Baseball Field Sound System

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I am a coach at the local high school and we are looking to install a new sound system. We have recently blown through 3 sets of speakers and possibly two receivers. So needless to say before we spend anymore money were going to try and locate the best stuff that we know will work.

Sounds like you are seriously underpowering the system and pushing the receivers too hard trying to fill the field with sound. Receivers do not make very good outdoor public address amplifiers. The Ohms and impedance are not a match for outdoor PA speakers.

I am looking for recommendations for speakers, receivers, mixers, amps or anything else that we might need. I have personally stopped trying to guess at what might work and am self admittingly not very tech savvy.

We have a varying budget probably around 500 bucks to get good quality/loud sound for a lot of years.

Thanks

There is no way to accomplish any of this with $500, no way, no how. It sounds to me like there is not enough dedication of funds to this project which is why it is not working very well. I believe it is better to spend once for quality, instead of a dozen to cut corners. This is especially true when talking about project designed to last a few years.

Designing a PA system for a baseball field requires one to know the following things.

How big are the stands?
Are the stands covered?
Is is stadium like, or just an open type field?
Will it be used for music or speech only? Or both?
What places are do you have to mount the speaker for optimum coverage?
Do you want this to be a temporary system that must be setup every game, or a permanent installation?


Also you will need wiring that is designed to withstand hot, cold, sun, rain if it is exposed. This alone will eat quickly into $500, but you need it as most indoor wiring is not designed to be exposed to outdoor weather.