Speakers advice

NauP

I need advice on speakers for a hall environment playing tunes from a laptop(Country) - they have been using rentals (450W) x 2 but want to purchase. Not my area of expertise... would active be most suitable?

Thanks in advance

NauP

Have been quoted 850 + vat for 2 LD 450W 15" active monitors - any advice, are they any good, suitable..............

Eoin Madsen

Active would be most suitable in the absence of having a clear idea of the system you want to build. It at least means you don't have to worry about impedence or matching power between speakers and poweramps.

I'm unfamiliar with LD, but checking the prices on Thomann is generally a good gauge of the market value of something.
http://www.thomann.de/ie/search_dir.html?gf=active_loudspeakers_fr&sw=ld

Bear in mind that wattage can be given in several different formats: RMS, peak, max, program power, musical power, continuous power etc. They're all different and have various proportional relationships. It doesn't really tell you how loud it's going to be, but if you're comparing power between something familiar and something new, at least be sure you're talking in the same terms.

When you say "hall", my first thought is that 900 w RMS in a moderate to cheap brand of speaker/poweramp will be a little light. But if you've been doing it already and are satisfied, then there's really no reason to deviate from the plan.

NauP

Thanks for that Eoin.

Its not my gig, i was just asked to find out about speakers (wish they asked somebody else). When i say 'hall' i mean hotel function room. It for 'line dancing:rolleyes:heats (yes they still exist)....What about a subwoofer....who that be necessary?

The only reason he asked me is that i play acoustic in the odd session so he assumed i'd have some idea.....obviously not.

Thanks again for the reply.

Eoin Madsen

Over a certain amount of power (probably around 500 watts RMS) speakers tend to stop being full-range and split into subwoofers and mid-high speakers (aka "tops").

So they could go with 2 full-range speakers as they have been, or they could get 2 subs and 2 tops, presumably at a higher wattage.

NauP

Thanks for that.