Camping sound system

[AlDaHousecat]

Hey guys n gals,

First post for me here. VERY excited for this years events. This will be my 3rd time going up

Anyway. My friends and I have decided to chip in some money to buy a decent sound system for the campsite and I was wondering if anyone has any recomendations for one that is loud and has decent battery life.

Heres a few things I have looked at

Steepletone Street machine £80

* USB post to connect MP3 and iPod port

* Powerful 20 watt sub woofer speaker PLUS 2 x 5 watt speakers

* Use on the move with its in-built rechargeable battery pack

* Boombox as recommended on Channel 5's The Gadget Show

* Microphone input socket to sing along to the music tracks, buy a wireless mic for added portability

or

XMI X-mini II Mini Speaker £14

* Compact size, Matte black finish

* High quality sound, with clear bass resonance

* 11 hours of continuous playback from one charge

* Included USB charging cable, felt bag

* Integrated 3.5mm audio lead

The plan is to daisy chain the mini speakers and buy a few of them.

Also does anyone know if you are allowed to take a system as big as the street machine in???

Look forward to seeing you lot up there, AL!

Edited May 18, 2010 by AlDaHousecat

[NaeDangerMouse]

I too was wondering about this, I was looking at both of these options.

Funny, I feel like me and you have discussed this already...

[AlDaHousecat]

Im sure its come up before.

[NaeDangerMouse]

I hadn't actually seen a picture of the Steepletone yet, it does look pretty sweet

[gordong]

I have an x-mini II speaker and its really good, i'd maybe buy 2 or 3 though if your serious about wanting some good sound. One speaker is enough to fill up a bedroom nicely, dunno about outside in a campsite with thousands of people though

[NaeDangerMouse]

Was gonna buy one of these for my laptop anyway, but thought it would be good to connect a few together if mates bought them too. Only problem is charging them at the festival, would need some kind of solar charger or something.

I am warming to the thought of rockin up to the campsite with the Steepletone bad boy though..

[Kris Reid]

Just bought some absolute crackers! I had them for Benicassim,Rockness,Belladrum and Connect in 2008, running on 8 x D Batteries, but are loud,and have good quality bass and sound! They are pretty difficult to get however, you can get them on Ebay occasionally between £75 and £120. I had been looking for a new set for the last 6 weeks, and a set popped up on Amazon for £60, which is such an amazing deal!

Altec Lansing IM7 - I highly recommend them

[NaeDangerMouse]

Do you have a link to them on amazon? I had been looking at the Altec Lansing iMT237, but they are smaller ones.

[Kyelo]

I personally wouldn't pay for any sound system that is over £40 for a festival as 1. it could get nicked 2. it may get wrecked. Not worth it if you ask me and lets be honest, what time does Nesstival shut? 4am. If you are a hardened party goer and go past this time there will be f*ck all on and nobody about so you'll have nothing to compete with and nobody to party with so why would you need a powerful system!?

Edited May 18, 2010 by BenchBuddah

[Cosmo Kramer]

Am I alone in thinking that this is quite annoying?

What if your neighbours don't want to listen to your music?

[scottiejmac]

Am I alone in thinking that this is quite annoying?

What if your neighbours don't want to listen to your music?

[rocknessmonster]

To be fair to everyone Jim is nice enough to provide a quiet camping area for those wishing to get a good nights sleep without being disturbed by noisy people with their gramaphone records!!

In my humble opinion sleep is for the other 51 weekends a year that are not rockness!

[Kris Reid]

To be fair to everyone Jim is nice enough to provide a quiet camping area for those wishing to get a good nights sleep without being disturbed by noisy people with their gramaphone records!!

In my humble opinion sleep is for the other 51 weekends a year that are not rockness!

[mark1]

only chuftys sleep

[Kyelo]

If somebody on here can prove to me that they stay awake from 10am Friday until noon Monday I will give them a month of my pay.

People who NEVER sleep are very few and far between!

[pothead pixie]

Ill make do with my mm80 beatbox and ipod, wont be booming it either. will be playing live performances of some of the featured acts during the weekend to get me in the mood for the actual live performances. But if someone tells me to turn it down, I will oblige.

[Eh Ah Ken]

speaker system or not. i'll be singing my arse off all weekend.

"ALL TOGETHER NOW......

CRISPY PANCAKES, CHIPS AND BEANS, CHIPS AND BEANS"

[_Warriors Dance_]

To be fair to everyone Jim is nice enough to provide a quiet camping area for those wishing to get a good nights sleep without being disturbed by noisy people with their gramaphone records!!

In my humble opinion sleep is for the other 51 weekends a year that are not rockness!

[shezam]

go to the quiet area if you must get a good sleep. If not, you will pass out when you need too (probably from too much booze) that way you wont hear people's stereo's/bongo's etc.

Thats well bad crack about someone kicking the bongo's. They shoulda camped in Red.

[Guy Rope Tripper]

this has become a ritual with my usual festival going crowd:

someone buys a £15 asda cd player/radio

cd player breaks by saturday morning

radio packs in by sunday

it promptly gets smashed

we wander the campsite in the early hours on monday morning trying to sell it to passers by as a "time machine"

got 50p for it once

good times

[honest john]

Guys if ya wanna party come find my camper in the campsite, I've just fitted a set of stantion decks, 2000w amp 8 club speakers n a couple of hundred vinyl!!

[_Warriors Dance_]

Guys if ya wanna party come find my camper in the campsite, I've just fitted a set of stantion decks, 2000w amp 8 club speakers n a couple of hundred vinyl!!

[AlDaHousecat]

That sounds niiiiiice!!

So does anyone know if you wouldn't be allowed to bring in something the size of the street machine???

[_Warriors Dance_]

That sounds niiiiiice!!

So does anyone know if you wouldn't be allowed to bring in something the size of the street machine???

[losing.my.edge]

Guys if ya wanna party come find my camper in the campsite, I've just fitted a set of stantion decks, 2000w amp 8 club speakers n a couple of hundred vinyl!!