dj joec

I am sort of new to the DJ Scene. I am running two two Gemini
XL-500's, a laptop, and a CD player through an American DJ Mixer. I
have a 15" Kustom (unpowered) speaker with a 1/4" input. The outputs
on the mixer are phono. What kind of amplifier do I use? I don't
want to spend over $175-200 on this piece. All of the amps that I
have looked at have banana plug outputs, or regular speaker wire
outputs. How do I go from that to the 1/4" jack on my speaker? It is
probably something simple, as I am sure most speakers have the 1/4"
inputs.

Carolyn Louise leigh

Quite honestly, Kustoms are for the most part, entry level speakers and 100
watts should do okmwith them. Did you ever consider a home stereo or home
theater amp? You really don't need a lot of wattage to push those Kustoms.
Or....Get jumpers made with bannana on one end and RCA (phono) at the other.
Note: most of the really good stuff will have " Neutric SpeakOn" connectors,
"dj joec" <jconrad@shiawassee.net> wrote in message
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> I am sort of new to the DJ Scene. I am running two two Gemini
> XL-500's, a laptop, and a CD player through an American DJ Mixer. I
> have a 15" Kustom (unpowered) speaker with a 1/4" input. The outputs
> on the mixer are phono. What kind of amplifier do I use? I don't
> want to spend over $175-200 on this piece. All of the amps that I
> have looked at have banana plug outputs, or regular speaker wire
> outputs. How do I go from that to the 1/4" jack on my speaker? It is
> probably something simple, as I am sure most speakers have the 1/4"
> inputs.

d parker

What is the rating of the speakers? Make sure the wattage of the amp is at
least the wattage of the speakers. If not you can damage the speakers. Don't
worry too much about the connections on the amp, that is a minor
consideration. If you don't know how to use a soldering iron, get the
retailer to make the leads for you.

Brands vary as to the connectors. XLR, speakons, banana, bare wire etc. You
will have to get used to the idea of making up cable as you get different
equipment.

If you unscrew the 6.5's you have, the centre wire will be "hot" ( the Plus
Wire) the outer will be your Minus. Some banana plugs don't need soldering
btw. Same with speakons. Pretty much all 6.5's and xlr's do need solder. But
none of this should really effect your decision.

DP
"dj joec" <jconrad@shiawassee.net> wrote in message
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> I am sort of new to the DJ Scene. I am running two two Gemini
> XL-500's, a laptop, and a CD player through an American DJ Mixer. I
> have a 15" Kustom (unpowered) speaker with a 1/4" input. The outputs
> on the mixer are phono. What kind of amplifier do I use? I don't
> want to spend over $175-200 on this piece. All of the amps that I
> have looked at have banana plug outputs, or regular speaker wire
> outputs. How do I go from that to the 1/4" jack on my speaker? It is
> probably something simple, as I am sure most speakers have the 1/4"
> inputs.