Learnings, Insights and Tips on Speakers, Subs and DJing
Speaker knowledge base articles for understanding loudness, wattage, room size, studio monitor setup, active vs. passive speakers, and practical speaker specs. These guides focus on helping DJs, producers, and home listeners make better sound decisions without getting lost in marketing numbers.
If you are buying speakers for a bedroom, small studio, apartment, or small party room, wattage can get confusing very quickly. One speaker says 50 watts. Another says 500 watts. Then you see a tiny Bluetooth speaker that somehow sounds loud enough to annoy the whole house. So here is the simple answer. For a … Read more
Real Talk: Your First Speakers Won’t Be Legendary, and That’s Totally Okay Let me kick things off with some honesty—if you’re dreaming about your first set of DJ speakers being the audio equivalent of a Lamborghini, you might want to pump the brakes (and the bass). Most of us start out with something a little … Read more
Setting up the perfect home studio requires making one critical decision – choosing the right size for your studio monitors. The good (or bad?) news is that “use X monitors for X room size” is a myth. The proper monitors just depend on how close you’re going to be to them, your budget, your space … Read more
If you’re looking at buying new speakers, you’re likely wondering what size you should get, particularly concerning your room. You may be glancing at a five-inch woofer, a five-inch or six-inch, or a three-way system. And then there are horizontal ones and vertical ones. You probably also heard somewhere that you need to … Read more
With many other forms of computers and electronics, you can do online research, compare the numbers, and get a pretty good idea of what’s best for you. Speakers, however, are an exception to that rule. You really have to listen to them to properly judge which sounds best for you. Although loudness is the subjective perception of … Read more
If you’re looking to install ceiling speakers and think there’s a rule of thumb of how many of them you need, you’d be disappointed. Unlike speaker wattage per square foot, here a one-size-fits-all approach just doesn’t work. As there are different layouts, here we also want to calculate per zone (1 room = 1 zone), along … Read more
Bose Soundbar 900 is certainly one of the world’s best soundbars. It has been tested and shown to deliver outstanding sound quality, and functionality and carry many features at an affordable price. Customers who purchase this Bose product frequently ask how many speakers can be connected to the Soundbar 900 because they want to improve … Read more
During the years, there was a ton of discussion on whether speaker break-in is a myth or actually does happen. Some companies suggest that it is one of the first tasks to be done when you buy a new speaker for your home. Some also advise running the speakers for 24 straight hours to break … Read more
DJs, amazing bands, and the emotional music they play will only turn into a wonderful sound experience for you with the help of correspondingly high-quality speakers. A fantastic sound experience through high-quality speakers makes the difference between moderate-quality and high-quality entertainment. I’m sure you’ll agree with me on that from your experience. With few exceptions, … Read more
Humans are very similar in nature, and even though someone might need a speaker for the home and someone a speaker for a party, we similarly perceive loudness. In speakers, wattage rating only means the maximum wattage the speakers can handle without damage to passives. It does not by itself imply how loud it’s going … Read more