Cody Hazelwood wrote on Sat, 08 January 2011 22:56 |
Labor is going to be mostly donated (this is a pretty big deal for the community, so everybody's willing to help). The electrical contractor is running all of the conduit that I specify. The general contractor will hang the speakers once I specify where they'll go and where they'll be aimed. I will lead the laborers in running wire, etc, and I will make the connections myself. |
Cody Hazelwood wrote on Mon, 10 January 2011 16:27 |
I think I'll get one of the local, larger sound companies that does installs and have them deal with the hanging of the speakers. |
Cody Hazelwood wrote on Mon, 10 January 2011 14:17 |
As far as acoustics goes, there is no acoustical engineer in the project. Every time I mention acoustics, people say that they're great. :/ |
Cody Hazelwood wrote on Mon, 10 January 2011 14:17 |
As far as the speaker placement, isn't it normal practice to aim the center-line of the speaker at the back seat that you are trying to cover? I was worried the front fill might cause an issue, but there's almost no way to aim the center line of a speaker at the back seat on the main floor and not have some over lap in the balcony. |
Cody Hazelwood wrote on Mon, 10 January 2011 14:17 |
My reason for starting with the center only system is to ensure clarity, and this will have a lot of lecture/theater type stuff going on. The front of the stage is removable, so I can't put speakers or inputs there. I considered line-array, but I don't think I could fit a long enough array in the center without blocking the view of the stage some, and I'm not sure that it would be necessary. |
Cody Hazelwood wrote on Mon, 10 January 2011 14:17 |
As far as acoustics goes, there is no acoustical engineer in the project. Every time I mention acoustics, people say that they're great. :/ |
Cody Hazelwood wrote on Mon, 10 January 2011 14:17 |
But, I am supposed to be meeting with the architect soon, and I'm going to insist on diffusion at least on the front wall of the balcony and the front wall of the projection room to limit some reflections. While the RT60 is the room is suprisingly low for the size (even without seats or carpet), I'm slightly worried about reflections once the speakers are hung. I don't really know enough about acoustics to draw out exact acoustical plans, and this is a renovation/restoration project, so they are trying to restore the old look. |
Cody Hazelwood wrote on Mon, 10 January 2011 14:17 |
I've left rack spaces in the plans and I/O on the system processor for the LCR system. The processor I'm using is the Yamaha DME24n with the MY8-ADDA expansion card. This gives me 16 in / 16 out, and the processor is incredibly flexible. I've installed one in a church and it made an unbelievable difference in their system. |