Thanks for all the responses. I am well aware that 500 dollars isn't a whole lot when we're dealing with quality. I wanted moreso to convey that we don't have a unlimited budget. Just wanted to know what you guys thought was the best bang for our buck as well as only purchasing things that were absolutely critical to providing us with our best option.

We want to be able to play music and have vocals. But honestly music is probably more important. We only have annoucers once or twice a season but music daily. We also have some old school horns that still work on with out mic.

I am not educated at all in this sort of thng and am possibly just looking for somebody to explain what type of hardware we need.

We are only really looking right now to put two speakers on top of the pressbox. If we can get good coverage (200 feet) thats really all we need. We have a nice field with decent stands but you must remember its still the size of an average high school field.

Thanks for the help.