gym sound system setup help, what do i need?

[herosgym]

Hi,

I am currently in the process of opening a gym and will require some sort of audio system. If i can tell you what i have in mind maybe you can help to tell me how i can do it and what i will need.

the gym is inside an idustrial unit and has a mezzanine floor. now i could just pop a hifi system in one corner but the people that are obviously near it wont be able to talk and the others at the other end wont be able to hear the music, so some how i need to spread the sound over about 6 or more speakers down stairs. also upstairs is quite open so could manage with just 2 speakers. the floor is about 17 meters square. i would also like to be able to have different vloume levels for upstairs and down stairs.


i would like to be able to play music from itunes on a pc, an ipod and also CD's. the music will never be played disco loud but at times it will want to be played as loud as you would in your living room when your dancing about.


so just to list what i require:

6 or more speakers spread about down stairs that can have the volume ajusted in pairs or something.

2 speakers up stairs that can have a seperate volume level and possible input however i think the sound will be heard from down stairs

inputs from pc, ipod and cd

all to be controlled from the reception.


i have looked at the 100v line systems but im not sure how loud these will go and what quality the sound will come out as i only get the impression they are for speaking over or something. so please could you help and tell me what i need and the best way to do it.

price isnt too important however i dont want to be spending loads of thousands of pounds. the 100v line system is about 900

thanks for your help


ben

 

[wlmmn]

I'm sure you you will some answers from the more set-up experience people here, but as a gym goer I'm glad you're keeping the speakers in pairs, and not having 1 speaker by itself be in one location , playing just the left channel, and another speaker clear over in another room, playing the right channel. I used to go to a gym in Wichita that did that, and every time some music would play that would have a guitar riff play in one channel and then have something else play in the other channel, it sounded weird. I remember hearing just the right channel of Back in Black and the end phrase to the riff was always missing, since it was playing in another room!