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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 148797" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Mini, medium quality line arraysIt is NOT the number of boxes-but rather the LENGTH of the array that gives a line array &quot;effect&quot;.Remember that the &quot;line array concept&quot; REQUIRES the length to be LARGE- in order for it to work to a decently low freq.This can mean a lot of small boxes (and money).&nbsp; Something people like to &quot;forget&quot; and just &quot;believe&quot; that a couple of &quot;dashes&quot; will do the job.For only 230 people- you would come out much cheaper and better sounding using &quot;normal&quot; boxes&quot;.You say &quot;normal boxes&quot; would be out of your budget-well then line arrays would be even more out of your budget.Of course it all depends on what you are trying to do with the boxes in terms of usage.The number of people means nothing.&nbsp; How loud?&nbsp; What sort of music?&nbsp; Is this just speech?&nbsp; Ceiling height etc ALL make a difference in trying to help.And what IS your budget? and what has to be included in it?&nbsp; Things like the number of amps-speaker cables-install-DSP etc can all make a difference on what can &quot;fit&quot; into the budget.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 148797, member: 30"] Re: Mini, medium quality line arrays It is NOT the number of boxes-but rather the LENGTH of the array that gives a line array "effect". Remember that the "line array concept" REQUIRES the length to be LARGE- in order for it to work to a decently low freq. This can mean a lot of small boxes (and money). Something people like to "forget" and just "believe" that a couple of "dashes" will do the job. For only 230 people- you would come out much cheaper and better sounding using "normal" boxes". You say "normal boxes" would be out of your budget-well then line arrays would be even more out of your budget. Of course it all depends on what you are trying to do with the boxes in terms of usage. The number of people means nothing. How loud? What sort of music? Is this just speech? Ceiling height etc ALL make a difference in trying to help. And what IS your budget? and what has to be included in it? Things like the number of amps-speaker cables-install-DSP etc can all make a difference on what can "fit" into the budget. [/QUOTE]

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