Newbie needs some guidance

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:10 am

Hey guys, I'm new to the forums and to karaoke. I just wanted to build a system for home use for parties, I have the jukebox, now I want the karaoke. I recently bought a RSQ NK-2000U player and a RSQ DAT-888S mixer/amp, and next week I'll probably be getting RSQ speakers. First, what do you guys think of the setup? I am on a budget and it's only for home use so I'm sure the equipment isn't the greatest. I know you guys are professional KJ's. And I plan on just hooking it up to my 40" LCD, and when I get more money to buy a smaller TV for the singers, I can hook two TVs up right?

Another question I had is the player I got has a USB port(the amp also has a USB port). What I wanted to do, and think will be easier is to just put all the CDG's I get and transfer them over to a hard drive and plug it in the player. Question I have is will there be any other programs I need to transfer the music from cd to the hard drive? I have a Pc that I use for the jukebox, so I was going to use that to transfer the music onto the hard drive. Thanks in advance and any suggestions would be much appreciated.

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:55 am

It's a yes to both questions. question 1: you need a splitter that matches the inputs of your tv's. Question 2: You need ripping software. If you don't want to spend the money for PowerKAraoke CD+G Burner then your best choice is CDGRip form www.karaokeware.com due to ease of use and quality of rips.

The big thing is does your computer have a tv out(s-video)? If so you don't need the outside player just a software player on your computer. It will make accessing your music so much easier if you rip your music. For you I would suggest JustKaraoke. It has a filler player if you want to play dj music in the middle of your parties.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:19 pm

yea the only thing that sucks is i already bought the player. so i guesss ill use it for now, learn the ropes and then use my comp eventually. it sucks that i found this forum after i already bought the stuff. my comp is used for the jukebox anyway, maybe down the road ill buy a cheap laptap and use that for karaoke.

Oh and real fast. i dwnloaded that cdrip so i put my karaoke cd's in my comp and rip them to external hardrive? and thats it?

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:00 pm

yes. You need to set it up for CDDB lookup if you don't have Fast Tracks so you can name your files.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:13 pm

ok thanks. i also have another question but dont wanna make another thread. i had the player hooked up today to the tv sound coming from tv. eventually ill have speakers for my mixing amp. what wires or cables will i need and what hooks up to what? i was thinking component from tv to player and then red and white wires from player to amp? not really sure , its a little different than a regular receiver.and i was just gonna get rsq speakers i found them cheap. do the speakers have to be powered speakers?

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:44 pm

Yes you want the sound coming through the amplifier into the speakers and the video going to the tv. Your speakers should be passive not powered. Your mixer/amplifier should suffice for home use.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:26 pm

i had a question about the that justkaraoke. i downloaded free trial. and i ripped my cds into mp3+g i think and when i go to upload songs onto justkaraoke nothing happens, what am i dong wrong?

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:35 pm

You have to first locate your songs and give JustKaraoke a way to figure out the naming convention. then you choose the convention by selecting the convention that puts the fields in the right fields. then you go to the folder and click it to scan your folder. that should create your database.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:16 am

Make sure your speakers are made to handle live vocals. Home stereo stuff will blow up. That includes the little Boss surround sound home theater speakers.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:54 am

ok thanks. i was looking into these. http://rsqaudio.com/bbs/view.php?id=spe ... c=asc&no=2

they might not be the greatest but they should work for home use plus i can get them for pretty cheap.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:54 pm

STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT SAYS IT'S FOR KARAOKE.

IT'S AN ADVERTISING SCAM TO TAKE YOUR MONEY.

http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pr ... sku=630196

Something like this is more of what you need. You won't have to worry about blown speakers from microphone distortion. Getting a system like this and you won't need to do it again.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

Nice system but way too much. I was looking at yamahas and jbl's. They're passive but they got great reviews for the price. Think they're bout $300 a piece. And just curious, I'm sure it's not as great but is it possible to just buy one good speaker for now? Is it wrong to do that? I was thinking just getting 1 good $500 speaker for now then get another when I get more money.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:26 am

Yes & No

You need to have an amplifier that is made to power the speakers you choose.

Too little power is just as dangerous to the health of a speaker as too much power.

A 500 watt speaker needs to have a 500 watt amplifier.
2- 500 watt speakers need at least a 1000 watt amplifier. Or a split/stereo amplifier with at least 2- 500 watt sides. A little bigger would be better so you have some amplifier head room. The speakers are rated to take some spikage. So they also have some built in head room.

The yamaha http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pr ... sku=601208

I use 2 of these for my tops. A 500 watt speaker that is rated to take 1000 watts peak/ max...for spikage.

http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pr ... sku=601207 2 of these for bottoms.

All that requires at least 2500 watts of amplifier. Subs need more amplifer wattage than the tops. Bass frequencies are a power hog.

It would actually be best to have separate amplifiers to drive the tops and bottoms. Using a crossover. I don't use 2 amps or a cross over and I don't have any issues.

So my point is if you want to get 2- 500 watt speakers eventually, then you will need to get an amplifier that will handle both now.

Quality comes at a price. If you buy everything correctly the first time you won't need to rebuy the right stuff later. I haven't had a Yamaha speaker issue in 18 years. Never blew one. Had an electronics issue once and a magnet actually fell off one, but never blew the voice coil on any and they have suffered some abuse.

I actually have the same speaker set up in my living room karaoke system. Ohhhh yeahhhhh

Post by **wiseguy** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:54 am

Hi alkalinesi and welcome to the forum.

I could also waste your time describing the components of my professional karaoke sound system which is not what you are trying to put together.

The fact is that the BMB components you have, with the BMB speakers you mentioned, will make for a nice sounding home karaoke system. Perfectly suitable for practice and parties. You don't need to mortgage your house to have descent karaoke entertainment.

As for the single speaker question. The big problem here would be the inability to play in stereo.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:01 pm

thanks for your input guys, I really appreciate it. The amp I have says 600 watts so I'm not sure how good that is. Also I think I wanna get two of these speakers http://www.guitarcenter.com/JBL-JRX115- ... 1152818.gc what do you guys think?