Pls help! Questionaire - DJ /Audio related

[Clubbed Up]

Hi there guys, just a quick questionnaire!

 

It’s for my final year project of my degree which requires me to design a new product. In my case a PORTABLE DJ SOLUTION a stand alone unit that’s hand portable and self powered for playing outside (pool parties / bbq’s etc….), which is fully self contained (mixer / decks / speakers).

 

Would greatly appreciate if you could answer the following questions / delete as applicable and return to me

 

1. Which of the following best describes you? (You can leave multiple answers)

a) DJ

Promoter

c) Bar / Club manager

d) Audio enthusiast

e) Other (please specify)

 

2. If a DJ which media do you predominantly use? Or which is most predominantly used in your line of work?

a) Vinyl

CD

c) MP3’s

 

2. Considering current market trends which medium do you think will predominantly be using within the next three years?

a) Vinyl

CD

c) MP3’s

 

3. Would you be interested in purchasing a portable DJ system for use at home / outdoor parties? Or would you envisage it as a product aimed more towards bars / nightclubs etc…..

a) Yes, I would buy one

No, Its better suited to bars etc….

c) Both

 

5. Would you rather the system was

a) Low spec and low price

Medium spec and mid-range price

c) High spec with relevant price tag

 

6. With relation to the above– roughly what would you be willing to pay for the system? Bearing in mind it is fully portable / powered and includes decks, mixer and speakers.

a) Less than £100

£100- £199

c) £200 – £299

d) £300 - £399

e) £400 - £499

f) Over £500

 

7. Are there any feature you would like to see on the system?

 

8. Any addition comments?

 

 

[fifedjdomo]

1. Which of the following best describes you? (You can leave multiple answers)

a) DJ

 

2. If a DJ which media do you predominantly use? Or which is most predominantly used in your line of work?

a) Vinyl

 

2. Considering current market trends which medium do you think will predominantly be using within the next three years?

CD

 

3. Would you be interested in purchasing a portable DJ system for use at home / outdoor parties? Or would you envisage it as a product aimed more towards bars / nightclubs etc…..

No, Its better suited to bars etc….

 

5. Would you rather the system was

Medium spec and mid-range price

 

6. With relation to the above– roughly what would you be willing to pay for the system? Bearing in mind it is fully portable / powered and includes decks, mixer and speakers.

d) £300 - £399

 

7. Are there any feature you would like to see on the system?

microphone, and available audio out incase you wanted to record a mix

 

8. Any addition comments?

all said and done

Edited November 29, 2005 by fifedjdomo

[BenRW]

1. Which of the following best describes you? (You can leave multiple answers)

a) DJ

d) Audio enthusiast

e) Other (please specify) producer and live sound engineer

 

2. If a DJ which media do you predominantly use? Or which is most predominantly used in your line of work?

a) Vinyl

CD

I use both vinyl and cd and at some point will get round to buying MP3's to use on cd (my current cds are official cds)

 

2. Considering current market trends which medium do you think will predominantly be using within the next three years?

CD

but mainly bought as MP3's and burnt to cd

 

3. Would you be interested in purchasing a portable DJ system for use at home / outdoor parties? Or would you envisage it as a product aimed more towards bars / nightclubs etc…..

c) Both

for the mobile dj i can see it being relevant (something i do do as it pays well) and it will be suitable for bars that may want a dj in a different place each time or wants to set up outside in the summer. For club djs i'm not sure it would be that relevant though

 

5. Would you rather the system was

c) High spec with relevant price tag

 

6. With relation to the above– roughly what would you be willing to pay for the system? Bearing in mind it is fully portable / powered and includes decks, mixer and speakers.

f) Over £500

(though personally for something of this nature with a good spec i would be willing to pay a lot more - the equivalent being 1210s, djm600, coffin case + speakers totalling probably near £2k if bought new)

 

7. Are there any feature you would like to see on the system?

whatever deck set up there is, a decent set of speakers is a must.

 

 

8. Any addition comments?

Personally i'm not sure how a self powered device of this nature could expect to be able to be used outside or in a bar as batteries would not be able to power speakers bigger enough to project far enough outside/in a crowded bar/party

 

From the work i've done in live sound i know that you need a decent amount of power behind decent speakers in order to fill a room

unless you want everything to sound shockingly bad and distorted

 

It's a very nice concept, but i'm not sure that battery powered speakers would be suitable to produce a loud enough decent sound for what it is needed for. I may be wrong but i am very anal when it comes to sound quality and something that annoys me in the mobile disco industry is that the majority of people do it on a serious budget and the end result is that the speakers were bought for £100 (with an even cheaper amp) and sound it, which brings down the customer satisfaction.

 

But as said i am anal about sound quality etc etc so there are those that will buy cheap all in one systems for ease of use. take behringer for example, they make cheap rip offs of everything under the sun and people buy them cos they do the job, but they aren't anywhere near the same sound quality

 

bleh (sorry for essay - and repeating myself several times)