Thanks to everyone. I have given the info to the people at the church, and they will stare at the numbers and probably go to GC and buy whatever the sales guy can fit into their budget. Hopefully they will realize they need to spend a little more than they thought, but this is a very small congregation in a poor part of the city so I am not optimistic.
Church sound can be a bit weird (at least for me).
My church's sound system (in the sanctuary) went down the last week of June.
The priest called me (I am a parishioner) to
take a look.
I've gotten the system up and running in the past (it was usually another volunteer messing with the levels, someone "rewired" something, etc.) but this time I told the priest to call an AV company since one of the components (the mixer) had shorted out....plus the electrical worked looked like a hack job to be honest.
My level of knowledge is with portable PA systems with very little experience with 70V systems.
Yesterday, an AV company was at the church and the priest asked if I could be there.....
I did not go. Why?
My gut tells me that if I recommend this AV for the install/fix the priest
will assume that I will know how to maintain it....
I would rather not be "that close" to the installed system.
My help with the church is that I put in a portable PA system for them to use until the installed system is fixed.
All of the above said:
As a parishioner you want the best for your church, however, sometimes you have to let-go.
Now, as far as going to Guitar C and trusting what the salesmen say.....
If you end up with a pile of Harbinger speakers in your church........
send the people that bought pile of j*** my way. I'd like to sell them the Brooklyn Bridge...
