6 Questions To Ask Before Selecting Your Perfect Auditorium Speakers

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6 Questions to Ask Before Selecting Your

Perfect Auditorium Speakers
PA Systems come in all shapes and sizes, meaning that choosing one
for an auditorium or hall can be a challenge. While your installer can
likely guide you through the basics of what you need and will certainly
be able to select something suitable for your space, it’s also a good
idea for you to understand what you need and why so that you have
control over the process and can choose your own solution if desired.
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What’s Included in a PA System?
In most cases, you’ll be choosing and purchasing a full PA system rather

than just auditorium speakers. This is important because it affects your
system. If you’re purchasing speakers for your existing PA system, your
speakers, their power, and the type of speakers you choose are
completely bound to that system. If this is the case, review what you
have and what you can buy based on that.
If you’re installing a new sound system in your auditorium or lecture

hall, you likely need a complete PA system setup.
Speakers – Speakers provide audio output for your system. Speakers

are available in different wattages and types and are typically sold as
active or passive. You may also want monitors to feed sound back,
especially if you have a high-noise environment.
Amplifiers – Amplifiers are required in any instance where you are using
passive speakers.
Mixers – Mixers are essentially controllers, linking microphones,

computers, and other audio sources to speakers. Most auditoriums can
get away with relatively simple mixers, but this depends on your needs.
Microphones and Headsets – Most PA systems should include a

microphone. Some should also include headsets to allow for controlled
audio or even calling.
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Cables – Quality cables are an essential element of any sound system.
Understanding these elements will allow you to better choose the right
speakers for your auditorium.
What are the Speakers Being Used

For?
Most speakers are made for relatively specific purposes. This means
that your choices will heavily depend on what the auditorium is being
used for and what types of sound you expect to share. For example, the
speaker setup for a concert auditorium should be completely different
than that for a speaking auditorium or lecture hall.
Talking– Lecturers typically benefit from having a few small and multi-
purpose speakers spread across the room to evenly distribute sound.
It’s crucial that people in the back hear sound as clearly as from the
front. Aspects such as surround-sound or speaker systems that split
bass and tenor between speakers can be disorienting for people
talking so stick to multi-purpose speakers.
Music and Cinema – Music benefits from large, loud, and complex
sound. This means investing in either high-power active speakers or
amplifiers, creating a sound-system with subwoofers, woofers, and
tweeters, and balancing sound so that it is dynamic across the room. In
most cases, you can use a similar setup for any sort of media sound
such as movies, thematic presentations, etc.
Speakers are created for different purposes. Some are made for being
loud and high quality. These are excellent for music events. Others are
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geared towards talking and lectures. These are typically designed for
clarity of sound.

Frequency Response –This is the range of sound produced by the
speaker. 50-25k tends to be standard and multi-purpose. Music
sound systems will require a subwoofer to supplement speakers in
this range.
How Big is the Room?
The size of a room will heavily affect both the power and number of
speakers in your auditorium. Small rooms should be approached with
care, because it’s easy to create too much noise. Larger rooms add
challenges in that it’s important to maintain quality and volume of
sound throughout the room without creating an overwhelmingly
complex speaker setup or making volume too loud at the front.
A larger number of small speakers is almost always better than a

few large ones
Consider the direction of the podium or stage and how sound is
reflected
Are speakers permanently placed? If you frequently rearrange or
clear the room, you may want to invest in active speakers with
fewer moving parts.
Passive speakers are better for larger or more modular setups and
active speakers are better for smaller setups
Check speaker Sensitivity or Sound Pressure Level Volume. In most
cases, 80+ is good and 90+ is very good.
In most cases, your speaker system should evenly distribute sound

across the room while maintaining the direction of the sound.
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What is the Sound Environment Like?

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crowd or background noise volume, and noise pollutants. These will
affect your ideal speaker type and volume as well as whether you want
to add extras such as headsets, noise cancelling, or monitors to ensure
sound remains clear and legible across the room.
Add monitors to balance loud crowds

Choose noise-cancelling speakers in small rooms to prevent
feedback and audible signals
Check interference before choosing any sort of wireless
connections for speakers or PA
Speaker decibel rating (Db) impacts the maximum volume of the
speaker, but you shouldn’t ever have to use that to reach the full
room.
What Wattage Do You Need?
Wattage affects speaker volume. Here, you typically need about 1-3
watts per audience member for lectures and talking, or 5-10 for music
events.
However, as mentioned above, it’s almost always better to split wattage

needs up across multiple smaller speakers spread throughout a room.
10x 300-watt speakers will almost always sound better throughout the
room than two 2000-watt speakers.
How Much Power Do Amplifiers Need?

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Speaker resistance is measured in Ohms and will affect how much

power amplifiers need. This affects your setup as well as the capabilities
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Resistance or impedance affects how much power you need. A good

rule of thumb is to choose an amplifier with double the handling power
of your speaker setup. Essentially, an 8-ohm 300-watt speaker should be
paired with an amplifier capable of at least 600 watts at 8 ohms.
Wiring speakers in parallel increases impedance. So, wiring two

speakers in parallel results in 4 ohms of impedance and wiring 3 results
in 2.67 ohms. Wiring speakers in series increases impedance, so two 8-
ohm speakers wired in a series would be 16 and 3 would be 24, and so
on.
Quality speakers can make or break an auditorium experience. It’s

important to consider quality, clarity, and direction of sound. You also
want to look at power usage and connection requirements to ensure
that impedance, noise pollution, and radio signals will not impede
sound.
Typically, any quality, well-built speaker meeting your specs will likely be
a good fit. You don’t need specific materials or a specific brand to have
good sound, so long as you choose speakers meeting your needs and
audience.
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7/8/23, 2:40 PM 6 Questions to Ask Before Selecting Your Perfect Auditorium Speakers

6 Questions to Ask Before Selecting

Your Perfect Auditorium Speakers

6 Questions to Ask Before Selecting Your

Whether you’re looking for a full PA system or just auditorium speakers,

What’s Included in a PA System?

In most cases, you’ll be choosing and purchasing a full PA system rather

If you’re installing a new sound system in your auditorium or lecture

Speakers – Speakers provide audio output for your system. Speakers

Mixers – Mixers are essentially controllers, linking microphones,

Microphones and Headsets – Most PA systems should include a

Cables – Quality cables are an essential element of any sound system.

What are the Speakers Being Used

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How Big is the Room?

A larger number of small speakers is almost always better than a

In most cases, your speaker system should evenly distribute sound

What is the Sound Environment Like?

Add monitors to balance loud crowds

What Wattage Do You Need?

However, as mentioned above, it’s almost always better to split wattage

How Much Power Do Amplifiers Need?

Speaker resistance is measured in Ohms and will affect how much

Resistance or impedance affects how much power you need. A good

Wiring speakers in parallel increases impedance. So, wiring two

Quality speakers can make or break an auditorium experience. It’s

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