I feel dumb but i need help (country, American, amp)

[annber_taylor]

okay so i have a mic. and i have no flipping clue what type of amp to hook it up to...

[Janszoon]

Normally you'd want to run a mic into a PA head and then out to a pair of PA-type speakers.

[annber_taylor]

okay what do you think that would cost?

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by annber_taylor

okay what do you think that would cost?

It's hard to say. If you buy stuff used and don't care much about quality as long as it works you can probably put something together for under $200 American (not sure what country you're in). If you want new, real high quality stuff the sky's the limit as far as price goes. You can easily spend thousands.

[annber_taylor]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

It's hard to say. If you buy stuff used and don't care much about quality as long as it works you can probably put something together for under $200 American (not sure what country you're in). If you want new, real high quality stuff the sky's the limit as far as price goes. You can easily spend thousands.

(in us) GD!!! talk about costing out the flippin butt!

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by annber_taylor

(in us) GD!!! talk about costing out the flippin butt!

The best thing to do if you want to get stuff cheap is keep an eye on places like craigslist and be patient. You never know when you're going to stumble across someone who's moving or something and willing to sell gear really cheap just to get rid of it quicker.

[SATCHMO]

What are your purposes exactly?

[annber_taylor]

Originally Posted by SATCHMO

What are your purposes exactly?

practice but i want it to sound good and not be you know blah

[SATCHMO]

Just sing or w/e it is you do. You can worry about practicing mic control later. There's not too many professional singers that own their own PAs.

[GuitarBizarre]

Jesus people, you need to get the info before you reccomend things.

What kind of microphone do you have? If it uses a standard 1/4" Jack, then buy a cheap keyboard amplifier. It will amplifiy it reasonably well reasonably cheaply. Won't sound fantastic, but it works.

If it has an XLR type connection, then you will need to invest in system as described above (Although you CAN convert XLR to 1/4" and still use the keyboard amp idea, its not difficult)

the BEST way to do it though, is if you have a hi-fi system already, that has standard RCA phono connections free - Buy a cheap mixer, and connect the line level outputs to your hi-fi. Be careful with volume levels though! Turn the volume up on the amplifier instead of the mixer if you need more volume, since mixers are actually capable of blowing a speaker system quite easily if they're pushed too high. General rule - If ANY red LED's light up on your mixer during use, you are TOO LOUD ON THE MIXER.

Hi-Fi equipment is designed to take 2.0V inputs at MAX. A mixer is easily capable of more, and pushing it too high will blow the amp, speakers, or both.