Re: [OT] Sound Installation Advice

Brian Running wrote:
I've been consulted regarding the installed sound system to be going into a new jazz and blues club being opened by a friend and client of mine. I've got some opinions about how sound should be done, and I'm about to make a proposal, but I'd like to glean the collective wisdom of y'all, if I could.

The general principle I will follow is even distribution of sound throughout the interior by many stereo pairs of speakers. The idea being that the speakers will not have to be loud, because they will not have to cover a very large volume, and that no matter where a patron may be located, he or she will always be between a stereo pair of speakers. Along with this will be a very dead acoustic environment, as dead as possible, so that patrons will only hear their local stereo pair, and that overall sound levels from conversation will be kept at a minimum and not fight with the music.

The music will be jazz and blues, not extremely loud. There will be live performers there, small combos, and they will be able to send a mono mix to this system so that the band doesn't have to be blasting to be heard throughout the building. It's a small building, in any event. Long and narrow.

I want to use home audio speakers for their sound quality, not PA/SR speakers. By using many pairs, I think the efficiency of the speakers becomes less of a consideration.

I will have a separate channel of amplification for each speaker. Speakers under consideration are Paradigm Mini-Monitors.

Please give me your comments, criticisms, real-life experiences, advice, etc. etc. Thanks!
Many sets of self powered speakers will allow sections of the room to be turned off (provide a no music section), small adjustments can be made for the acoustic ambience of individual areas, quick repairs can be made using a spare set (in storage), no missed shows if a set of self powered speakers goes down (compared to the situation when a central, sole source, amplifier quits)

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