My family and myself often have the odd party at Christmas and in the summer months, and it usually ends up being a disco thrown in with a few people taking centre stage to show off their vocal abilities. It got to the stage when people expected me to lug my mixing using plus expensive microphone down from my studio just so that they could sing a song or two. That's when I decided it was time to buy something that was suited to the needs of my guests (and me of course.)

I found this Numark karaoke CD player on a website and plenty of people had written good reviews about it. One thing that stood out for me it that it was rack mountable, so I could easily screw it in to the rack that I have which is on wheels.

THE SPECS:
It's rack mountable and has dual bays. There is a dual composite RCA video outputs for CD+G karaoke lyric display (if you need this of course.) It's CDR compatible and has digital output for crystal clear recordings. PLEASE NOTE that is does not come with a microphone; you'll have to buy this separately.

I hook the system up to my floor standing large speakers and it's really the perfect combo. Quality of the unit is great and it looks kind of semi-pro. There's a handy sleep mode feature, which automatically puts the player into standby mode in order to save the units laser.

It's highly affordable and a great addition to a private party or maybe you are a budding DJ that's out to impress, but I'd recommend this to anyone wanting to have some real party fun and find out which friends can and can't actually sing!

Purchased from Amazon for £220 9 years ago.