Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

I would go for a mixer as DFP says, and for a power amp something old and heavy by Yamaha or Crown, designed for pro-audio rather than hi-fi. A good sign is if its got 19" rack mount flanges in the sides rather than free standing.

PS: there are different ways of measuring wattage. An easy way for manufacturers to big up their stuff is to write peak wattage (looks more impressive than RMS), with no reference to distortion levels. Any old amp can deliver 400W transient, but the waveform will look like a siesmometer and sound like hell. My Beard valve amp can deliver 100W RMS with less than 1% distortion, which if you are brave enough literally moves air in the room and can make my patio doors flex from a distance of 6 metres.

I see, I guess Wattage is like the Mega Pixel battle, which isn't the be all. I have no idea about anything on music you see, and am just posting what he is telling me, and he seems to not know much either LOL.

How on earth is 400w not strong enough?

You can use any amp for karaoke, question is, if he wants to plug the mic's directly into an all in one unity of somekind, or into a mixer plugged into an amp.

If via the mixer, then literally any amp can be used, a home hifi thing, a PA amp, a studio monitor amp - anything..

If you want some kind of all in one unit, then all in one PA systems can be found, where there is a amp and mixer built into the back of the speaker.

<350 is plenty of money to get something good quality that will work. No need to hunt for bargains, walk into a music shop and just purchase a small PA system.

I personally would avoid getting something too loud, because PA speakers sound harsh as fuck in a home environment.

I think my dad just assumes more Watts, more performance.

I think he wants an amp with a mixer in built. He has already made a mistake of buying a mixer that he thought was an amp built in. He got someone to buy him an amp but apparently it's terrible.

He has set a figure of 350 because he has no idea about technology and assumed that you need a special amp/mixer specifically for karaoke. I have no idea myself until your input. I appreciate this, thank you.

If it's a case any Power amp can be purchased, it's just a matter of finding one with 2 mic sockets then right? Also when you say find one too loud, what unit do I look for in terms of that? I am very ignorant when it comes to music, I don't really listen to any! (Yep people do get shocked about that)

I don't live with my dad and rarely see him so that's why I don't really know much about what he has exactly.