Music for large car showroom
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I recently took over a large car dealership that completely lacks any atmosphere at the moment. I want to play some background music in to the place just to break the silence. My question really is what would you guys recommend I spend the companies money on?
I will probably need 8-10 speakers so as to fill the space without one area being really loud so it can be heard everywhere; I'll probably end up playing Radio 2, but would like the chance to play from an iPod or iPad. I'd imagine a budget of about £500 and it needs to be as invisible as possible, although the speakers will be placed on the window frames that are about 12" wide and 10ft high.
Hope that makes sense. So suggestions?
I will probably need 8-10 speakers so as to fill the space without one area being really loud so it can be heard everywhere; I'll probably end up playing Radio 2, but would like the chance to play from an iPod or iPad. I'd imagine a budget of about £500 and it needs to be as invisible as possible, although the speakers will be placed on the window frames that are about 12" wide and 10ft high.
Hope that makes sense. So suggestions?
PRS licence as already said..
For the size area you are looking at I'd budget for a small PA system, which also gives more input option flexibility, such a as a mic for announcements etc. ..
Few months back I installed a HK Lucas nano system into a shop/reception and it's great. It's around £500.
I've also installed last week an HK elements system into a church hall, but this was a £4k job ...
For the size area you are looking at I'd budget for a small PA system, which also gives more input option flexibility, such a as a mic for announcements etc. ..
Few months back I installed a HK Lucas nano system into a shop/reception and it's great. It's around £500.
I've also installed last week an HK elements system into a church hall, but this was a £4k job ...
For a commercial environment I would look at a 100v PA type system.
One that has line in for music and then a seperate input with possibly a cut out switch for a microphone, t.hen you could discretely use it as a tanyo type system as well.
100v line speakers are cheap enough, not sure on the amp and mic stages though. Ideally I would suggest at least a couple of speaker zones then you can adjust the levels for each of the areas, but we are starting to add to the cost now.
Also, what (if any) ceilings do you have as this will effect the type,of speakers you could use.
Hth.
V.
One that has line in for music and then a seperate input with possibly a cut out switch for a microphone, t.hen you could discretely use it as a tanyo type system as well.
100v line speakers are cheap enough, not sure on the amp and mic stages though. Ideally I would suggest at least a couple of speaker zones then you can adjust the levels for each of the areas, but we are starting to add to the cost now.
Also, what (if any) ceilings do you have as this will effect the type,of speakers you could use.
Hth.
V.
matc said:
Ok so PRS aside (the rest of the group have music, so I'm sure this won't be an issue) any other suggestions? A local company did suggest sonos?
The HK system mentioned above looks ok, but having had a very quick view is aimed more towards live music?
PRS is per store. The HK system mentioned above looks ok, but having had a very quick view is aimed more towards live music?
IMHO you don't want background music in a car showroom. Customers are there to look at cars and, if there for any time, are talking to sales people. The staff may want to listen to music, but that suggests they should be busy doing something else.
Edited by V8LM on Monday 12th August 08:39
V8LM said:
matc said:
Ok so PRS aside (the rest of the group have music, so I'm sure this won't be an issue) any other suggestions? A local company did suggest sonos?
The HK system mentioned above looks ok, but having had a very quick view is aimed more towards live music?
PRS is per store. The HK system mentioned above looks ok, but having had a very quick view is aimed more towards live music?
IMHO you don't want background music in a car showroom. Customers are there to look at cars and, if there for any time, are talking to sales people. The staff may want to listen to music, but that suggests they should be busy doing something else.
Edited by V8LM on Monday 12th August 08:39
megaphone said:
Agree with a lot of the above. Go 100v line, it is much more flexible in a commercial environment. If you have a suspended ceiling then look at ceiling speakers as an option. Where are you located?
We're based in Poole. I've had a quick look at 100v line speakers, some are really cheap! Any suggestions on brand?Tbh for what you want you don't even need to worry about a brand. As look as they look in keeping with the show room they'll be fine.
If i get chance tomorrow I'll get some hardware prices for you,
what is the floor space?
height to ceiling?
suspended ceiling or open to the roof?
PM me some contact details and I'll get something back on e the kids have gone to grandparents.
V.
If i get chance tomorrow I'll get some hardware prices for you,
what is the floor space?
height to ceiling?
suspended ceiling or open to the roof?
PM me some contact details and I'll get something back on e the kids have gone to grandparents.
V.
Why not have a sofa area with a TV on wall running BBC News channel. A coffee point and some newspapers. People will have somewhere nice to sit whilst waiting for a sales guy, or waiting for a car to be plated up for a test drive. If you have a service dept. better still as people can wait there.
The news channel will provide some background.
The news channel will provide some background.
matc said:
megaphone said:
Agree with a lot of the above. Go 100v line, it is much more flexible in a commercial environment. If you have a suspended ceiling then look at ceiling speakers as an option. Where are you located?
We're based in Poole. I've had a quick look at 100v line speakers, some are really cheap! Any suggestions on brand?and won't sound too great on music. I'd also look at zoning - CPC do some cheap 100v attenuators.
If you go ceiling mounted, please put a safety chain to the slab above - they're not light, and a water leak onto the tile will see them fall!
A lot of the amps are geared towards PA type applications and lack the *huge* and consequently expensive output transformer needed to get decent music quality.
Also manufacturers often cut corners further by tailoring freq response to compensate for cheap output transformers - but they work OK on speech.
There are good 100v systems out there and the speakers can sound good for the price.
The big advantages being its easy to run it all in mono and to zone it.
Also manufacturers often cut corners further by tailoring freq response to compensate for cheap output transformers - but they work OK on speech.
There are good 100v systems out there and the speakers can sound good for the price.
The big advantages being its easy to run it all in mono and to zone it.
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