Advice Please

[Ross93]

Please can anyone give me some constructing advice? I am a complete novice on the matter.

I recently leased some premises namely a bar restaurant ,the premises consist of an open plan large room 15 meters x 9 meters . The sound system is pretty poor and I have decided to renew the whole system. The speakers wiring consist of 12 wires each going for its specific location to the amp there fore I am assuming that a commercial system could not be fed schematically by the configuration of the present wiring as I wish to retain the present wiring mainly because by running new sets of wires would severely disrupt the tasteful decor. I would like to achieve a rich clear sound in the premises but I m lost on how to achieve the latter. Could anyone please throw me a bone? Would a powerful hifi set up resolve my problem if so can anyone advise me on what kind of amp and speakers to use I am not particularly bothered if the sound is mono.

Than you

 

[WaynePflughaupt]

You are correct, the existing speaker wiring is not conducive to a traditional commercial 70-volt system. Therefore you will need a 12-channel amplifier if you plan on connecting speakers to all 12 of those speaker wires. Try Home Theater Direct – they sell some affordable 12-channel amps.

However, keep in mind that such amps are not designed for the continuous duty, all-day operation that a commercial installation requires. If they prematurely fail, your only option will be professional-grade equipment such as sold by Crest, Crown, QSC, BGW and the like, which will be considerably more expensive.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[Ross93]

You are correct, the existing speaker wiring is not conducive to a traditional commercial 70-volt system. Therefore you will need a 12-channel amplifier if you plan on connecting speakers to all 12 of those speaker wires. Try Home Theater Direct – they sell some affordable 12-channel amps.

However, keep in mind that such amps are not designed for the continuous duty, all-day operation that a commercial installation requires. If they prematurely fail, your only option will be professional-grade equipment such as sold by Crest, Crown, QSC, BGW and the like, which will be considerably more expensive.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

Thank you Wayne,I shall look at the commercially graded equipment.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Quick maths with assumption of 12' tall ceiling, makes this space (15mx 9m x 3,5m? ) over 17k cuft.
As Wayne said - to fill it with sound you could forget about most home HiFI systems.

 

[lovinthehd]

What size speakers can the current installation accommodate? What are the current speakers?