that's 1500 Watts apiece, thus 3000 Watts of JUST BASS.

So it's 2 QSC's x 1500 Watts for = 3,000 Watts of Bass Total
1 QSC for Mids = 350 Watts of Mids (really use about 250) = 500 Watts Total for Mids
1 Crown Power Base 1 = 200 Watts (really use about 100) = 200 Total for Highs

Grand Total 3,700 Watts of sound, and that was the standard setup.

Adding the Peavy's just made it ridiculous.

For small functions, it's the V35's and 1 QSC = 350 x 2 = 700 Watts total.

So you see how it's hard to go to Powered Setups from something like this...

Do use a cell phone, or do you just keep it OG around those Smithsonian artifacts?

LMAO...

How many performances do you have today?

haha


HaHa, I will be here all day Johnny, all day.

DJJOHNNYM_vSL3

i'm sonna get this it's going to blow your set up out the water........it the new serato scratch live sub SSL.......blow you out the water SON>www.amazon.com












LOL>>>>>>LOL.............lol......

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sorry here it is you better watch out son BLOW your set up out the water
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yo i wouldve loved to work with a set like that back in the day! never had the opporunity!! but it ain't hard to tell that ish is serious, kid!! would've loved to set up that rig up and sound test it.

whats up whens the next party?? u gotta bring that whole rig out. block party in the bronx! what's good?! i wanna guest that sht!!

or come to jersey city, we can rock out in liberty state park, right behind the statue of liberty!! come to my hood.

i' telling you son i'm bout to take johnny sl3 out with this sub right here

SSL = serato scratch live Sub>www.amazon.com johnny's gonna have to bring 4 of those PEYVEY amps out to deal with this..............

Oh my gosh you got a Tascam..... TAPE DECK!!!! ......in that bitch!!! That's gangsta!!
Can you control Scratchlive with that? LOL

= )

I am willing to concede now...you win.

Liberty State Park ain't a bad idea, but somebody's gotta ante up for that damn 14 ft truck!

And I hear they charge A FEW DOLLARS a mile nowadayz...

Don't get it twisted, that was the BEST TAPE DECK money could buy.

Dual Pitch control, continuous recording, ability to use as two separate decks..

The kid wasn't playin.

you better if you know whats good for you SSL sub son 8 inch's & 250 watts pure power.........don't F^CK with me son cause i'll bring out this one>www.allaudioexpo.com

JM... your shit is scary.

I'm no sound guy, but I love using the sound from one of my fellow DJs/sound companies. (1) 2-space rack holding a DBX Drive Rack and (1) Powersoft Amp powering (4) JBL SRX 18" subs + (2) JBL SRX dual 12" 2-ways.

Probably not as loud as Johnny's scary ass rig tho.

^^^I said that because of what you had shown me before...

Now, WTF is this??? -->>>

If that does what I THINK IT DOES, that's worse than AutoSync, but for a SOUND MAN...

Tell me it ain't so...



I'on know man, could be real close....

What are the specs on that Powersoft Amp again?

whats wrong w the driverack? i got one of them. makes life easy.

What exactly does it "do"?

limiter/compressor/xover/time diff./eq

and for live music it sends out this pink noise which the vocal and instrmt mics pick up and autmoatically adjusts settings for the speakers. (eq, xover, etc.) im not really too familiar with this, tried it once, but never really mastered it.

basically its a whole rack in one piece of equipment. its dope.

Sounds like autosync yo.


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a xover, eq and limiter is autosync? what u talkin bout?

hows it autosync. cmos u got me stumped, my man.

autosync like, the pink noise for band applications? so it prevents feedback and stuff? i don't get it.

Press a button, sounds good. No sound knowledge necessary.


