Reddit reviews Behringer Eurolive B215D Active 550-Watt 2-Way PA Speaker System,Black

My senior year of college, I lived in a house with 12 other guys. It faced the ocean, had a hot tub, and a huge backyard. You might not have control over those factors, but if you're still looking for housing, go for the biggest outdoor area you can find.

In the back yard, a BBQ, and lots of tables. We built, sanded, and finished our own. We had 3 tables which were consistently used the entire year for games, potlucks, serving drinks, dancing platforms, etc. Get lots of chairs, strong weatherproof ones. We probably destroyed ~30 thrift-store-found chairs in one year just through normal (drunk) use.

A kegerator.

One of these suckers. Cost around $220 when I bought it, and it outlasted some professional audio systems that DJs brought in for house parties. I ended up selling it for $50 less than what I paid when I moved out. On a similar note, get some kind of strobe/laser/club lighting. Doesn't have to be too exotic, but it's cool to have when you're throwing a party. Fog machine was cool too but broke after 2 parties.

We had a trampoline for a few weeks but some girl broke her arm on it, no bueno. A couple days later, our landlord came by and said it violated some random clause in our lease, and made us get rid of it.

Don't get cable. Go to the bars to watch sports. Netflix and torrent everything else.

A Nintendo 64 and 4 controllers. Super Smash Bros, Mario Party, Mario Kart. Bitches love Mario Kart.

Someone already said a mini-fridge for your room. That should be a no brainer. Beer or leftovers in the common fridge(s) might as well be considered a charitable donation to the house.

These. Doesn't matter if you have 5 people over or 50 people over. There will always be at least 3 people fucking around with these and leaving hilarious phrases on your fridge.

Get lots of dice and lots of playing cards. They will be needed for drinking games.

Shot glasses, wine glasses, beer mugs, mason jars, et cetera. Go to bevmo or the thrift shop. Our local thrift shop had shot glasses at 65 cents a pop. Get tons of them.

Don't get a wire-mesh trash can, for anywhere in your house. If you can't figure out the incredibly obvious reason for this: barf.

Get a couple boxes of medical exam gloves from Costco. They come in handy for cleaning up the nasty aftermath of a good party.

Also, I feel this should be a no-brainer, but clean your fucking toilet every once in a while. 80% of the houses I went to look like they had a science experiment going on in the bowl. I can't help but feel bad for girls that sit down and pee there. A brush is 5 bucks, a two-pack of toilet bowl cleaner is 3 bucks. It takes 20 seconds to scrub the bowl. Do it every once in a while.

On that note, everyone loves a clean house, girls especially. If you keep your place clean and not run down, you will have nothing to be embarrassed about when you bring a group of girls home from a party for some nightcaps. In fact, it just might make the difference between getting laid vs not.

Get a personal safe for valuables (laptop, passport, cash, medicines like vicodin etc). I got mine 3 years ago and still have it today. It's good to have that layer of protection from randoms, potentially shady roommates, etc.


That's all I can think of as far as material items... What I listed are what turned out to be bare essentials, and our year wouldn't have been the same without em. That being said, don't go out and buy all this shit and not put it to use. We threw a potluck once a month, and a party with >1 keg every 2 weeks or so. Make your pad the one that everyone wants to pregame at. When you have people over often enough, you'll realize what you'll need to keep your friends coming back, and to keep new people coming in.

Edit to add:

Learn woodwork, get some tools and materials, and build a bar.

Get a trash can with a lid in your bathroom, for the ladies.

Decorate your house for the holidays. No one really ever did (presumably because the entire town was so poor), but chipping in a few bucks a person at our house made for some pretty cool decorations. They didn't last long but they made the holiday parties cool.

Posters for your living room and bedrooms.

Coffee table books.

A couple of these will work: http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-B215D-BEHRINGER-EUROLIVE/dp/B002ZX80V6

Matching subwoofer: http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-B1800D-PRO-BEHRINGER-EUROLIVE/dp/B003E19BAC/

You will probably find more help on the pro-audio subreddits but I'll give my 2 cents. I'll let you know right away I don't have a ton of experience with pro-audio equipment.

First off, I think $4000 will actually get you pretty darn far. You're going to have to make a decision on if you're going to use powered speakers or use pro-amps. Either way is perfectly valid. If using pro-amps I suggest you pick up a really beefy Crown amp.

For the speakers themselves you can pick up a pair of Behringer Eurolive B215D. Those are powered but there are passive Eurolive speakers also available. A pair of those will get very very loud very affordably and competently, just remember speakers like these typically do not have a strong bass response.

If you're not a Behringer fan then from what I hear the JBL Eon Series is great. Heck I'd go for these as long as you can afford them. Pick up a pair for $850. Pair them with a pair of JBL EON618S. Two monster 18" ported subs like that will get VERY loud when they are only tuned to go down to about 40hz.

Overall, if you can afford it (it seems to me you can) then go for the JBL Eon series. If you want to save money, then go Behringer, but no need to step down to Rockville or Pyle.

Two EON615 speakers and 2 EON618S subs should run you about $2400. That leaves tons of padding for speaker stands, XLR cables, and whatever mixers and consoles you may need. Also, you may save money buy buying packages with, for example, stands and XLR cables included.

You’re right, that’s the passive model. I Linked the passive one instead of the active one. I was intending to link the 215D, here: 215Dbehringer 215D

Just get 2 powered 15" PA cabinets.. I like the new JBL powered stuff. With 15" woofers you shouldn't need a separate subwoofer unless youre specifically playing dubstep, drum&bass, or other super-low-frequency-heavy music. The only other thing you need is a cable to go from 1/8" stereo (ipod/etc) to two mono 1/4" or RCA -> 1/4", depending on what your source is.

Behringer makes similar cabinets that don't sound nearly as good or play as loud, but are much cheaper, more like $250-300/cabinet. If you're not audiophiles or musicians these are probably OK for your purposes.

So what did you use to practice before buying speakers? Monitors? I need to replace my speakers but i am having a tough time deciding wether i should buy speaker for gigs or just have monitors and rent speakers. Which after your advice im leaning towards.

I went with a 15" PA speaker laying on the floor in front of the bike. Since these speakers are usually used for large venues and outdoor events it can shake the whole house if you turn it up. :) At more sane volume levels it provides full range sound with deep base which I couldn't get out of the small bluetooth speakers I tried like the Bose Soundlink Mini and Oontz Angle.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ZX80V6

I'm using a bluetooth dongle to link it to the tablet. It's cleaner than running a cord from the headphone jack and also provides noise isolation.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01B4W40VC

http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-B215D-BEHRINGER-EUROLIVE/dp/B002ZX80V6

or

http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-B212D-BEHRINGER-EUROLIVE/dp/B002C4N8TM

what's wrong with behringers?

I'm looking at these specifically:

http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-B215D-Eurolive-1-35-Inch-Compression/dp/B002ZX80V6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I'm def gonna have to get active. Probably at least 400W with decent bass. I won't have $ for a separate sub.

I'm a college student. I sold my xbox to pickup the RMX ;p

If that's the case, you might be better off buying active powered PA speakers. Most home theater speakers aren't going to be able to handle the volume you're probably going to throw at them. You won't have to buy a receiver either, because these speakers have their own power source.

These speakers would be good, and you'd need a mixer like this (and power supply to hook your source up to, using this cable.

We had a system similar to this in our frat house in college, and those speakers were just about indestructible and ridiculously loud. You can also add a subwoofer (or two) if you want.

Edit: Forgot about speaker cables.

You can also skip the mixer and just directly hook up your audio source to the speakers using this.