Lee
Guild of Calamitous Intent
I'm often "the IT guy" for the little unincorporated community I grew up in. I did the surveillance system in the library a few years ago, and didn't know much about surveillance systems before then. I guess I'm the guy that's willing to learn and do, not that I actually already know.
The PA system in the Community Center sucks. I opened my mouth, and now I have a new job. Originally I was pushing them towards a portable system, I've got a nice rechargeable Samson 8" single speaker PA with Bluetooth and support for 2 microphones at work.
Then I found out that after the new roof goes on, starting next week, they're putting in a drop ceiling. Seems a perfect opportunity for some in-ceiling speakers, and maybe a projector mount. Part of the revenue to keep the lights on is renting the space, and even in rural Podunk nowhere, the place is booked pretty much every weekend. With better amenities they could maybe charge more, or charge a tech fee for using the sound system and projector.
It's a ~2800 sqf building, just one big room with a kitchen on one end. ~10' ceilings. Plenty of room in the storage room for a rack mounted A/V setup. We will eventually have internet at the Community Center, as there's Fiber at the library 1/4 mile away, looking at a Ubiquity Lightbeam or similar bridge to get it to from the Library to the Community Center.
I'm getting off topic.
Focus for now is in-ceiling speakers, probably 4x pairs. I don't necessarily need independently addressable zones, but that seems to be more common among amplifiers for this kind of stuff.
I've pretty well made up my mind on either the Dayton or Monoprice 6.5" speakers, unless I come across a great deal on something better.
I need to get audio to them, specifically a microphone, and I don't want to worry about feedback from the microphone being used in the room the speakers are in.
Would be awesome to get this done for as close to $500 as I can, I know that's wishful thinking short of used equipment, but I'm not opposed to used equipment.
Rockville's options are appealing. I don't need each zone to have its own source, will probably have to lock the thing behind a fine expanded metal or plexiglass to keep folks from pushing buttons. The remote is nice, but I'd have to tether it to the wall and use an IR blaster/repeater. A wired remote with wall mount would be more ideal.
While that Rockville has a pair of mic inputs, I'd rather it have built in wireless receivers for at least 2 microphones.
I avoid Pyle just as a blanket rule from my misspent youth as a car audio bass head. However, they've got cheap options, no way that's 600W for $80 though.
While this is Pyle, this is pretty appealing specs wise.
So something like one of those amps, and something like this for microphones.
I'd prefer rack mounted stuff, but it's not necessary. I can make most stuff rack mounted with a little scrap metal. We probably don't really need 2x wireless microphones, just one wireless and one wired on a stand or on the lectern. We're not producing albums or bringing in big name entertainers, we're conducting business meetings and politicians are shaking babies and kissing hands. Family reunions, wedding/baby showers, birthday parties renting the space might want to play a video or listen to some music, but I'm not planning on this being audiophile, eargasm, audio. The place has got '70s wood paneling on the walls, no acoustic treatment at all, it's going to be harsh and echoy.
I'm open to suggestions? Am I on the right track? Is that Rockville stuff "good enough?" Anyone have any PA equipment they want to donate or sell really cheap to an awesome little community?
The PA system in the Community Center sucks. I opened my mouth, and now I have a new job. Originally I was pushing them towards a portable system, I've got a nice rechargeable Samson 8" single speaker PA with Bluetooth and support for 2 microphones at work.
Then I found out that after the new roof goes on, starting next week, they're putting in a drop ceiling. Seems a perfect opportunity for some in-ceiling speakers, and maybe a projector mount. Part of the revenue to keep the lights on is renting the space, and even in rural Podunk nowhere, the place is booked pretty much every weekend. With better amenities they could maybe charge more, or charge a tech fee for using the sound system and projector.
It's a ~2800 sqf building, just one big room with a kitchen on one end. ~10' ceilings. Plenty of room in the storage room for a rack mounted A/V setup. We will eventually have internet at the Community Center, as there's Fiber at the library 1/4 mile away, looking at a Ubiquity Lightbeam or similar bridge to get it to from the Library to the Community Center.
I'm getting off topic.
Focus for now is in-ceiling speakers, probably 4x pairs. I don't necessarily need independently addressable zones, but that seems to be more common among amplifiers for this kind of stuff.
I've pretty well made up my mind on either the Dayton or Monoprice 6.5" speakers, unless I come across a great deal on something better.
I need to get audio to them, specifically a microphone, and I don't want to worry about feedback from the microphone being used in the room the speakers are in.
Would be awesome to get this done for as close to $500 as I can, I know that's wishful thinking short of used equipment, but I'm not opposed to used equipment.
Rockville's options are appealing. I don't need each zone to have its own source, will probably have to lock the thing behind a fine expanded metal or plexiglass to keep folks from pushing buttons. The remote is nice, but I'd have to tether it to the wall and use an IR blaster/repeater. A wired remote with wall mount would be more ideal.
While that Rockville has a pair of mic inputs, I'd rather it have built in wireless receivers for at least 2 microphones.
I avoid Pyle just as a blanket rule from my misspent youth as a car audio bass head. However, they've got cheap options, no way that's 600W for $80 though.
While this is Pyle, this is pretty appealing specs wise.
So something like one of those amps, and something like this for microphones.
I'd prefer rack mounted stuff, but it's not necessary. I can make most stuff rack mounted with a little scrap metal. We probably don't really need 2x wireless microphones, just one wireless and one wired on a stand or on the lectern. We're not producing albums or bringing in big name entertainers, we're conducting business meetings and politicians are shaking babies and kissing hands. Family reunions, wedding/baby showers, birthday parties renting the space might want to play a video or listen to some music, but I'm not planning on this being audiophile, eargasm, audio. The place has got '70s wood paneling on the walls, no acoustic treatment at all, it's going to be harsh and echoy.
I'm open to suggestions? Am I on the right track? Is that Rockville stuff "good enough?" Anyone have any PA equipment they want to donate or sell really cheap to an awesome little community?
