Hi all, found this wonderful forum while researching about karaoke. i'm looking to buy a karaoke system that can cater to my friends and family in a 2 bedroom apartment. i need opinions and advices about mixers/amps, players and speakers.
1. should i buy a mixer that has a built in amp or separately. i'm planning to buy 2 12" yamaha or JBL speakers so how much wattage of an amp should i buy?
2. and about karaoke players. should my phillips progressive scan dvd/divx/mp3/etc good enough to play the disc or buy a vocopro,audio200,etc karaoke players? what do you think about RSQ NEO players or such players like that?
3. i'm also planning on a home entertainment system, and gonna buy like a a/v receiver with speakers. can i setup 2 systems, 1 for watching movies and 1 for just karaoke? if not, do i really need a a/v receiver for a karaoke system?
i appreciate any advices or help!
AJ
Newbie and have a few questions to get started
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averagejoe
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1&3: by all means get a real pa mixer/amp for karaoke. Don't hook it up to a home entertainment system as it isn't made for live vocals. it can handle the music but not the vocals. A good place to go is musician's friend as they have some sysytems in a low budget price range.
2:If your phillips can handle the cdg subcodes, it should be good enough for what you want to do.
I have heard nightmare stories of both VOcopro products and the neo players. Voco pro's quality leaves a lot to be desired and the neo's take forever to load. I'd look to ebay for a pioneer v-10 twin tray as these are the most durable of the players ever made. It is too bad they stopped making them. If you find one I'd go ahead and get a home system for the dvd player and hook up the karaoke stuff only when you are doing karaoke.
2:If your phillips can handle the cdg subcodes, it should be good enough for what you want to do.
I have heard nightmare stories of both VOcopro products and the neo players. Voco pro's quality leaves a lot to be desired and the neo's take forever to load. I'd look to ebay for a pioneer v-10 twin tray as these are the most durable of the players ever made. It is too bad they stopped making them. If you find one I'd go ahead and get a home system for the dvd player and hook up the karaoke stuff only when you are doing karaoke.
1. For what you're looking to do a Powered Mixer would be fine (I don't recommend them for the pro KJ). For the type of area you're looking to cover, I'd think you'd do fine with 250W/Channel.
2. I'm not big on the Neo players or the Vocopro players. Phillips is alright if as Dan pointed out it supports what you need. The Pioneer is a really nice model that would be very reliable IMO.
3. Don't use home audio equipment for Karaoke. Dan's points are spot on.
2. I'm not big on the Neo players or the Vocopro players. Phillips is alright if as Dan pointed out it supports what you need. The Pioneer is a really nice model that would be very reliable IMO.
3. Don't use home audio equipment for Karaoke. Dan's points are spot on.
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averagejoe
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just want to post an update. bought a karaoke system consists of a pair of yamaha loud/stadium pa speakers(was going to buy JBL but too expensive), yamaha receiver, Hisonic powered mixer, Hisonic 8286 wireless/rechargeable VHF mics, and all region karaoke dvd,mp3,divx,ect. player. the system sounds great and having fun with friends and family with it. i bought the hisonic mics because i read that Dan gave good reviews about it. eventhough i didn't buy the HSC - 906 that you mentioned but the HSC 8286 works just as fine. so thanks a bunch guys (dan,letitrip) for the help!
