djfrank,
I'll put my $.02.....
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This gear will be used 6 nights a week, at 8 hours straight or more...
Since they are doing karaoke this much, tell them it's time to replace some of the equipment.
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One side of the amp is burnt out. It is a CARVIN 1000 something. OLD.
Time to replace amp with something more modern and reliable.
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The mixer is a Rolls RM65 MixMax 6x4 Mixer...one of the channels doesn't work at all, and I think some of the inputs are a bit worn out.
The effects unit is a really old Zoom unit.
The effects unit is a really old Zoom unit.
You can kill 2 birds with one stone by getting a mixer with effects, a Yamaha or Mackie.
Now about your player....It's a JVC XLGM-800 player, I have 2 of them and I network with 2 other hosts that use them. Since this player has not been manufactured in over 10 years parts are getting harder & harder to come by. The last time I had to take in one of these players it cost me $225 to get fixed. This is a great player and I would not give up this player. I would recommend that you get yours fixed. This is a great system because the discs last longer, no human hands touch the discs, meaning that there is less chance of finger prints & scratches.
JVC has stopped manufacturing the cartridges, so cartridges are also harder to come by. You can get some directly from JVC but they are $20 a pop, karaoke wharehouse has some, but once they sell out - that's it, or you can find some on ebay, there was one guy that was selling them 20 at a time, used cartridges, I got 20 from him at a great price for used cartridges. I'm up to cartridge #65 in my system for the 5 years I have been doing karaoke, been a DJ for 10 years now.
The replacements for this player have been looking slim lately, JVC/RSQ have stopped production on there 222/333 single and triple tray players. The RSQ MK-22 have a problem with them as per my supplier, they sent back their whole stock of them and won't get any in for at least 2-3 weeks till the problem is fixed with them. RSQ has a 10 disc cartridge player out there, but I can not see myself replacing all my cartridges @ $25 a pop.
Hope this helps.
