How to choose best speakers

[khachai44]

Hey guys, I would appreciate some fresh ideas on the best speaker package and placement for this room. It is a youth oriented new church startup in a rental building with drywall and a cement floor for now loa array. Room dimensions are 35' wide by 70' long with a 10-foot ceiling and chair seating for about 200. I view it as a hybrid portable system with only FOH speakers being mounted. Budget for audio (equipment only) is <$15k. Thanks!

[nix]

I have Mackie/Tapco Thump 12" speakers and 12 channel mixers--
and so Mackie are a quality PA outfit-
for your speakers and mixer.
Behringer are making a name for themselves other than being just the budget solution-
so their 18" speakers would prolly tear the place down

Sennheiser make nice close proximity mics

Welcome!

[cooliadh]

Sennheiser make nice close proximity mics

I'm owning Sennheiser HD 380 Pro Monitor Headphones - nice as f***. Not only for monitoring they're great but also for loud and clear HiFi experience.

[nix]

Krim has Senny headphones,
I used to have the same ones, but leant them to my little sisters and they disappeared.
They were great, and about $100 I think.

The mic I have is an e835 dynamic, verrry nice

Beyer is another good option for 'phones I hear

[cooliadh]

Beyer is another good option for 'phones I hear

I also own Beyerdynamic headphones (for about 150€). They're nice for HiFi but not really good for monitoring and they loose big in comparison to the Sennheiser which cost now about 130€ (I paid 200€ for them before some years).

[Suonoecomputer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnSwBOQcRTI

[cooliadh]

To the topic: I use Edirol MA-20D for years now. They're really good if you are on a budget (up to 90 db if you and your neighbors don't mind). Really they're quite nice for that cash.

[HYPNAGOGIA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnSwBOQcRTI

To the topic: I use Edirol MA-20D for years now. They're really good if you are on a budget (up to 90 db if you and your neighbors don't mind). Really they're quite nice for that cash.

He was asking about PA systems, not studio monitors.

I don't think <8" studio monitors would be enough for the 70ft (23m) x 35ft (11m) x 10ft (3m) room

[Touch The Universe]

I think a nice pair of PA monitors would be nice to have. Load them up in a truck or something and throw a festival somewhere outdoors on the fly at anytime This might not be the best place to ask for this sort of advice though, perhaps kvr or better yet gearslutz would be more apt