In-Ceiling Speaker Types for Winding Hallways

[Time2Jet]

I have a commercial project that will have the same music playing in all of the common areas of a suite.  The corridors have a large U-Shape and I know where and how many, just don't know if I can use Dual Voice Coils or just mono sum regular single coil speakers for these areas.  Ideas?  2 16 Channel Triad Amps pushing the distributed audio.

TIA

[lippavisual]

Commercial typically would lead to using a 70V speaker distribution so that the speakers can be daisy-chained.  Left and Right signals get summed to mono from the amplifier.  Usually they are installed roughly every 10-15’, depending on ceiling height, because they have a wide dispersion (100 degrees +)

Another good reason is most commercial spaces require plenum rated speakers that use a backcover.

 

If you’re going to use what you’ve got, then I’d get a stereo to mono converter for your source and then split that into the left and right channels on the global input.  This way all speakers have the same mono sound.