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- From: tbruseha@hollywood.ems.cdc.com (Tom Brusehaver)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: telephone interface to many speakers
- Message-ID: <30452@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 20:52:30 GMT
- References: <laird.721967281@stable.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- In article <laird.721967281@stable.ecn.purdue.edu> laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
- >I'm working on a paging module which "answers" a phone call as
- >soon as it arrives (before a "ring" in generated for the calling
- >party - quite confusing for some) and broadcasts the audio of the
- >caller on speakers around the building for a preset time (LS7210
- >digital delay - way cool). The intent is that it can be used as
- >a pager, outgoing line, and incoming line in response to the page.
-
- This sounds pretty cool, maybe post block diagram.
- >
- >So far, it works beautifully feeding a Radio Shack amp/speaker
- >module. (and if you call 317-463-3447 while I'm working on it,
- >you too will be a part of the testing...)
-
- Al right, this is always fun to see results.
- >
- >I haven't ever tried distributing a signal like this. I've read
- >that I need to match my load (speakers) to my source (amp), but
- >I'd like to use a cheap standard audio amp (8 ohm) and cheap
- >little speakers (4 or 8 ohm). I've seen speaker selectors with
- >matching circuits built in, and would like to make something
- >similar. I'd like to keep it simple - resistors and transformers -
- >if I can. I'd also like to be able to add more speakers and vary
- >the volume of each speaker (at the speaker - parallel bus)
- >without redesigning much.
-
- Go back to the olden days (alright, maybe just comercial systems)
- where everyone used 70 volt systems. All the speakers are driven from
- a high voltage/low current line. (Works great for home stereo stuff
- too, no more fat cable arguments).
-
- Basically you need a step up transformer on output from the amplifier,
- and step down transformers on all the speakers.
-
-
- |-------| speaker bus
- | |---|=|------------------------------------------------------------
- | amp | | | |
- | | xformer | | |
- |-------| xfmr |=| |=| |=|
- | / | / | /
- |--|| |--|| |--||
- \ \ \
-
- 4ohm speaker
-
- The bad news, you have to be an electrician to install this system in
- comercial buildings. There is a practical limit to the number of
- speakers you can hang off this bus, but if your amp has enough watts
- you can drive a bunch of speakers.
-
- give it a shot.
-
- Tommy B.
-