What is the best speaker for an office in Brasília?

Open plan offices need even, low level coverage rather than high SPL. Ceiling loudspeakers on a 70/100 V line are the standard choice because they allow many units on one amplifier channel with simple tap setting. The SSOUNDS CL6 and CL8 ceiling loudspeakers are designed for this: wide, smooth coverage at low levels, with the CL8 giving more output and low frequency extension for larger floor plates. Space them for overlap at ear height so speech and music remain intelligible without hot spots near workstations.

Meeting rooms and enclosed offices need tighter pattern control to keep sound inside the room and off adjacent desks. SSOUNDS LC8.2 and LC16.2 slim column loudspeakers deliver a narrow vertical pattern and controlled horizontal coverage, which raises speech intelligibility for conferencing and paging while reducing spill. For larger boardrooms or divisible rooms, SSOUNDS P4, P5, P6T, P10T and P12T install loudspeakers (T models run on a 70/100 V line) or M series point-source boxes and subwoofers can be used where more headroom or music quality is required.

Sound masking is a separate design task: it needs a dedicated, unobtrusive broadband source distributed evenly through the ceiling. Use the same ceiling loudspeaker zones or separate masking emitters, tuned so the masking level sits just below speech level. Zone control is essential: reception, open plan, meeting rooms, corridors and back of house should be separate zones so paging and music levels can be set independently. SSOUNDS A series networked amplifiers with DSP and Dante provide the routing, EQ, limiting and zone control, and Dante allows simple expansion and integration with paging systems.

Sizing starts with the ceiling height, floor area and target level. For typical office background music and paging, design for 70 to 75 dBA at listener height with 3 to 6 dB of overlap between ceiling loudspeakers. In open plan areas with high ceilings, reduce spacing or use higher output models. For masking, add 3 to 5 dB of dedicated masking level above the music floor. Always model the room before installation: SSOUNDS uses AI assisted acoustic modeling and coverage prediction to set loudspeaker positions, tap settings and DSP presets before the system ships. SSOUNDS designs and installs across Brasília, with international support from our UK, US, Nigeria and Ghana bases.