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thinking of starting over with my home gig. if you had $500 to start over with what would you buy? can be any combo of mixer, mic, eq, limiter, gate, compressor, sound effects...

one thing to keep in mind though...i would like to hook up the mixer to my stereo receiver and output to my speakers.

right now i have an audio2k akj-7150, with dual vhf mics, outputed to my sony 777es receiver and out to my klipsch speakers. the sound is average...at times it sounds okay at times i feel it can sound better. i know i should get a mixer with amp to output directly to my speakers but i am also a movie buff so i would like to watch dvds and sing without having separate speakers for each task.

thanks for the replies.

I would probably keep the AKJ mixer/amp & get a good set of speakers & set up an entire karaoke system separate from the theater system. Yamaha Club series - for me the S115V Club series. But if space is limited the S112V Club Series. Don't run you karaoke through your home stereo speakers if at all possible. Then if you have anything left over, a good effects processor like the Lexicon MPX110.

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hi lonman, the akj is a non-amp. i tried the lexicon mpx110 and it didn't help. the sound seemed like it was suppressed when i ran the akj into the lexicon and then out to my receiver. i was trying to find a way or find a splitter that will let me run my main speakers into my receiver and an amped-mixer. thanks for the reply.

I misread the model last night. Then I would get a small mixer with effects & the speakers. Run the speakers on the B channel of your receiver while turning your main theater "A" speakers off.

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that would be manageable. getting smaller speakers to hang on the wall. wich mixer do you recommend? i have a guitar center near buy and i see a lot of behringer mixers for under $100 but not sure if they any good?

Well they definately are not the greatest mixers - i've had several fail on me & know of others that have had bad luck with them as well, but some do swear by them & for the price, they are ok for home use. Take a look at the Alesis Master mix as well, this can be bought for about $100 as well.
When getting your speakers, make SURE you get the proper ohms that your receiver will handle. 8 ohms is fairly standard in most home set-ups. Guitar Center will be helpful with the speaker choice.

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I've had good luck with the Behringer mixers I use. You can get a non-effects 802A for under $75. You can get one with effects for under $145 on eBay.

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I've got two Behringer mixers, an 1832FX-Pro and a 1222 FX-Pro, but they are strickly for home use as far as I am concerned. Behringers have tons of features and sound really great for the money, but they are not reliable for gig work. The weakest link is their builtin power supply. It can fail without notice and leave you silent.

Do not plug any mixer output into your home stereo/surround sound reciever. Consumer electronics operate at different input levels than pro audio gear outputs. Your mixer uses true line level outputs and is designed to drive amps that are intended to accept that level of input. It will either sound bad, or fry the amp inputs.

Home audio speakers can be used with pro audio amps as long as you properly match them power/Ohms-wise.

You should consider looking for a used powered mixer to drive your home speakers. Used powered mixers are usually very plentiful cause many startup bands discover they outgrow them rapidly, then offer them for sale cheap.