A Portable PA System, For An Outdoor Wedding
Some friends recently asked me to DJ their wedding or more appropriately mp3J and CDJ their wedding. I am eager to do a great job but I had to inform them that the most important thing I needed to do this right was some professional audio equipment. We were going to first need a portable PA system. The wedding, which is in May, will be taking place outside in a large cozy well groomed park.
A portable PA system will easily cover the entire area and will have party-goers as well as the bride and groom dancing deep into the night. I am eager to get to work on a playlist that is both lovey-dovey and full of hip shaking party classics at the same time.
Music is a huge part of a wedding. There is the first dance as well as the bride dancing with her father. There are musical cues to all of the major moments at a wedding reception. Finally, there is all of those dancing revelers, shaking their stuff in celebration of love. Getting into my very important role at these upcoming nuptials to show how significant the sounds of a wedding can be and how important that portable PA system is.
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A Versatile And Roomy TV Stand
If you are anything lik
e me and my roommates your home entertainment situation has gotten a little out of control. You likely have a large television; hopefully it is HD. You most likely have a cable box; if it is a DVR box, chances are it is a lot larger than the tiny black box you grew up with. One of your roommates probably has a video game system. Come to think of it if you have more than one roommate there is probably at least two video game systems in your home. On top of this there are Blu-ray players, surround sound speakers, streaming television boxes like the Roku. Where are a couple of fellows supposed to put all of this stuff?
Finding the right TV stand, one that can handle a wealth of home entertainment do-dads is a vitally important part of outfitting one’s home these days. For us, we spent some time browsing around the Crisp Deals website and ended up with the TV stand pictured here. It has enough shelves for all of our gadgets and even some space for our Blu-ray discs, DVDs, and video games. It is the kind of investment that can quickly tie a living room together.
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Still Love CDs, Get A Pioneer CD Player
I have stacks and sta
cks of CDs and I am simply too sentimental to get rid of them and switch over to an entirely digital file based music listening experience. There is something about putting a physical disc in my stereo, which is outfitted with some impressive speakers, and letting some of the music purchased in my youth rip.
That said, my clunky old CD player is now barely cutting it. Sometimes it refuses to spin and other times it simply refuses to read even some of the newest and least scuffed discs. So with that in mind, and my passionate enjoyment of those CDs in my heart, I have decided to invest in a brand new Pioneer CD player. With a new CD player I can be assured that these discs and new ones, whether I burn them or buy them, will be playable in my beloved home stereo.
With a Pioneer CD player in fact, the entire experience of playing CDs will take on a new dimension. I love the way the pioneer decks work like a professional DJ setup. This will make playing discs at parties a lot funner and it will make playing music for myself a whole lot more dynamic.
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Most People Are DJs
In
2004 the indie rock band The Hold Steady released a song that was at the time very well observed and as time has marched on become even more true. The song “Most People Are DJs” took the old adage that “Everyone is a critic” and added the new titular caveat at a time when the wide availability of an easily transportable professional audio mixer had anyone with an interest in music and a friend who owned or worked at a bar DJing(or CDJing or mp3Jing) in public.
As time has marched on the sentiment has become even more true and it is actually a pretty fantastic way to build up one’s social life and maybe get some free drinks on the side. Sites like Crisp Deals have been great for making professional audio equipment not only available to the public at reasonable prices but also easily understood. Gone are the days where making DJ mixes seemed completely unknown to musical novices. These days anyone can DJ and this is because more and more of us understand the ins and outs of audio technology thanks to our general immersion in its intricacies. Between setting up our surround sound for our televisions and getting the highest fidelity from mp3s we know more than ever how to work sound. Most people really are DJs.
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DJ Headphones Even On The Subway
Some people like those ear-bud headphones that you shove directly into your ears. They need a little bit of music to get to or from school or work piped into their head in a convenient and cheap way. Serious audiophiles however, even if they are l
istening to music in the not so ideal manner of being on the go, want the full clarity and immersive 
sound experience they have come to expect from all of their high grade home audio equipment. Why should they settle for an experience that is less than any other experience.
For me when I commute even if I am cranking tunes or a podcast out of my tiny iPod I utilize the superior audio quality of professional DJ headphones. I’ve had a number of different high end brands and frankly nothing matches DJ headphones for their outside noise reduction, particularly valuable on the loud New York City subway.
Fully appreciating a sonic experience is something some folks just take too lightly for my taste. Taking the full advantage of all of the hard work that goes into producing a piece of music is very important to some of us. Perhaps you should make it more of a priority with some better headphones.
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