Hello everyone,

I have a budget of $1500-$1700 to buy equipment for parties and playing music outside. With that money, I have to get speakers, a mixer, cd player, and amp. They have to be very durable. One of my friends suggested an acive Mackie setup. Some other guys went to Guitar Center and had one of their salesmen "hook them up" with a sweet deal. However, I thought you guys would give some unbiased and better advice or at least send me in a direction of where I could find what I'm looking for.

Thanks for any help,

Bobby