What is the best speaker for a sports hall in Barcelona?

Sports halls present a challenging acoustic environment: high ceilings, hard reflective surfaces, and high ambient noise from crowds and equipment. Speech intelligibility for announcements and safety messages is the primary requirement, so loudspeakers must be highly directional and capable of high SPL with controlled coverage. SSOUNDS install loudspeakers, including the P4, P5, P6T, P10T and P12T, are engineered for these conditions. The T models operate on 70/100 V lines, allowing long cable runs with minimal loss, which is ideal for large halls.

For even coverage and minimal reverberation, slim column loudspeakers like the SSOUNDS LC8.2 and LC16.2 are often the best choice. Their narrow vertical dispersion keeps sound on the audience and off hard walls and ceilings, improving intelligibility. In larger halls or where higher SPL is needed, clustered SSOUNDS M series point-source boxes or P series loudspeakers can be used. Ceiling loudspeakers such as the CL6 and CL8 are suitable for lower ceilings or ancillary spaces. Subwoofers are rarely required for speech-only sports halls but can be added for music playback.

Selection and sizing depend on hall dimensions, ceiling height, and target SPL. As a guide, use coverage prediction to determine the number and type of loudspeakers: columns for long, narrow halls; point-source clusters for wide or high spaces. SSOUNDS A series networked amplifiers with DSP and Dante provide the processing and routing needed for multi-zone systems, including emergency announcements. All SSOUNDS systems are designed and installed by our team across Barcelona, with support from our UK and European operations.