Choosing Speakers...? ALWAYS Ask These 3 Questions!

How can you make sure you're choosing the perfect speakers for your sound system? What are the most important specifications to look for when choosing speakers? In this video, I'll show you the most important features and specifications that I look for when designing a sound system and 3 questions that will help you choose the perfect speakers.

0:00 - Introduction
0:33 - 3 Questions You Should Ask When Designing A Sound System
0:42 - Question #1
3:00 - Question #2
4:51 - Question #3
8:25 - Choosing The Right Amplifier For Your Speakers
8:46 - Subscribe To Audio University!

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[Mikishots]

I've worked as an E. Eng. for 22 years and have a passing knowledge of audio equipment, but of course am very familiar with the electrical aspects. This is an excellent resource - you are doing a good service here. There is so much misinformation online regarding these topics, and your content is very refreshing. Nicely done, subscribed.

[adulsheik]

You talked about choosing the right speaker What about The left one ?

[Digmen]

Dude, your audio series are some of the best I have seen.
Well done

[MuscleEire]

The Sheldon Cooper of the audio world.

Thanks for the videos, great info.

[PatrickInCayman]

Excellent content, valuable information and perfect delivery. Very clear and understandable. Thanks!

[tlb]

I've been a performing musician for 43 years and a sound technician for 18 of those years.
I performed in a club for the first time at age 17 in a band that included my two brothers. We learned to play together. We started out with very minimal and insufficient gear. Over time, we acquired gear and built a large, mismatched, under-amplified, sound system we really didn't know how to correctly use. Oh, we thought we did, but we didn't. Much of it, we'd acquired used. Our mics were a hodge podge of cheap, used relics.
After about 15 years of gigging heavily in Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia, sometimes playing three 4 hour shows a week, we grew tired of carrying all that gear. We hired out our sound for the first time.
Back then, there were many good small sound production companies for hire in our area. They were all very capable and we had great experiences with every one of the many we hired. One day, we hired an individual who was phenomenal. He made us sound better than we thought was possible. And he made a lasting impression on me personally.
I didn't realize it then, but I was cocky at times because I thought I knew my way around all aspects of gigging because I had "paid my dues". This gentleman could have easily told me off and moved on when I insisted on using a cheap EV mic from their affordable line I had bought based solely on the brand name, ignorant of specs or anything else about the mic. But he didn't. I would tell him my monitor needed EQ adjustments. He'd try to accomodate me, but the mic was simply not a good vocal mic.
One day, I failed to pack the mic and he used an SM58 instead. I was humbled. My world changed.
I began asking him how he knew the SM58 was the better vocal mic and why he could get so much better sound than we ever did. I learned that he knew his gear inside and out and had built his system well and knew how to deploy it to accomodate different venues.
There was no internet back then. I was hungry to learn what I didn't know and consumed every book and every tidbit of knowledge I could lay my hands on. A whole new world was opened up to me and I realized I only knew a fraction of what I so confidently thought I knew. I also learned that I can always gain knowledge from anyone in the field because there are many different approaches to the same goals. And I embraced the fact that I'll never stop learning.
We finally grew tired of the bar scene and took a long break in 2007. After several years of working in a bluegrass band, then an acoustic duet, with a number of different sound systems and approaches, I now have a very compact but capable QSC system and I mix from the stage in our 3 piece cover band.
Times have changed, and so have the types of venues available for gigging. In our area, there are almost no clubs any more, but many establishments called brewpubs that offer live music. But unlike the clubs and dance halls of years past, the proprietors typically have no knowledge of the infrastructure needs of a band. There is usually no stage. Often, tables need to be moved to squeeze the band into the building. The audience is almost in your lap not only while performing, but also during load in and setup. And, often, there is only one 10 or 15 amp outlet for the band.
I've built and tweaked my system to meet these challenges.
I'm almost 60 now, and although I move a bit slower, I still enjoy performing live and achieving a great sound at FOH and through my stage monitor. I still use a wedge to better hear and control the show.
I use an ampless guitar rig. Our bass player is ampless as well and my brother plays electronic drums. They both use IEMs and have tablet based control of their own monitor mixes via wifi connected to my compact 16 channel digital mixer. I'm retired now and we're like children again, having a blast.
I find your channel and a few others to be very professional and informative. And I've successfully applied knowledge I've learned here.
Thank you for your work and your channel!

[Bryanpaulallen]

I’m overwhelmed with how much I just have learned. Great video, explained for the average enthusiast.

[ELEMIX]

Great stuff Kyle! Love all your videos!

[UncleWormie]

In 1971, I was working on WFDD, or "Fudd, " which was the on-campus radio station for Wake Forest University..

Like most college stations it's public and educational programming for the most part. A lot of classical music of course.

But the late night hours were turned over to the m😂usically progressive rock and roll. And experimental.

The first binaural development was already to the point of mounting microphones in a 'head' with accurate human ear canals, etc.

We didn't have a huge budget so we made our own by mounting a couple of shotgun telefunken on a tree facing outwards.

Since we had no head, we put a square of thick foam between them. It worked.

So we registered the programming with FCC, as the first ever live binaural broadcast!!

Wow, that was a long time ago.. Go Wake Forest!!

[Texas]

I have a 5.1 AV receiver surroundsound I want to replace two front speakers to PA speakers. Is that possible I need your opinion

[muriithisimon]

Thanks man! I've really learnt something there!

[anthonybulaoro]

Thank you for this very informative video😊

[FARLANDER]

Often the HF driver has a different angle than the LF driver. Also, when the directive is "Here it is, make it work." move speakers around and even try turning them upside down if possible until it gets as good as you can get then EQ from there. Sometimes weird tricks work.

Great video!

[etmax]

I was introduced to active speakers with active crossovers in the early 70's, and I've never gone back. Being able to couple an extremely low impedance power amplifier directly to a voice coil with only some fraction of an ohm dampens the system to such an extent that they follow the source signal with a minimum of distortion.

[anitanirmal]

Ayyyy! I was waiting for this video man! Thanks! :)

[saamzaudioconsults]

your contents are amazing
you just answered a question i have been struggling with. thanks

[JeyakanthanNitharsan]

Excellent explanation. it's little easy to understand every-body.

[gtrguyinaz]

❤❤❤great info… my 10 k cost speakers only put out 83 db /1 watt etc…. Vary inefficient… so I have a 550 watt power amp at 4 ohms to solve this issue.. using a DB meter I get average spl of 85 …at 10 feet…

[therealbronxbull]

What is the diff between the 2 way and 3 way buttons on the back of the crossover, also the sum buttons please thank you.

[jasonmccaffreypgh]

I know a lot about nothing lol. Seriously though It’s great you have clear concise dialect on all subjects audio. Even if some content is aimed at the noob, I still alway s find something new and useful when you speak✌️