System setup for a tea cafe.
-- Wed, 01/21/2009 - 14:15
Hey,
I had a question about the proper system I'd need for a small tea shop. It's just for ambiance. I planning on having up to 7 30-70ish watt inceiling speakers throught the the cafe and wanted to know if you guys had any suggestions on what I could use to power these. I've been looking at tuners online, but they are all setup for Home Theater er whatever. I didn't know if this was the only option er if there was something different that I'm not aware of.
Thanks for your thought,
James
You should be aware that playing recorded music in a public space leaves you open for fees to ASCAP and BMI for public usage.
You might try an 7.1 channel AV receiver that has a mode for multiple mono feeds. This would allow you to send each speaker one channel yet they would all get the same mono signal that way. I know the Lexicon receiver has such a mode and I suspect many other receivers also have this option.
Steven Stone
Contributor to The Absolute Sound, EnjoytheMusic.com, Vintage Guitar Magazine, and other fine publications
Seriously? What the heck... hmmmm, what kind of fees are we talking about? another license to get.. eh..
James
I like Steven's idea of an AV receiver with the ability to send a mono signal to all seven channels. Note that you cannot connect multiple speakers to a stereo amplifier without taking into account the total impedance the amplifier will see. If you use a stereo amplifier, you'll need a device with L-pads to control the levels and maintain a constant impedance as seen by the amplifier.
Steven's also correct about ASCAP/BMI "public performance" fees.
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