6 speaker PA system?!?

[arjoll]

See, based on my experience, quality of the product aside, there is no place in that room to effectively use those boxes. It's just the wrong place for a line product, due to it's size and characteristics. After designing and installing many systems, I feel pretty confident in saying that. A line box doesn't belong there.

That's a fair call. That beam is a problem, and another reason why auditioning them in the environment is important. And you're correct on the pricing of Bose; in a lot of cases the budget is as important a place to start as any and I don't think I've seen cheap Bose yet

Anyway, looking back through this thread KaptnKrunch was looking for a solution by early May, so I'm guessing that whatever was going to happen has happened. Would be interested to hear how things went.

 

[jpw23]

Hi! This is my first post here! (handshake)
Ok. Here is my situation. I have a $3000 budget for a PA System. The PA System is for a small Church, about 50 x 35 with a stage at one end. Right now we have 2 Peavey mains and a peavey mixer and amp combo.
What we would like to do:

-Two speakers in the front to replace the Peaveys.
-Two speakers in the middle of the building.
-Two speakers at the back.

We want to do this because, with our current system, the output is really loud on the front row, but not loud enough on the back row. The first thing I thought about was small Bose speakers with a sub. Cool. Also expensive. I can't really find any model of Bose speakers that are what I'm looking for. Not really loudspeakers, because that would be overkill. Just some small speakers around 100 watts each max. I might not even need that much, since there are so many speakers.


Ok. Long winded, aren't I? LOL

I KNOW that we want the Behringer Eurodesk SL2442FX-Pro mixer, and 4 cordless mics. (We are also moving the Board to the back of the house, thus the need for the cordless mics.)
This puts us back about $1500, leaving only $1500 more for the speakers.

NOW. Monitors. We want to get small speakers on the stage for monitors too, but that can wait. We can work with what we have on the monitors until we get more cash. (Use the old head to power the stage monitors.)


So we have 1500 dollars for speakers. at least 6 of them, and a sub would be nice, but optional.


Let the brainstorming begin!

-How much power do I need for a room this size?
-Will feedback be a bigger problem in a multispeaker environment?

Crazy Idea.... Would a 7.1 channel home theater system carry the building, or is this just crazy? I want real answers on this one though. Don't just tell me it won't work without an explanation.

-Can this be done?
-Not enough money?
-...Any ways I can save money?(More money money for outboard gear!!! LOL)



I'm really interested in the home theater idea though. Complete system with a lot of power. Pretty reasonable price too.


Think out of the box? What box? There is no box in my world.

I install pa systems in churches all the time......my speaker of choice is the soundtech bt8 for the front and bt5's for the sides and the back.......they sound great, cheap, and are just about bulletproof!

 

[Rennikcks]

Church Speakers

I have a set of the Bose speakers talked about in one of the earlier posts.
I have 2ea of the Bose Panaray MA12 for sale pretty much new units (demo units a couple of times) $395 ea. I also have 2 of the Panaray MB4 modular Bass units in stock (new) for $335 ea. These items have been in our warehouse a while that is why they are marked down so much. These are great sounding units which cover a wide area for such a narrow speaker. If you need any further information contact me at shipping@missionelectronics.com or check out our website www.missionelectronics.com