Need Help With Receiver/Speaker Setup

[GaryTampa]

Hello-
I am glad I found this forum- I am hoping somebody can give me some guidance. I am trying to put a soundsystem in a very large showroom. It is already prewired- but the prior owner took all of their speakers and sound system when we bought the place a few months ago. I will try to be as brief- but descriptive- as to what I have
First- the area where the receiver will sit has (4) pairs of wires going thought the walls.

The first (2) pairs go about 50 feet or so- and are then hooked to a speaker selector that they left behind- Adcom GFS-6. From there they have 6 wire pairs branched off of the speaker selector that go to the different rooms in the store (in other words they do not have a left and a right in each room- just a left "or" a right in each room. Wire gauge is 16 I believe. That covers the back half of the store.

Now to the front part of the showroom- They have another (2) wires going about 15 feet to a different speaker selector- Speco SSB-5. From this they have (5) wire pairs going to different parts of the store (again- not left and right in the certain areas- just left or right).

Here are my questions:
1- Can a single receiver drive (2) speaker selector boxes?
2- Should I be looking for a certain type of receiver in this situation?
3- When I go to buy speakers- which are wall mounted- can you give me a reccomendation as to size?

I plan on using for Pandora for business (DMX)- which comes with their own player that hooks into the receiver.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[fuzz092888]

So this sound system will be playing background music? If so, then I'm guessing it will be played at low levels, so theoretically I guess a single receiver might be able to, but you'd probably need a very good receiver in order to get an amp section that is robust enough to not worry about leaving it on and driving all those speakers for long periods of time.

I have a little bit of experience trying to fill a big space with sound, my family has owned a bowling alley for about 60 years and been in the business longer than that. I wouldn't want to try to fill that space with just a receiver, but then again we play at higher levels than you will probably have going.

As long as my assumptions are correct, you'll need a good quality receiver to leave on for long periods of time, so yamaha, denon, marantz and then a good quality amp. Outlaw makes good amps that won't break the bank, or you could go pro amp like a crown or peavey.