Ipod Wedding

[LMango]

 

Originally Posted by AishaB 

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Originally Posted by fmichelle 

Will do, thanks for the advice. Listened to a few in-store, but it's hard to tell with all the other outside noise.  Good to know you've used yours for outdoor parties in the past.  Do you happen to know which model it is?

I don't know the exact name but I think it is called the portable.  I will look it up....

 

Okay, I found it. Here is the link to the three different types that they have.  I have used the portable and it works great! It is VERY loud.

http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/digital_music_systems/sounddock_systems/index.jsp

 

Hope this helps.

Ahhhhh!! THANK YOU!!

 

I'm NOT having a DJ [i don't know how to vote on the poll....??]. My sister was married last summer, and she paid $1000 for a guy to stand next to speakers and play her iPod. She is STILL angry that she pissed away that much money. We're having a small wedding, with no dancing because I'm horrible at dancing and do not want the attention, and the iPod will do just fine. If you go to youtube and search "lounge music" or "relaxing jazz," it will give you great choices to download.

[shan0487]

 

 

Originally Posted by CanadianLindsey 

 

We used an ipod for our ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner music and wedding dance.  It was so much cheaper and just made more sense than a dj(we also had only 24 guests). The resort had someone run the ipod during the ceremony and it went very smooth.  For the cocktail and dinner/dance we had our MC just start playlists and keep an eye on it for us.  We had our guests email us 2-3 songs they liked and then incorporated them into our cocktail and dance playlists.  I have to say, our wedding was the first time I have seen everyone get up and dance, all night long, and I think the fact that our guests had personally picked the songs helped!!

 

I love the idea of allowing guest to email songs, I will be stealing this idea!

 

[barbiegirl_27]

We're having an ipod wedding as well! I have a set of portable speakers (Logitech is the brand I think). We're only having 35 guests with only 2 hours total to do any dancing, so we decided to do it ourselves rather than shell out more money for no reason! we've unfortunately had a computer crash, the one I had made my playlist on......so fingers crossed it's fixed fairly soon, or else I have to go about making the playlist again! We were going to ask people for song suggestions, but decided not to, only b/c I knew we'd get requests for the songs I definitely DO NOT want played and would feel guilty for asking for suggestions and then not playing them!

[fmichelle]

I know this thread hasn't been active for a bit, but I wanted to let you ladies and others know that I've  been researching like crazy and tried some out in the store again with my iPod and finally settled on this one:

http://reviews.cnet.com/radios/sony-rdp-xf100ip/4505-7875_7-34025618.html

 

Although it was $249 at Bestbuy, I got it on eBay for just about $100 shipped! (new too!) I was looking at the Logitech, but something to keep in mind is that although it sounds good when it's plugged in, once the AC adapter is pulled out and it's running on batteries, the sound suffers significantly.  Since we're doing our reception out on the beach, we don't have a free power option. The Sony is slightly bulkier and every so slightly heavier, but the volume difference makes up for it.  I docked my iPhone in the store and played our first dance song, and stepped away to see how far I could be and still hear it clearly (with all the ambient noise) and that's what sold me. 

[SeeFlowers]

I know this thread hasn't been active for a bit, but I wanted to let you ladies and others know that I've  been researching like crazy and tried some out in the store again with my iPod and finally settled on this one:

http://reviews.cnet.com/radios/sony-rdp-xf100ip/4505-7875_7-34025618.html

 

Although it was $249 at Bestbuy, I got it on eBay for just about $100 shipped! (new too!) I was looking at the Logitech, but something to keep in mind is that although it sounds good when it's plugged in, once the AC adapter is pulled out and it's running on batteries, the sound suffers significantly.  Since we're doing our reception out on the beach, we don't have a free power option. The Sony is slightly bulkier and every so slightly heavier, but the volume difference makes up for it.  I docked my iPhone in the store and played our first dance song, and stepped away to see how far I could be and still hear it clearly (with all the ambient noise) and that's what sold me. 

Thanks for the info.... I have to make up my mind soon on what I will be usuing!

[shan0487]

thank you! i appreciate the options!

[fmichelle]

My Sony dock just arrived today and it sounds great! It's not too big and it's not too heavy, and the best part was that it was just around $100 shipped (less than the price of renting a sound system for three hours at the resort).  Feel free to message me any questions about it. It has a remote and an aux input so I'm planning on using a wireless mic that I have if anyone wants to do speeches.

[SeeFlowers]

 

Originally Posted by fmichelle 

My Sony dock just arrived today and it sounds great! It's not too big and it's not too heavy, and the best part was that it was just around $100 shipped (less than the price of renting a sound system for three hours at the resort).  Feel free to message me any questions about it. It has a remote and an aux input so I'm planning on using a wireless mic that I have if anyone wants to do speeches.

Thanks so much for the update!!

 

[sltrotter18]

We are doing the ipod thing too.  Thanks for the app, I'm totally going to check it out.  I've been trying to get our guests to email us songs and have even put requests on facebook for ideas....not so much yet but hopefully will get more.  I think between this site and our friends, we'll come up with a pretty good playlist.  As for the docking, our reception will be on a boat and they are equipped with a system for the ipod. 

[Prettysparklie]

Great Thread! Keep the feedback coming!