Recent content by rtbagby

At my church we have a DVD, tape, and CD player all with stereo RCA outputs and the current set up is eating up to many channels. Is there a way to combine the left and right outputs into one? If so how?

and what would you consider to be a more solid amp??

Okay so Peavy sent out a guy who came in and looked at the space yesterday and he said basically everything you all are suggesting to me (lots of hard objects to bounce off the sound, setting speakers up in clusters, experimenting). He took measurements, blueprints, and pictures and is going to...

If i go with the speakers i'm looking at then the impedance is 8ohms and the wattage of 250watt continuous, 500watt program, and 1000watt peak. I would run two sets of two speakers in parallel meaning the total impedance for each channel is 4ohms. So the first thing what wattage amp should i...

What gauge speaker wire should i run from the amp to the speaker if they are say 25 feet apart? 50? 75? 100?

Here are the pictures of the acual space

We have a sub but the guy previously running sound didn't think we needed it so i can add that in too. I've been told by him and my directors at school three completely different places to put a sub, what's your take? The band usually runs two guitars, a bass guitar, piano, an electric drum...

This is a diagram of the church worshipping space. The ceiling in the back is about 10' high and over the altar its about 15'. From the back to the front its about 30' and from side to side its about 50' Right now we have three speakers hanging from the center, one pointing down the middle...

I was recently put in charge of completely redoing the sound system at my church. I've redone systems before just no by myself. First of all any overall tips? Second i'm going to be replacing the speakers but the new placement is a problem so where? I'll try to get pictures of the place...

My name is Ryan Bagby from the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. I currently head theatrical sound at my high school and i'm also in charge of the sound system at my church.