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If you go into radio shack and say you're ordering 40 you get a much better price than this. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of JimHays Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 11:35 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] SMART Speakers Curtis I have seen your solution and I like it. Our HS is using something similar. What brand/model of amp are you using? McKay, Curtis wrote: > > We have stereo receivers and indoor/outdoor speakers mounted in the > corners and I couldn’t be happier with the solution. It does take > quite a bit of cabling to get everything tied together but the end > result works very well and is very clean. We have our > receivers/DVDplayers/VCR’s in a wall mounted cabinet cube enclosure > that’s about 22” cubed. The speaker wires come into that box as well > as a video cable going to the projector and stereo rca cables that go > to the vga wallplate for the computer. Then the computer hooks to > that wall plate. > > > > This overcame a couple hurdles for us: > > 1) If you do 2.1 speaker systems they sound great but generally > only allow for one input so then what to do about the DVD/VCR? > Obviously there’s options here, but the receivers have built in > selection switches/ports. > > 2) Everything on/around the teacher’s desk gets pulled out in the > summer for cleaning, by putting the console type equipment in a wall > mounted cabinet it’s permanent and one less thing for me to hook back > up before school starts. > > > > Curtis McKay > > Network Administrator > > Belleville Township High School District 201 > > cmc...@bths201.org <mailto:cmc...@bths201.org> > > > > *From:* tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael Bendorf > *Sent:* Friday, October 01, 2010 11:16 AM > *To:* Tech-Geeks Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [tech-geeks] SMART Speakers > > > > I had indeed thought of a 2.1 system already - we have one at church > that works nicely, but it is limited. I suppose that should not > preclude me from looking at other systems than the one we use there. > > > > > > > > Has anyone on this list used a sound bar before? Either at home or at > work? I'm curious about both implementations... > > > --Michael T. Bendorf-- > Technology Administrator > A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 > 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 > Cellular: 217.306.6824 > > "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do > during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." > > A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way > for others. > > "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the > enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated > buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." > > - Alan Kay > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:08 AM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us > <mailto:hay...@sages.us>> wrote: > > Our HS principal has been buying an amplifier and a pair of > indoor/outdoor speakers like you suggest and they are working well for > us but I have been looking for a better solution. I think the Vizio > sound bar looks like a good possibility. And $100 sure beats $300. > Of course, little ole cheap me tries to get the cost closer to $25 > per room so I am looking at something more like this: > > http://www.walmart.com/ip/Inland-2.1-Mini-Type-Home-Theater-series-Speaker-System/10363684 > > I have a similar system - a bit smaller than this - in a 5th grade > classroom and it is working well. The key is the sub to get the added > volume. The $10-15 sets don't give the volume needed. But a $25 set > with a sub is loud enough for the classroom. > > > > > Michael T. Bendorf wrote: > > very interesting - I was about to purchase a simple stereo reviver and > a pair of indoor/outdoor speakers for a use where the sound-bar idea > might be both cleaner and cheaper. > > I have not had experience with these sound bars: they will indeed fill > a good sized classroom with decent sound during a dialog heavy film? > > --Michael T. Bendorf-- > Technology Administrator > A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 > 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 > DID #: 217.476.6019 > Cellular: 217.306.6824 > > "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do > during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." > > A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way > for others. > > "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the > enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated > buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." > > - Alan Kay > > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:34 AM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us > <mailto:hay...@sages.us> <mailto:hay...@sages.us > <mailto:hay...@sages.us>>> wrote: > > Get a Vizio sound bar from Walmart for $98 and some RCA cables > from Monoprice. > > http://www.walmart.com/ip/Vizio-High-Definition-Sound-Bar/11046520 > > > > > > Alicia M.M.Kessler wrote: > > We added a couple of mounted smart boards with short-throw > projectors at the beginning of the school year. I didn't order > the $300 audio system......now I'm questioning that decision. > I have nice speakers I can run the computer audio out > of......but for the dvd/vcr hook up in the external > box.......no dice? There is an audio input jack - but it > doesn't appear to route the sound. The display of the dvd is > fine. Anyone circumvented a $300 setup? Am I missing something > super obvious (I usually am). > > Thanks, > Alicia M. M. Kessler > It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars. > ~Garrison Keillor > // > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
