Hi,
I've recently been trying to fix up the speaker system for our community center. Nobody seems to know much about how the system was wired, who wired it, etc; it's been messed with a lot over the years. From investigating the wiring, I found that it's wired using a 70V constant voltage system, with about 35 speakers all connected using 5W taps. The main issue is that the sound quality just isn't great; it's hard to describe, but sounds like the volume is set too high, although they aren't very loud. The amplifier was a Bogen GS250, until it died (don't know why) fifteen minutes before an event, forcing me to swap in an ancient Bogen CT100C we had in the closet from our previous, demolished, building. The bad sound was present on both amps. I've currently disconnected 15 of the speakers as well.
Any idea what can be causing the bad sound?
Also, what would happen if I connected the rest of the speakers to the CT100C?
I've recently been trying to fix up the speaker system for our community center. Nobody seems to know much about how the system was wired, who wired it, etc; it's been messed with a lot over the years. From investigating the wiring, I found that it's wired using a 70V constant voltage system, with about 35 speakers all connected using 5W taps. The main issue is that the sound quality just isn't great; it's hard to describe, but sounds like the volume is set too high, although they aren't very loud. The amplifier was a Bogen GS250, until it died (don't know why) fifteen minutes before an event, forcing me to swap in an ancient Bogen CT100C we had in the closet from our previous, demolished, building. The bad sound was present on both amps. I've currently disconnected 15 of the speakers as well.
Any idea what can be causing the bad sound?
Also, what would happen if I connected the rest of the speakers to the CT100C?