I have a client who wants to integrate a karaoke system into his media room system. Does anyone have any recommendations for a quality player and what distribution channels have them available? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

The system currently consist of the following:
Yamaha RXV3000 (Anthem AVM30 and MCA50 are on order)
Yamaha DPX1000
Pioneer DV45A
Samsung SIRTS160
DirecTV TIVO
Niles Intellicontrol
Elan System6 for house distribution

Thanks
Andrew

Malata probably has some of the leading karaoke machines....they are multi-format/code-free, they come with 20K songs already. If your customer is into these things, have them pick it up on a far-east trip or just buy it from an exporter. The things that make it "custom ready" are 16X9 or 4:3 - you can also move the display around the screen. It also handles reservations/queuing. The big down-side - chinese documentation and IR only control.

-Aaron
www.al.net

Get ready to replace some tweeters!!! Feedback is hell on speakers.

Im pretty sure the malata system uses midi sound tracks. For real karaoke you will need cd+g discs. The way I do it is to use either a desktop or laptop pc. You can buy mp3+g tracks one at a time. Or for permenant use in a home theater www.streamkaraoke.com offers a monthly service for $10 that has tons of songs that are from cd+g discs.
You just search for your song and it starts playing with on screen lyrics.


Jayson

Or, JUST SAY NO!

We put in a karaoke set up for Jet Li several years ago (he acts much better than he sings). We used a second pair of horn load speakers so he would not damage the theater speakers. I know the theater speakers were B & W and I believe we used JBL's for the karaoke speakers. We were also using the Intellicontrol to control the system and to switch to the appropriate speakers.

It was several years ago that I did that project, but I hope it gives you some ideas. You can e-mail me (profile) if you want to pick my brain about the set up, that might actually trigger my brain to remember some specifics.

Good luck,

About this time last year, I put in a CAVS JB-99 in a client theater w/ some wire EV mics. Check it out. Worked out pretty nicely, even w/ my 30 sec demo. Client really got a kick out of my singing skills. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The people @ acekaraoke.com were very helpful. CAVS now has a JB-199 also.