[OPLINLIST] AV systems for meeting rooms

[Phil Shirley]

We're going to be installing AV equipment in our two meeting rooms and 
our children's program room. Could you help me with a few questions, 
based on what you have in your library and/or equipment you know of?

1. We would like to have some audio equipment installed that would work 
with cordless microphones as well as other input like a computer or a 
Blu-Ray player. A vendor has suggested some standard PA equipment (Bogen 
GS60 amp and HFCS1 speakers) that I think would do most of what we want, 
but I wonder if we should try to get something that would do standard PA 
stuff (take microphone input, auto-mute when building-wide pages come 
through) plus give us theater-like sound, perhaps with a subwoofer and 
at least 5.1 surround sound, for when we show movies or perhaps even for 
games. We don't show movies often, though we've had a license to in the 
past and we might again in the future. I'd be interested to know what 
kind of sound systems other libraries have, and if you get good quality 
sound from movies with a standard PA system?

2. I want to make it as easy as possible for staff to stream content or 
mirror the screen from computers, tablets, etc. I had thought about 
getting Apple TVs and using AirPlay, but Airtame ( https://airtame.com/ 
) also seems very good. Do you have any comments on these or anything 
similar?

3. We're planning to have ceiling-mounted projectors (and a TV in the 
children's room, which has windows). I'm considering getting an HDMI 
switch to switch between inputs (at least, between the Blu-Ray player 
and the AppleTV or Airtame). Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Here are the dimensions of our meeting rooms:

The Sutliff Room is 42' x 29', and it can be divided in two (29 x 26 and 
29 x 16). When it's divided, I think we'll want sound in just the larger 
part. The ceiling is 8' 4" high.

The Graffe Room (children's) will be 46 x 27, and will be able to be 
divided in half (23 x 27 and 23 x 27). When it's divided, I think we'll 
want sound in only one part. The ceiling will be between 8' and 8' 2" high.

The smallest room (the Chambers Room) is 20' 8" x 20' 8". The ceiling is 
8' 4" high.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Phil
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Phil Shirley
Technology Services Coordinator
Cuyahoga Falls Library
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
330-928-2117, ext. 109
pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary.org

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