Johnno Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Our school drama class has moved to a new room which has been formed out of two classrooms knocked into one. It's something like 18ft wide x 40ft long with a 12ft ceiling, with stage the width of one end. The sound system from the old room is a couple of bog-standard rock 'n' roll speakers mounted on tripods fed by a work-a-day amp. Drama Queen and I both think they are a bit excessive for the room as well as posing a trip hazard. (That's trip as in "fall over" not as in "Pink Floyd") The syllabus requires the brats to be able to do basic technical set-up. We have a mixer, etc. I'm wondering if an in-wall digital amplifier allied to a pair of column speakers would cut the mustard? If more is ever required the old amp can be brought out or we can use the main hall installation. Does anyone have experience of these technologies? "Hi-fidelity" and "dB SPL" are not an issue, cost is the education perennial "we ain't not got none." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pisquee Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Couple of wall brackets for the speakers, would solve the trip hazard issue, whilst being less expensive than buying and installing a complete new system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 If it ain't broke don't mend it! Look for some suitable speaker brackets as an improvement on tripods. BUT tripods are actually a fact of ents industry life so a brief reality check would include the little dears actually learning about things like that. But then again education and reality are two totally separate worlds, so reality may not apply in schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave SA Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yes. Hi-viz or white tape strips applied down each leg of the tripod and then a hi-viz or white gaffa triangle on the floor marking the trip hazard area every time they set up is a very good thing to teach the darlings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHYoung Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 The Keene amps are pretty good and reliable, but 20w whilst fine for background playback, wont be enough to fill a 40' long room once you need anything louder. of youve got a working setup, why mess it up? If you want to avoid the tripod trip hazard get your local supplier to sell you 2 of these http://www.electrovision.co.uk/homepage.aspx?prod=G001YN&idcode=001000100020 fix them securely to the wall, and job done, change out of fifty quid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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