Is there a way to hook up 2 Bose sound waves together?

ebtek

ebtek

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I'm djing a new years eve event. Nothing too crazy. And I wanted to use my Bose sound wave as the speakers. My buddy has one too so we figured we'd put one at each end of the hall if we could hook them up to the same source.

I want to do a good job because the organizer is paying us $3000.
 


they should have auxiliary inputs. Which will work if you're using something else as the source. If not you could check to see if your model has the Bose Link connection.
 
IceToEskimos said:
audiophile says...no highs, no lows, must be Bose!
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This.

If you're getting paid $3k, you should make the effort to hire a PA. See if you can get a line array (massive overkill I expect) and scare the fuck out of everyone.
 
if you using an mp3 player I would assume a simple Y splitter and some input cables and you should be in business.
 
mp3 files are going to sound awful at any kind of respectable volume. Yes, even the 320kbit/s files sound like garbage. If they are going to pay you 3 large to do this, spend a few hours putting together a decent playlist in .flac format, and spend a little money to rent some amps, a mixer, and a few speakers. Your guests will be happy, and they won't know why, but bad sound is a real quality of life issue.
 
IceToEskimos said:
mp3 files are going to sound awful at any kind of respectable volume. Yes, even the 320kbit/s files sound like garbage. If they are going to pay you 3 large to do this, spend a few hours putting together a decent playlist in .flac format, and spend a little money to rent some amps, a mixer, and a few speakers. Your guests will be happy, and they won't know why, but bad sound is a real quality of life issue.
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+1 for flac ... if you using an apple device you can convert them to alac for ease of use.
 
IceToEskimos said:
mp3 files are going to sound awful at any kind of respectable volume. Yes, even the 320kbit/s files sound like garbage. If they are going to pay you 3 large to do this, spend a few hours putting together a decent playlist in .flac format, and spend a little money to rent some amps, a mixer, and a few speakers. Your guests will be happy, and they won't know why, but bad sound is a real quality of life issue.
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C'mon, that's a slight exaggeration. 320k mp3s don't sound that bad. DJs are playing them in clubs everywhere these days and they sound just fine.

The weirder part about this is that the OP is getting paid 3k to play a New Years Eve party and he plans on doing it through a couple Bose stereos and an MP3 player? That's not DJing. If you're getting paid $3k to DJ a NYE party, you best be getting a proper PA, and at least make it seem like you're doing something other than starting a playlist on an MP3 player. At least mix the set live and make a bit of a show out of it.
 
Fatbat said:
C'mon, that's a slight exaggeration. 320k mp3s don't sound that bad. DJs are playing them in clubs everywhere these days and they sound just fine.
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I have to agree with this. The venue's acoustics, the sound system and the amount of alcohol consumed will all have a bigger effect on peoples enjoyment of the music. People have been DJing with Ableton Live for years, it's no big deal IMO.
 
>I'm djing
>I want to do a good job
>Bose sound wave as the speakers

LOL

If you're getting paid $3000 to DJ a party with Bose Sound Waves, let me know if the host needs a valet. I'll head over there right after I get done with my afternoon pub crawl.
 
I used to spin and promote/throw gigs for a living.

Dude - 3K is fucking good money for what you're about to do. Do it right, rent out a full sound system with serrato and techs to spin/mix/sound proppa with the MP3's. You'd get it all plus some 18-24's for bass and a full real sound system for under 1K, pocket 2 and get more gigs by handing out your card all night/give away CD's of you mixing etc vs an mp3 player going to speakers...

lol @ bose meets DJ's. I'm hoping you can beatmatch for the sake of the party :), congrats on a nice gig like that.
 
You're all taking for granted that OP knows how to "DJ" with anything more than his MP3 player or Traktor.

If he knew how to use real gear, he wouldn't need to ask how to connect two Bose Waves together...
 
C'mon, that's a slight exaggeration. 320k mp3s don't sound that bad. DJs are playing them in clubs everywhere these days and they sound just fine.
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It's all relative really, but I've never once been in a club that had acceptable acoustics or sound for that matter. Of course these days, when everyone is used to hearing music through tiny, tinny earbuds, people may not notice as much. And anyway, with the drop in cost as far as data storage is concerned, is there really any excuse not to be storing media in a lossless format?
 
I'm envisioning something MacGyver involving paper clips, torn-apart category 5 and the springs from ballpoint pens connecting your two Bose clock radios. Good luck OP.
 
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