Bosch/Electro-Voice Ceiling Speaker Placement Calculator

Room Dimensions Width Length Height Listener Height Speaker

Largedot 80 80 54 70 12 60 48
50

Calculator Rev 3.2

Speaker Placement Pattern

Units of Measure

61.55

Feet
Number of speakers Number of columns Number of rows Pattern Distance bottom wall to first row Distance between successive rows Distance left wall to first column Distance between successive columns Overlap between 6db cones, width Overlap between 6db cones, length Speaker's nominal polar coverage Speaker's sensitivity (1w/@/1 meter) Speaker's power tap setting Estimated Level Variation Average SPL in room @ rated power Base cabling length needed (wire pair) Total Base power requirements

Meters
36
9 columns 8 rows Hexagonal 5.0 feet 10.0 feet 3.0 feet 6.0 feet 1.6 feet 5.6 feet 80 degrees 96.0 dB 7.50 Watts

Width

FALSE

40 30 20 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50

EV Pro-8A series
Tap Wattage

7.5
Pattern

7.50 7.5 7.5 10 FALSE

Square Hexagonal
Density

Length

-6db coverage cones

10

High (noise masking) Medium (average, good coverage) Low (enconomy)

Density Adjustment Length
10 Decrease Width Increase 10

-4.6 dB
Err:502 512 feet 348 watts

Height

Note: No factor for cable loss included in power estimate

0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

Cones along width

Length

Cones along length

FALSE 1 FALSE 3.28

Minimum Wire Size Guide Maximum Rated Power Wire Gauge @ 70 Volts @ 100 Volts 210 Watts 300 Watts 18 16 420 Watts 500 Watts 1050 Watts 1500 Watts 14 1400 Watts 2000 Watts 12
2.24

Room Dimensions Depth Length Height Listener height SPEAKER Evid C4.2 Tap Wattage 30

300 205 12 4

Setting up the Room

Enter the room dimensions in areas Highlighted in green

Choose the speaker to be used from the drop down list a Choose a speaker pattern, Square or Hexagonal

Pattern
Square Hexagonal

Density
High (noise masking) Medium (average, good coverage) Low (enconomy)

Select a density for the pattern, Medium is for normal co maximum level variation in the room The slider bars allow slight adjustments to the pattern in the number of row or columns in the pattern

Density Adjustment Length Decrease Width Increase

Smalldot
300

Speaker Placement Pattern

250 200

Speaker Pattern Results Graph

Width

FALSE

150 100 50 0 0 50

The top graph shows positioning of the speake

30.00 30 30 10 TRUE

The bottom graph is an elevation view which sh speakers and how much cones overlap.
Length
100 150 200

10

Height

0 0 10 20 30

Length
10

-6db coverage cones

Cones along width

10

Height

0 0 10 20 30

Length
10 Increase

-6db coverage cones

Cones along width Cones along length

Units of Measure Feet Number of speakers Number of columns Number of rows Pattern Distance bottom wall to first row Distance between successive rows Distance left wall to first column Distance between successive columns Overlap between 6db cones, width Overlap between 6db cones, length Speaker's nominal polar coverage Speaker's sensitivity (1w/@/1 meter) Speaker's power tap setting Estimated Level Variation Average SPL in room @ rated power Base cabling length needed (wire pair) Total Base power requirements Meters

Room Coverage Information

45
10 columns 9 rows Hexagonal 5.6 meters 11.1 meters 10.0 meters 20.0 meters 11.5 meters 2.7 meters 130 degrees 85.0 dB 7.5 watts

The chart gives information about the number o approximate levels of coverage in the room are

Information can be displayed in either english o is calculated depending on which units are sele

The amount of cable required for connecting th the speakers are strung together on a single ca required will depend on where the amplifiers ar required, how the room is broken up into zones

-3.1 dB
79.6 dB 1900 meters 435 watts

Note: No Factor for Cable loss included in Power Estimate

The amplifier requirements for the number of sp the number of speakers times the power tap us speaker's transformer. If the room uses long ru increase the amplifier power slightly to compen

Minimum Wire Size Guide Maximum rated power Wire Gauge @ 70 Volts @ 100 Volts 18 210 Watts 300 Watts 16 420 Watts 500 Watts 14 1050 Watts 1500 Watts 12 1400 Watts 2000 Watts

The table shows the power that a given gauge choosing the needed wire size for the power us

Calculator Rev 3.2

up the Room

in areas Highlighted in green

sed from the drop down list and power tap from the drop down list.

Square or Hexagonal

ern, Medium is for normal coverage and produces about a 3 dB the room

adjustments to the pattern in the room by increasing or decreasing ns in the pattern

r Pattern Results Graph

ows positioning of the speakers on a layout of the room

is an elevation view which shows the -6 dB coverage cones of the w much cones overlap.

overage Information

formation about the number of speakers in the room and their positions, s of coverage in the room are also given

e displayed in either english or metric units, The SPL in the Room nding on which units are selected

ble required for connecting the speakers is given, This assumes all strung together on a single cable, The actual amount of cable nd on where the amplifiers are relative the room and, where room is broken up into zones

irements for the number of speakers used is given. This value is akers times the power tap used, plus a factor for loss in the mer. If the room uses long runs of wire it may be desirable to ifier power slightly to compensate of losses in the wiring

he power that a given gauge wire is rated to handle, and is useful in ded wire size for the power used in the room

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Jim Long, 11-08-11; last edited 11-08-11