I'll start with monitors. I'm looking for something with a full frequency repsonse (20Hz-20kHz) for somewhere around (or preferably under) $200 each.

I haven't found anything with that response, so at the moment I'm leaning toward the Behringer F1220. It's only 50Hz-18kHz, though.

Thanks.

Also, I will post back in this requesting suggestions for other sound-system related equipment.

as far as behringer goes, i've been a bit dissapointed with their speaker systems. in my bg412h stack, the sound is very middy (not that mids are bad, I hate a scooped tone) and has an aggressive feel to it.

I'd reccomend looking at Yorkville equipment, they make good stuff.

I'll make some researches and get back at you with actual models.

Need microphone recommendations, too.

What are you using the mic for? guitar miccing? voice mic? be specific dammit =P

Voice.
We're buying special DI boxes instead of amps. The have a 4x12 cab simulator that (according to reviews) sounds great.
Also, DI boxes are quite a bit cheaper than microphones.

Not counting monitors, mics, and mic stands, I'm running at $1944.59. I have no idea what my budget is, either. Nobody told me.
It's kind of funny that 12 DI boxes was the most expensive thing on the list. :p

My Apex DI cost me $25, and it is a great passive DI for the money, no speaker sim though. For speaker/cab sims, Hughes and Kettner make a great little red box that does an incredible job.

For a vocal mic, Sennheiser and Shure are great brands to look at. The Shure SM-58 is the undisputable road king of dynamic vocal mics, and is reasonably priced. If you're looking for recording, and not for stage use, you might want to go for a condenser mic though. I love my Apex 420.

Yorkville makes great PA's, mixers, speakers, monitors and amps. I should know, I own a 100W Yorkville bass amp and my buddy has a Yorkville powered mixer and complete stage monitor and PA speaker set. Yorkville gives GREAT sound quality, and GREAT pricing. Bryan Adams used Yorkville exclusively on his last tour.

Behringer in my experience has not been that great. Their prices are low, but you get what you pay for. I sold off my Behringer active DI to go for the Apex. Their guitar amps sucks. Their cabs are "okay." Their mixers are lo-fi crap. Don't bother wasting your time with Behringer.

Dammit i love HK but the retailer lost the line, so we (the music shop i teach at) lost that as well.

any links to that little red box?

It really is called the Red box. :p

http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/scripts/products.php?mode=prod&id=32

Aw... my DI box is Behringer.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/150934/

But people gave it good reviews.

Oh... and it has an incredible frequency response: 10Hz - 160kHz.

Behringer can't even make decent amps, I wouldn't trust their amp-sims.

The SM-58's response is 50Hz to 15kHz. You can't go through a sound tech's kit without finding many of these babies. They're very versitile, are great for vocals, and can also handle high sound pressure levels, so they're great for micing amps also. You can look it up on Musician's Friend, but it's horribly overpriced on there. I've seen it for $90 Canadian.

Oh well, I'm not the one paying for it. :p





So how about those monitors?

Studio or stage?

Stage.

Yorkville and JBL make great stage monitors. We had Behringer powered monitors back in college, and they were OK, but then they switched to the JBL's and they sounded much better and we could hear ourselves better on stage.