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Question

I am very curious how to hook up a microphone to my home theater. I am going to be using my home theater receiver and two large outdoor speakers to provide music for an outdoor event, and I need a way to make announcements without having to buy a PA system! Any help would be very much appreciated.

Answer 1

I have been a sound engineer for about 20 years, and I think you should look into renting a small PA system for this event.

Home stereo equipment does not usually work well for this application (I've tried it).

If you don't want to rent a system, any small, cheap mixer should connect easily to your home theater receiver.  Use the RCA tape out jacks on the mixer.

I like the Behringer mixers - they are very cheap and work great!

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

Answer 2

I agree with D.K.

Home systems are NOT designed to handle the live human voice.  No matter how much you paid for it or what the brand is.

Go with a small rental unit.  You'll save a lot of money on repairing the damage to your home system.

Answer 3

Try http://www.zzounds.com

Answer 4

Maybe this will help:

Careers in Television and Video Production: Audio and Microphones

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...