(Part 2) Top products from r/realdubstep

Well, I think the most important thing to know is the price range. I also tell friends who are buying their first system to save their money/time and buy QUALITY. Maybe intro level quality is all you can afford, that's fine. You will need to spend 300$+ to get a great sounding setup. Look on amazon for reviews and think about TOTAL costs. Look on craigslist as well, some people don't know how much their system is worth :) This is what you'll need for a 5.1/3.1 system:

Satellite speakers, a dedicated sub, an amp, speaker wires, and whatever specifics for your amp/speakers.

For speakers and subs, I would recommend brands such as Polk audio, Klipsh, Martin, JBL, Onkyo, Velodyne, Pioneer, Bose etc. (for speakers anywhere from $100 a pair to infinty, lol. And for subs $100 to infinity.)

For Amps I recommend Pioneer, Sherwood, Polk Audio, Harman Kardon, Onkyo, Sony, JBL, etc. (from $75 to infinity).

Here's a great polk setup:
SUB, TOWERS, SPEAKERS, AMP.

What NOT to do: Don't buy huge packages, you usually get screwed on those. Don't buy big or loud without a name behind it. Don't fuck with soundbars. In general, don't buy logitec or creative for home setups, cpus are fine. Don't go cheap, you will only regret this decision. Do your research and compare in your price range, you can always spend more to get better.

Thanks to rohizzle for teaching me everything I know, big ups to him!

I'm so gutted to hear that. I'm pretty sure Army ID is a perfectly valid form of proof of age. Done some bar work at a number of festivals and I've always been told to accept any form of military identification. Bouncers there are absolute cunts, a friend of a friend wasn't let in because he smelled of weed... he didn't have any on him, he just had a spliff before entering the club.

That's a shame about the earplugs, I'm pretty sure one of the RC1 guys was handing them out over by the front right stack at some point in the night.

Also I highly recommend investing in a pair of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000VO8PR0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478532871&sr=8-1&pi=SL75&keywords=alpine+musicsafe+pro

They will change your life... They're far better than the cheap foam ones you get.

If you haven't made much music in the past, I would recommend learning how to DJ while also studying the principles of audio synthesis and music theory.

DJing is a really good way of understanding what elements of a tune make it danceable and exciting - particularly as far as rhythm and harmony are concerned. Digital music production requires a pretty solid understanding of not just computer software but also a few fundamentals, including the physics of sound, the science behind audio synthesis, and then technique things such as editing, signal flow, etc.

A few books I would recommend for getting started are The Computer Music Tutorial and Musicmathics. As far as mixing and mastering is concerned, which are other essential aspects of the production process, I would recommend checking out Robert Katz's Mastering Audio.

Psychoacoustical considerations are probably what most blatantly separate the men from the boys. My recommended starter for this is Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound by Perry Cook, who is a professor of Computer Music at Princeton.

EDIT: Also, if you don't already, start listening to and appreciating classical music - particularly stuff made after the Renaissance - in order to get an understanding of the emotional impact things such as dynamics and voicing have on the listening experience. Electronic music heavily borrows from the classical music tradition in this context. Digital music production essentially makes you a computerized Mozart, in that you can control dozens of musical voices, but with even more micromanagement potential than the typical classical music conductor can offer. You will not have a complete understanding of these musical concepts from pop/rock music alone, or even from more 'sophisticated' musical practices such as jazz.

You can get a Polk Subwoofer pretty cheap on Amazon, eBay, etc. I use one in my studio for music listening, and it's more than capable of helping out with what bookshelf speakers can't deliver.

Something like either of these would be fine:

https://www.amazon.com/Polk-10-Inch-Powered-Subwoofer-Single/dp/B0002KVQBA/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1518744038&sr=1-2&keywords=polk+subwoofer

https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-12-Inch-Powered-Subwoofer/dp/B000092TT0/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1518744038&sr=1-3&keywords=polk+subwoofer

Also, it might be easier just going with some powered speakers, rather than dealing with an amp/receiver.

Aw that sucks!

Egoless has been posting vids of this lately and it looks sweet! It's just as much as the mixer though haha

http://www.amazon.com/Line-DL4-Stompbox-Delay-Modeler/dp/B0002CZVKK/ref=sr_1_24?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1458239312&sr=1-24&keywords=delay+pedal

if you're looking for a turntable for listening purposes, check out audio technica lp60. It's not too pricey, and I'm very happy with it.

Have it connected to a pair of these and you're set

If you do you could get something like this.

Something like [this?] (http://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-RW12D-12-inch-Reference-Subwoofer/dp/B000UVWIO0) Klipsch RW12D

http://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-ProMedia-Certified-Computer-Speaker/dp/B000062VUO

just got my new cans today Technics RP-DH 1200 and oh man what a way to christen them...

Not about dubstep, but Kode9 has written a book about using sound as a means of fear or something like that, if that sort of thing interests you
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-Warfare-Ecology-Technologies-Abstraction/dp/0262517957