A Reggae Sound System is more than just turn-tables (or CD mixers now a days ), speakers and dubplates It's a traveling piece of history. The more dubplates and MC's that transition on the sound the more historical significant the sound.
A Reggae Sound System is a combination of the turn tables (or CD mixers now a days ), The components required to play music as loud as necessary The collection of records and dubplates that the "sound" has created and collected over the years. It emerged because the colonial system of broadcasting music over the airwaves did not appeal to the most Jamaicans. When you listen to a "reggae sound" you are actually taking a trip into history. Some sounds are over 40 years old. The have dubplates that has captured the voice of the people and times that can never be recreated.