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Hello All,
I have a 16'1"(4.902m) by 10'7" (3.226m) / 170.2 square feet/15.814 square meters room being used as a medical procedure suite.
A patient typically is lying on a table situated along the long axis of the room.
Staff works primarily to the left or right of the patient along the long axis of the table.
In other words, the patient stays stationary in the room and staff are spending most time to the left or right of the patient roughly in the middle of the room along the long axis.
We would like to install a good stereo system for this room.
There are various medical machines running in the room at all times. The baseline noise floor with all the machines running is about 50db. We rarely see above 60dB with music playing and machines running on as we need to be able to hear each other talk as well as to hear muffled words from the patient. The music is never played loudly.
The music is generally playing fairly softly with a lot of background noise.
I'm looking for recommendations for an active speaker system that can be mounted on the wall at one end of the long axis of the room. It is not possible to use floor stands due to space constraints.
In addition, I'd like to utilize DSP such as DIRAC, GLM, MA1, etc.
Music source is streaming audio from a Wiim Pro or similar device from Tidal or Qobuz.
In addition to that, I think off-axis performance is likely important given staff moving about the room.
The speakers would need to be able to be cleaned on occasion and may be exposed to fairly gentle cleaning chemicals, thus no fine wood finishes are needed.
It seems the Neumann KH120 or KH180 would fit the bill, but is the off axis response ideal? The KEF LS50 is an option as we cannot use high volumes. Genelec the one series would work but are too expensive I think. I'm not sure there is room for a subwoofer, unless it is small.
I am open to any ideas. Thank you in advance.
I have a 16'1"(4.902m) by 10'7" (3.226m) / 170.2 square feet/15.814 square meters room being used as a medical procedure suite.
A patient typically is lying on a table situated along the long axis of the room.
Staff works primarily to the left or right of the patient along the long axis of the table.
In other words, the patient stays stationary in the room and staff are spending most time to the left or right of the patient roughly in the middle of the room along the long axis.
We would like to install a good stereo system for this room.
There are various medical machines running in the room at all times. The baseline noise floor with all the machines running is about 50db. We rarely see above 60dB with music playing and machines running on as we need to be able to hear each other talk as well as to hear muffled words from the patient. The music is never played loudly.
The music is generally playing fairly softly with a lot of background noise.
I'm looking for recommendations for an active speaker system that can be mounted on the wall at one end of the long axis of the room. It is not possible to use floor stands due to space constraints.
In addition, I'd like to utilize DSP such as DIRAC, GLM, MA1, etc.
Music source is streaming audio from a Wiim Pro or similar device from Tidal or Qobuz.
In addition to that, I think off-axis performance is likely important given staff moving about the room.
The speakers would need to be able to be cleaned on occasion and may be exposed to fairly gentle cleaning chemicals, thus no fine wood finishes are needed.
It seems the Neumann KH120 or KH180 would fit the bill, but is the off axis response ideal? The KEF LS50 is an option as we cannot use high volumes. Genelec the one series would work but are too expensive I think. I'm not sure there is room for a subwoofer, unless it is small.
I am open to any ideas. Thank you in advance.
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