Sports Bar Audio

[firecracker53]

A good friend has recently opened a small sports-type bar. The room is basically rectangular about 60' x 35'. The long wall behind the bar has three 50" Plasma TV's mounted above mirrored liquor stands. The opposite long wall has four no-name studio-type monitors with a 14" driver and 6" horn, connected to a Yamaha 50 watt rms stereo receiver, installed by a previous owner, exclusively for music. The room is made of brick and wood, full of reflective surfaces, with 14' ceilings. The internal speakers in the tv's are fine for normal listening, but during sports broadcasts when the room can be quite packed, with loud conversation, hearing whats being broadcast is practically impossible. He tried to remedy this by connecting the audio system to the cable box. Although there seems to be a substancial increase in volume the sound is bass heavy and still difficult to understand. Is it that the speakers arranged on opposite walls are cancelling? Anyone have a cost efficient suggestion that might work? His start-up costs are already 30% over projected and is afraid the local ordinances will soon require expensive sprinkler systems, so money is tight.

 

[sparky77]

How does the system sound playing music? If it's just as bass heavy and if its lacking in high frequency response there's a possibility the horns are already blown, also try adjusting the tone or equalizer controls on the reciever.

 

[captainedd]

audio probelms?

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[highfigh]

A good friend has recently opened a small sports-type bar. The room is basically rectangular about 60' x 35'. The long wall behind the bar has three 50" Plasma TV's mounted above mirrored liquor stands. The opposite long wall has four no-name studio-type monitors with a 14" driver and 6" horn, connected to a Yamaha 50 watt rms stereo receiver, installed by a previous owner, exclusively for music. The room is made of brick and wood, full of reflective surfaces, with 14' ceilings. The internal speakers in the tv's are fine for normal listening, but during sports broadcasts when the room can be quite packed, with loud conversation, hearing whats being broadcast is practically impossible. He tried to remedy this by connecting the audio system to the cable box. Although there seems to be a substancial increase in volume the sound is bass heavy and still difficult to understand. Is it that the speakers arranged on opposite walls are cancelling? Anyone have a cost efficient suggestion that might work? His start-up costs are already 30% over projected and is afraid the local ordinances will soon require expensive sprinkler systems, so money is tight.

Where is this located?

Fire code is one of the first things that should have been addressed- is he trying to do everything himself, or is the place grandfathered?

If it's bass-heavy, turn the bass down. Also, large speakers are useless if even sound distribution is wanted. Multiple smaller speakers work much better and subwoofers can be used to fill in the low end. That way, the overall level doesn't need to be as high and zones can be created, with their own volume controls. Amps are cheap enough that one for each zone is a good idea.

 

[bandphan]

Where is this located?

in 2008

 

[highfigh]

in 2008

Is it anywhere near the intersection of that one road that bends around the corner and meets that other street?

Take a good look at my avatar.