we bought most of them at $89.99. And, of course, once we got that
price the first time I always tell them... "but last time I got them for
89.99" and they usually cave in.
On 10/1/2010 1:23 PM, McKay, Curtis wrote:
This is the receiver is most of the rooms:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2407171&filterName=Price&filterValue=%2450.00+-+%2499.99
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
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[mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of JimHays
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 11:35 AM
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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>
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[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
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