Help!!! This equipment is so confusing!

[Oxomoco]

Hi, i'm completely new to this WHOLE thing, i bought my first turntable a few days ago, a Kam DDX4500 USB - Kam DDX4500 USB Turntable - DJ Equipment from Djkit.co.uk - and so far works perfectly as a USB turntable, ie i can easily record my vinyls direct onto my computer, but this is the only piece of equipment i have to work with it (no mixer no speakers etc) so at the moment i can only hear my vinyls through my computer speakers which completely suck.

So, i figure i need to buy all this extra equipment so i can use it to its full potential and get some decent speakers so i was wondering if you guys could help me out here as i dont have a clue what to get...

I need a mixer that will be great for scratching with but also i will need to plug my Akai MPC1000 into it, as although i dont know anything about this, i figure basically you plug speakers -> mixer and then things like turntables and MPC's -> mixer and they all play through the speakers? Well basically need that..

And second dilema is that i dont know that speakers to get, i'm not looking for top end wallet destroying speakers just small/medium sized ones for home use. So i dont know anything about all this passive/active stuff and whether i need to buy an amplifier as well as speakers.

My budget is slightly tight, hopefully £300 for everything i need in total, this should get me some good equipment thats not the bottom of the range from what i've seen!

Phew, hope somebody can help!

Thanks, Sammy

[Ian_k]

what sort of things are you goin to be doing with the system?

[nigelwright7557]

If you buy active speakers you dont need an amp.
If you buy passive spekaers then they need a seperate amp to drive them.

If its just for home then have a look on ebay, they are about as cheap as they come.

[DJEcho176]

It depends where you are using them.

Carlsbro Gamma 12" 300watt are Great...

But it does depend on what size of room, and whether it's for proffessional use or not.