I need some advice for a setup. It's not actually for my house, but for where I work. I'm kind of the building maintenance go-to guy so my boss asked me to look into this, and I'll be doing the work myself. I can do a little home wiring and have a basic understanding of audio system so I'm not a total handicap.
Anyway, what I need is some speakers that I can easily put into drop ceiling tiles. I'm not sure how many I need, I'm thinking 4 or 5, but maybe you guys would be able to give me a better idea.
The environment is a library-like environment and the music will be classical music played softly. The ceiling is about 8' tall. There are two rooms that need them, one room is 12' by 12' so 1 speaker would do fine there. The other room is 40' long but the width has three consecutive steps, 13' then 17' then 21', each of these widths taking up about equal length (~13'). There are three general work stations in this room so I was thinking 3 speakers would be fine. We may also put one in the 12' by 8' waiting area.
I'll also need an amp, but I'm not sure where to go. Actually I'm not sure where to go for speakers either. We really can't spare much for the project, nor do we really an idea of how much it'll cost. I'm going to take a wild guess that my boss' limit is around $250. I don't want to put in just some cheap crap; some audio clarity and consistency would be nice, I'm looking for bang-for-your-buck, to put it short.
What's a good place to look for equipment? As for cables, I already know the best place to get the cheapest cables around, http://www.monoprice.com/
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Thanks guys.