Equipment - 4 Ur Ears
At 20/20 Entertainment, we take every step to ensure that the sounds that come out of our loudspeakers are of the highest quality.
We start with using only media controllers from highly respected manufacturers and then the audio is pass along though to our top of the line mixers made by Denon. Then it's off to our high quality powered Yorkville & Yamaha speakers.
Scroll down below as we introduce you to some of our fine equipment and be sure to check out the "4 Ur Eyes" lighting page as well!
Active (Powered) Loudspeakers
We use The Yorkville np55s along with Yamaha MSR-400 powered speakers to provide a sound that is loud yet not harsh on the ear. These speakers are small but pack a punch that can rival the best that any 15" inch speaker can put out and then some.
For larger events we also have the Yorkville NX720S 800 watt 15" powered Subwoofer to represent those ultra lows that really give the sound that "big n rich" feel.
When all of these high end speakers are linked together, they form a system that we can easily boast has nearly 3,500 watts of power, yet is less likely to trip breakers since power consumption can be spread throughout the room rather than all of it coming from power amps at the dj's station where it all ends up coming from 1 or 2 outlets behind them.
We at 20/20 Entertainment DJ Services have spent many hours of research before we invest money into any new gear and the end result is a sound system that is second to none in the province.
Media Controllers
What is a "media" controller?
There is a long and a short answer to this question, but for a general demonstration purpose we will just give you the short answer today. (Long answer can be given upon requst).
A media controller is a player that uses thumb drives or USB hard drives to retrieve music from. It is the latest and the next generation of players utilized by professional disc jockeys in the club and mobile dj industrys
Simular to a pro cd deck it can do all the functions of the traditional cd player however it allows the dj to forgo cases of bulky cds and enjoy the benifits of using a laptop without the issues that can arrises, especially when using a WINDOWS based Operating system. The players that we use also allow for the connection of a standard QWERTY Keyboard for instant access of tracks on a hard drive so like a laptop, selections can be retrieved and played almost instantly.
Anyone who works with Microsoft product for a living or in leisure knows how stable Windows is?
Why would a professional dj even rely on a PC based laptop for their music anyway.-Blue Screen of Death anyone?
The DENON DNHS 5500 Media Controller
The Numark Director D2 Media Controller
Don't forget, you are hiring a professional Entertainer...NOT Billy Gates!
From the controller, we have a choice of these 2 fine mixers (Since these pics have been taken, I have upgraded to the Denon DN-X1500s Board) Pics of this board will be posted soon.
The Denon DN-X500 4 Channel Rackmount Mixer (Now DJ Mike's Board)
The Numark DXM-06 2 Channel Battle Mixer (DJ Steve's Board)
Remember that A Professional DJ likes to use his hands rather than hand the responsability over to our friend BILLY!
Hard Drives
All of our music is encoded directly from the original CD or from Promo Only Compilations that are available to only Professional Disc Jockeys. We encide them in 320 Kbps with the Lame 3.97 Codac for truely flawless representations of the oroginal recordings.
All of our tracks are stored on 2 different hard drives.
The Iomega 1.5TB (New)
The lacie Big Disk Extreme Professional 1TB hard drive
The North-East Avalon's Professional DJ Entertainment & Up-lighting Experts
Photo by Shane Cashin - Taken at the Battery Hotel & Suites in St. John's, NL.