dmoes
Member
need Speaker suggestions and opinions Please!
working in a small theatre that was converted from an old classic style church many years ago. the main auditorium seats 230. a fairly high ceiling at about 38 feet and has good acoustics from the stage. so no need for reinforcing the actors. floor carpeted and seats cloth, echo is not an issue either.
My Problem is Speakers. the FOH speakers are used for underscoring, preshow and and exit music, SFX and ambiance like thunder etc. the existing FOH speakers are old and were never very good and the Rear speakers are both overkill 3 way 15 inch cabinets that I never really liked but better than the FOH and can stay for a few more years if necessary.
so time to replace the junk. Heck Lights just spent 130 grand for dimmers and rigging so I should get new speakers at least!
The way I figure it is that a pair of 12" 2-way cabinets of some kind would do the job since I have good amps and feed wires so I don't need powered speakers after some research my head stated to spin Mackie, QSC, Yamaha, Peavey, Yorkville, JBL (the old ones are Yorkville) AHHHH what to make of it all.
what I want is good sounding crisp clean audio. something that will reproduce great sound at low and mid volume levels with the occasional need for something loud, I not over concerned about earth shaking bass, a sub can fix it later if we need it anyway. I was thinking in the line of $1200 to $1500ish to do the FOH I don't need things of beauty but something that has some attention to appearance ie installation type vs portable. the mounting on the walls will be near the front corners fairly high up. This is to be determined based on both best for sound and appearance. with sound quality a priority here.
Id get some sort of consultant but on a budget its a little hard to justify that however our local music dealer is willing to work with me on trying a few different things so I just need some advice to get started.
Our current sound system has a Midas Venis console, various inputs including a PC with Gina 24/96 and Show Cue systems. there are three amps 2 QSC 1400's each at 200W per/ch for FOH and ROH and a smaller multi channel amp used for the onstage speakers used for TV;s radios and other SFX I know that the amps may be a little anemic for now but that can be addressed later
Thanks
Dave
Peterborough Theatre Guild.
working in a small theatre that was converted from an old classic style church many years ago. the main auditorium seats 230. a fairly high ceiling at about 38 feet and has good acoustics from the stage. so no need for reinforcing the actors. floor carpeted and seats cloth, echo is not an issue either.
My Problem is Speakers. the FOH speakers are used for underscoring, preshow and and exit music, SFX and ambiance like thunder etc. the existing FOH speakers are old and were never very good and the Rear speakers are both overkill 3 way 15 inch cabinets that I never really liked but better than the FOH and can stay for a few more years if necessary.
so time to replace the junk. Heck Lights just spent 130 grand for dimmers and rigging so I should get new speakers at least!
The way I figure it is that a pair of 12" 2-way cabinets of some kind would do the job since I have good amps and feed wires so I don't need powered speakers after some research my head stated to spin Mackie, QSC, Yamaha, Peavey, Yorkville, JBL (the old ones are Yorkville) AHHHH what to make of it all.
what I want is good sounding crisp clean audio. something that will reproduce great sound at low and mid volume levels with the occasional need for something loud, I not over concerned about earth shaking bass, a sub can fix it later if we need it anyway. I was thinking in the line of $1200 to $1500ish to do the FOH I don't need things of beauty but something that has some attention to appearance ie installation type vs portable. the mounting on the walls will be near the front corners fairly high up. This is to be determined based on both best for sound and appearance. with sound quality a priority here.
Id get some sort of consultant but on a budget its a little hard to justify that however our local music dealer is willing to work with me on trying a few different things so I just need some advice to get started.
Our current sound system has a Midas Venis console, various inputs including a PC with Gina 24/96 and Show Cue systems. there are three amps 2 QSC 1400's each at 200W per/ch for FOH and ROH and a smaller multi channel amp used for the onstage speakers used for TV;s radios and other SFX I know that the amps may be a little anemic for now but that can be addressed later
Thanks
Dave
Peterborough Theatre Guild.