We were married at Cincinnati Museum Center and we hired Horizon Entertainment to do our wedding. When we were vetting DJs for our event, we originally talked with the owner, Rick,... about our event and he provided us with a great deal of confidence that his team would be perfect for our event. For the actual event, Noah, was our DJ.
We got married in the Grand Rotunda of Cincinnati Museum Center, which is a large, domed room which can be a problem for sound projection and echo. We were aware of this before our event and in talking with Rick during the vetting process, he assured us that he did not see this as a concern and he would be able to handle any space like this with the equipment that his company has and would be able to direct the sound appropriately to eliminate any potential issues. We even discussed with Noah in the weeks before the wedding the fact that we were concerned with the potential for echo or poor sound quality and we wanted to make sure that he was prepared for the space, since it is definitely not the same as a basic reception hall. Noah did not seem overly concerned, but he didn't project much confidence either.
On the day of our event, we found that it was virtually impossible to hear people speaking during speeches, or any announcements from the DJ, unless they were seated directly in-line with his speakers. We didn't realize this, however, until it was too late. Probably only about half of our guests were able to hear the toasts from the best man and maid of honor, or anything else that was said over the microphone after the ceremony. Additionally, we created a list of "Must Play" (probably about 8 songs) and "Do Not Play" songs through Horizon's website, but we found as the night was winding down that a bunch of our must play songs had never been played. We went up to Noah and specifically asked to play a handful of these songs, which he did, but it was disappointing that we had to go up and request them after putting them in the "Must Play" list ahead of the wedding.
We were a little disappointed overall with Horizon for our wedding. We stressed on numerous occasions, almost to the point that I felt like I was being overbearing, about our concerns for the sound quality in the room we were in. We received plenty of assurances that there wouldn't be a problem, but at the end of the day, it was a problem still.
Taking away the unique design of the room and the fact that it would be more difficult to project sound effectively in the space, it was disappointing to have to go up and request songs to be played that were added to a "Must Play" list.
There are plenty of glowing reviews of Horizon online, which is part of the reason why we chose them, so maybe we just got unlucky and you'll have a better experience with a different DJ from their team, or in a different venue, but we left a little bummed out with how things went.