Amplifier to drive Speakers for a Dance Studio

[delaneybob]

Hi,
I learned alot from my other post concerning my home theater and speaker setup.

I would like assistance on another topic and I found a similar thread, Chrome decided to close and now despite searching- can't find it

The dance studio is likely set up like this (I will get details but thinking I will get ideas/details first then surprise them with offer to upgrade)


PC (with dancing studio software--------------AMP-----------------Studio speakers

The currently have 8 in ceiling speakers (6 ohm) that make the Amp trip and are using 2 large floor speakers.

Looking for a complete setup someone else has or recommendation for AMP and Perhaps hi fidelity PA speakers to prevent speaker blows

 

[TLS Guy]

Hi,
I learned alot from my other post concerning my home theater and speaker setup.

I would like assistance on another topic and I found a similar thread, Chrome decided to close and now despite searching- can't find it

The dance studio is likely set up like this (I will get details but thinking I will get ideas/details first then surprise them with offer to upgrade)


PC (with dancing studio software--------------AMP-----------------Studio speakers

The currently have 8 in ceiling speakers (6 ohm) that make the Amp trip and are using 2 large floor speakers.

Looking for a complete setup someone else has or recommendation for AMP and Perhaps hi fidelity PA speakers to prevent speaker blows

There is not really enough information to help you. How are those 8 speakers currently wired?

If you wired the speakers so that every two are in series you will ahve four 12 ohm pairs. Then parallel two sets of two series wired speakers you will have two four sets of speakers coming out to 6 ohms. You could then drive the two sets of four speakers with a two channel amp. Two 6 ohm loads should not blow anything.

 

[Johnny2Bad]

Get the speaker loads correctly sorted out, and nobody needs to buy anything. Do your examination / testing / re-connecting when no-one from the studio is there, so that they don't know how easy it was to sort out. TLSguy has posted everything you need to know. If you don't understand what he posted, get someone else who does to solve this.

If you do, either do them a huge favour and do it Pro Bono, or get greedy and charge them lots of money for what should be about one hour of your time, including loading and unloading the ladder, if you need it.

Dance Studios don't need "High Fidelity" sound systems; they're not thinking about the tone of the clarinets. It's just beats or instruction. I'd wager that half the Dance Studios in America use a $50 blaster sitting on a window sill. Easy peasy stuff, an Airport intercom can pull it off (almost).

 

[delaneybob]

Ok thank you let me see what i can do much appreciated

 

[delaneybob]

I think I found the issue. They have an old Yamaha RX-497 and the impedance switch in the back is to the right and page 11 of the manual says that if 4 speakers are connected (I stand corrected - they have 4 speakers not 8) the speakers must be 16 ohms or higher. Even if they put the switch to the left, the speakers have to be over 8 ohms. They said they have 6 ohm speakers which I will verify but that would cause an overcurrent on the amp correct? Each speaker has a separate connection to the Amp

 

[delaneybob]

I would also be grateful for a recommendation for in ceiling speakers/amp. I am considering the Polk 900-LS and getting an Amp that has 4 channels on back to avoid any rewiring. I understand how to impedance match now with series/parallel configs but just trying to avoid rewiring.