What is the best speaker for a conference room in Kigali?

Conference room audio is an intelligibility problem, not a power problem. Speech arrives from people at the table and from video calls, and every seat must hear both clearly at conversational levels. That points to distributed loudspeakers placed close to listeners, so the direct sound stays ahead of the reverberant field. SSOUNDS CL6 and CL8 ceiling loudspeakers are designed for exactly this: low profile, wide and even coverage, and predictable behaviour in the low ceilings typical of modern meeting rooms. Where a suspended or solid ceiling makes ceiling installation impractical, SSOUNDS LC8.2 and LC16.2 slim column loudspeakers mount flat to the wall and deliver tightly controlled vertical coverage that keeps energy on the seats and off the ceiling and floor.

Sizing follows the room, not a rule of thumb. Start with the seating plan and ceiling height, then aim for consistent level and coverage across the whole table, including the seats nearest the display. In most conference rooms a distributed ceiling layout at modest spacing achieves this with far lower SPL per box than a single point source, which also reduces feedback risk at the microphones. Ceiling loudspeakers should be on a 70/100 V line where long cable runs or many boxes are involved, which is why SSOUNDS T models such as the P6T, P10T and P12T exist. For larger boardrooms, divisible rooms or spaces with a presentation position, SSOUNDS M series point source boxes and subwoofers, or P4 and P5 install loudspeakers, give more headroom and pattern control.

The loudspeakers are one part of the system. SSOUNDS A series networked amplifiers with DSP and Dante handle routing, EQ, delay and limiting, and integrate with beamforming microphones and the echo cancellation in your video platform so far end speech stays natural. One touch control should be the goal: a simple panel or touch interface that selects a source, sets a level and does nothing else. SSOUNDS engineers model the room before anything ships, using acoustic prediction to place loudspeakers and set coverage, then commission the DSP on site so the result matches the design.

SSOUNDS designs and installs across Kigali, working with system integrators, consultants and venue technical directors from our African operations in Abuja, Nigeria, and our UK and US bases. We ship and support internationally, and we are glad to discuss your territory and project directly.