Suggestions with speakers in Jukebox

[sollyscomputers]

I'm in the early stages of building my Jukebox, and there is one thing I'm not sure about, is what sort of speakers and what sort of power should I be putting into the jukebox.

I want to use it in my garage for parties, around 20m x 20m garage.  Has anyone got any idea how many watts would be ample for this type of situation?  I have been looking at the Logitech Z-5500 PC speakers at just over 500 Watts RMS in total.  Should I be going for a car audio system, or a PC system?  I wouldn't want to spend more than around $500 - $600 at the most.

Any ideas please, would be greatly appreciated.

John

[sollyscomputers]

Sorry people, I forgot to post a link to the site with the logitech speakers.
Here it is:
http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/loudspeakers/LogitechZ-5500Speakers01.php

Also, the dollars is in Australian dollars.

Thanks

[NinjaEpisode]

Dude, do you really have a 3600 square foot garage?  Did I read that right?

[sollyscomputers]

Hehe, yeah I do.

Anyone got any ideas?

[NinjaEpisode]

Damn!   Your garage is three 1/2 times the size of my house! 

Anyways, my suggestion, wire the garage with your standard indoor/outdoor speakers and run the wiring all back to a central point.  Preferably where the Jukebox is going to be and pipe out sound from there.

Buy a nice receiver, wire the speakers into the receiver.

Take the jukebox PC, pipe the sound from it to inputs on the receiver. 

walah, instant dance hall!

[CC6264]

Now that's a real mans shed John!

For my juke I split the speaker output. 1 goes to an internal amp (20w & cheap crappy speakers) and the other goes to a set of RCA sockets. That way I can use the external receiver to really belt out the tunes to speakers inside and outside of my shed

Cheers
Craig

[sollyscomputers]

Thanks guys,

I have just ordered the logitech Z-5500DTHX.  Here are the specs:

Many call the Z-5500 Digital speakers the best multimedia system ever. Over 500 Watts RMS of thundering power and a deep note 10" subwoofer deliver THX-certified high fidelity, theatre-quality sound. Plus it supports all digital audio formats from your PC, DVD player, PlayStation or Xbox. It comes with a wireless remote and wall mounts to transform any room into a home theatre. Hold on to your seat.
 
Specifications

Total Power Output: 505 Watts RMS
Satellite Speaker Power Output: 4 X 62 Watts RMS, 1 x 69 Watts RMS (Center)
Subwoofer Power Output: 188 Watts RMS
Total Peak Power: 1010 Watts RMS
Frequency Response: 35

[Barry Barcrest]

To be honest i wouldn't have thought so due to the shear size of the place. Personally i would have gone for some DJ type speakers and mounted them around the place and run the cables back to a decent amp. You will always have a trade off between volume and sound quality especially in place that big where you will need more than one sub to hear the base at a decent level in all parts of the erm.. Shed.

[Bumblebounces]

Thanks guys,

I have just ordered the logitech Z-5500DTHX.  Here are the specs:

Many call the Z-5500 Digital speakers the best multimedia system ever. Over 500 Watts RMS of thundering power and a deep note 10" subwoofer deliver THX-certified high fidelity, theatre-quality sound. Plus it supports all digital audio formats from your PC, DVD player, PlayStation or Xbox. It comes with a wireless remote and wall mounts to transform any room into a home theatre. Hold on to your seat.
 
Specifications

Total Power Output: 505 Watts RMS
Satellite Speaker Power Output: 4 X 62 Watts RMS, 1 x 69 Watts RMS (Center)
Subwoofer Power Output: 188 Watts RMS
Total Peak Power: 1010 Watts RMS
Frequency Response: 35

[sollyscomputers]

Just a bit of an update guys.

I have bought the Z5500's, and although the jukebox isn't ready yet, I have had the speakers connected to the PC it's going to be used with, and well....  I am so pleased with the sound quality and volume.  I didn't expect it to be so loud and crystal clear as it is.  I am pretty hard to impress when it comes to sound as I used to enter my car in the sound off competitions in Adelaide South Australia, and I actually got 3rd place one of the times.  Now.. we're talking this was an $18,000 sound system so you can't compare it to the logitech speakers.

I guess what I'm saying is that I think it'll do a great job for some serious parties, and as for the bass...  it's not too bad at all, plenty of thump. 

2 thumbs up for the logitech Z5500's.

[clanggedin]

Anything that is THX certified is going to sound pretty nice. I have the 2.1 version of those speakers in my cab and I love' em.