dtbritt
Active Member
I have a home bar (see photos here if you're interested), and I'm in the process of installing an integrated digital jukebox system. I'm at the point of installing the speakers into the ceiling, but I'm having trouble deciding where to put the them. I know this doesn't sound appropriate for a home brew/home bar forum, but it'll be relevant once you see the options, I promise. My two options are:
1. Install the speakers into the ceiling directly over the bar. This would please the audiophile, as it would balance out the sound throughout the room.
2. Install the speakers into the ceiling, centered over the patron area of the bar (IE, ignoring the bar and the bartender area, put them along the center line of the space for the bar goers and dart throwers). This would lend the music more of a background aspect, allowing people sitting at the bar to have conversations without having to talk over the music. It also would (hopefully) make it easier for the bartender (me) to hear people across the bar, as their speech would take audible precedence over the speakers further away.
So which do I honor more...musical purity? Or bar conversation...
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
1. Install the speakers into the ceiling directly over the bar. This would please the audiophile, as it would balance out the sound throughout the room.
2. Install the speakers into the ceiling, centered over the patron area of the bar (IE, ignoring the bar and the bartender area, put them along the center line of the space for the bar goers and dart throwers). This would lend the music more of a background aspect, allowing people sitting at the bar to have conversations without having to talk over the music. It also would (hopefully) make it easier for the bartender (me) to hear people across the bar, as their speech would take audible precedence over the speakers further away.
So which do I honor more...musical purity? Or bar conversation...
Any thoughts?
Thanks!