I was just breakin balls. hehe

nah bro. now u know it depends on preference. u still gotta soundman the whole board. 12-16 mics there's no way u gonna let it rock like that. ever. thats terrible. lol

i would never. lol

especially if u switching thru like 5-6 bands a night.

the pink noise allows the driverack to detect any possible feedback issues and smarts the acoustics of the room.

i seen a couple of sound guys use it, btw. they got this crazy little mic for it. i don't think it's auto-sync. i never heard of this term.....

IT WAS A JOKE MANG.

wow! really? that setup is murderous!

oh aight. haha

Yea driverack is dope. I got one for my system as well, makes switching between different setups a breeze. No need to rewire. Getting it tweaked nice an artform though, I had someone do it or me since I barely know how to use the thing! lol

Thus my reference to AutoSync

Basically, what you're telling me is that it will "AUTOMATICALLY" make acoustic adjustments to the signal (that a sound man would normally do), to get the sound correct?

Man, listen, this device my put my trained ear out of business....

+1 totally agreed.

awesome invention.

*may put my trained ear out of business....

See? Now I'm pissed!

WHO INVENTED THIS??? Awww man....

Next thing you know, you'll have something designed to match beats too!!!

WTF?

nah u still need a soundman! u still need to do your board settings and all of that. u need somebody to MANUALLY run the board! it is not auto-sync whatsoever. trust me bro, it ain't what u thinnk it is. if im thinking what ur thinking.

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You need to use/purchase the reference mic in order to get it to auto-program it for whatever room you're in. Most of us usually just do it by ear, but it pretty much consolidates a bunch of different things you have in a typical rack in one device.


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The D series are the 2-channel models. They're pretty pricey tho.

It's dope loading an SUV with 2 subs side-by-side and sliding the rack in between them. Those amps are no joke.

You sure? Cuz if it's all of these --->>.

And it AUTOMATICALLY can adjust each of those elements, that's a BIG part of a Sound Man's job....

Aitte, that D-Series was "aiitee" but Yo, that K-Series?????

THAT RITE THUR don't make no god't damn sense...
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Model 2 Ohm dual 4 Ohm dual 8 Ohm dual 4 Ohm bridged 8 Ohm bridged 16 Ohm bridged
DIGAM K10
6000 W 4000 W 2000 W 12000 W 8000 W 4000 W
DIGAM K20
9000 W 5200 W 2700 W 18000 W 10400 W 5400 W
DIGAM K3
2800 W 2600 W 1400 W 5600 W 5200 W 2800 W
DIGAM K3I
2800 W 2600 W 1400 W 5600 W 5200 W 2800 W
DIGAM K4
2600 W 1700 W 900 W 5200 W 3400 W 1800 W
DIGAM K6
3600 W 2500 W 1300 W 7200 W 5000 W 2600 W
DIGAM K8
4800 W 3000 W 1500 W 9600 W 6000 W 3000 W

Now THAT'S nasty...

no bro. 1st off its optional to do that. even then it's not all that great.

2nd. yes its all condensed into one machine. instead of coppin everything individually and having to by (2) 8 space racks. this is perfect man. you'd be madd happy to work with this on your bill cosby setup, bro. i promise.

DIGAM K20
9000 W 5200 W @ 4 ohms & 2700 W@ 8ohms 18000 W 10400 W 5400 W

What the hell are you gonna do with 2700 Watts at 8 ohms?

LOL, I'm gonna choke you.

That DIGAM shit is scary. Are there even speakers that can handle all that power.

The "Bill Cosby Setup" statement is epic hilarious.LOL ROTFL LMAO

@ Johnny, i got some of the same pieces that u have in your setup. And yes i use a driverack to balance it all out for me. Get yourself a DBX, input all of your equipment info, program it for various and multiple setups and you're to go. I haven't blown or damaged any equipment since.

Drive Rack is dope b/c it is all digital. No limits on xover slopes. No inverted phase on EQ adjustments. You can correct phasing at your crossover points. etc, etc...

you still need to know what ur doing though. The complicated stuff isn't done on the auto-setup process..... but when used properly, it will crush any analog EQ, crossover, or compressor.

A good dj on serato (who knows how to use all the features properly) will crush a good dj still on wax. That's the comparison.

I don't like that reference, because it should be natural that a DJ on Serato vs. a DJ on Wax where both DJ's have equal skills, the Serato DJ should be able to do "Better" (and that's relative depending on what you consider better), than the DJ on Wax.

That SHOULD be the natural order, since there are more tools that the Serato DJ can work with, thus it should be expected.

IF on the other hand, the WAX DJ outperforms the Serato DJ, then the Serato DJ's skills just aren't up to par.

+1

But I get what you're saying. Already take a good situation, add the right bells and whistles, and it should be a better situation.

That DriveRack is like 500 bucks, and technology has advanced, so I see how it would make my life easier.

But my issue is that I've ALREADY GOT the individual components, so there's no incentive to get that, unless I'm trying to DOWNSIZE everything...which actually isn't a bad idea...

johnny, do you still gig out with all that stuff?

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But my issue is that I've ALREADY GOT the individual components, so there's no incentive to get that, unless I'm trying to DOWNSIZE everything...which actually isn't a bad idea...

I already had all my music on wax, but still bought serato ;) just bustin ur balls (nH) now, but yes, it's tough to justify buying all new gear when u already have the tools. That Rane xover is the bomb - don't ever sell that!

weight and size is definitely the upside of pro audio gear technology. With compact digital mixers like the LS9, compact powered line arrays like the JBL VRX line, you can literally do concert sound out of a cargo van (to a point of course). In the past you would need stacks of speakers, stacks of amps, stacks of processing, etc.... The new stuff is lighter, higher power, and sounds great!

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I already had all my music on wax, but still bought serato ;) just bustin ur balls (nH) now, but yes, it's tough to justify buying all new gear when u already have the tools. That Rane xover is the bomb - don't ever sell that!

weight and size is definitely the upside of pro audio gear technology. With compact digital mixers like the LS9, compact powered line arrays like the JBL VRX line, you can literally do concert sound out of a cargo van (to a point of course). In the past you would need stacks of speakers, stacks of amps, stacks of processing, etc.... The new stuff is lighter, higher power, and sounds great!

If it's a large party, I bring 4 subs, 2 mids, and 2 highs.

That's not a lot of equipment to me.

and what is "a large party" to you

To me, it seems that the Powered Subs are generally the same physical size as the Passive ones, and I've never been crazy about a 2 Way system in a cabinet to bring out the Mids/Highs, or I would Bi-Amp the cabinet...

So I figure, if I'm going to Bi-Amp, I might as well have individual cabinets and let each do it's job to the fullest.

The issue I AM having however, is that TODAY'S HipHop has lows and highs that are digitally reproduced, which create a different output for the speakers, so I am constantly adjusting each song to match a previously Analog sounding system.

So, the Digital Aspect of the DBX is what has my interests peaked.

150+ People.

My V35's can handle anything under 150 folks

what? 150+, man all that sh!t you have is for 1,500+

150+ i'm taking one 18 sub & two 15 tops,2 amps a xover & call it a day.........but i will say this it's ALWAYS ALWAYS better to have more than you need, you can always turn the vol down..........

but two 15's & one 18's for me i'm two lazy to cary anything else........lol

props to you johnny for carrying that load...I could never do that these days. it's all about get in, setup, play and get out quickly for me without breaking my back...(nm)

WORD!!!!!!!!

All I need is 2 other cats, most times, just one.

Like I said, the 4 bins are on wheels, and so is the rack.

A handtruck for the mids and highs, but I DON'T DO STAIRS....

I feel y'all on that, as I've had a few fights with venues related to pack up times...

What's the largest amount of people that your setup would cover?

I could never bring just 1 SUB anywhere...

yo my setup can rock like 400 ppl. wtf? lol

And what do you have again?