Bosch/Electro-Voice Ceiling Speaker Placement Calculator Calculator Rev 3.

Room Dimensions Largedot Units of Measure 61.54909

Width 80 Speaker Placement Pattern
Length 54 80 Feet Meters
Height 12 70

Width
Listener Height 4 8 60 Number of speakers 36
Number of columns 9 columns
50
Speaker 0 Number of rows 8 rows
40 Pattern Hexagonal
EV Pro-8A series
30
Tap Wattage 7.50 Distance bottom wall to first row 5.0 feet
20
7.5 Distance between successive rows 10.0 feet
7.5 10
7.5 Distance left wall to first column 3.0 feet
Pattern 0 Distance between successive columns 6.0 feet
10 0 10 20 Length30 40 50 Overlap between 6db cones, width 1.6 feet
Square
0 Overlap between 6db cones, length 5.6 feet
Hexagonal
Speaker's nominal polar coverage 80 degrees
Height

10
Density Speaker's sensitivity (1w/@/1 meter) 96.0 dB
Speaker's power tap setting 7.50 Watts
High (noise
masking) Estimated Level Variation -4.6 dB
Medium (average, 5
Average SPL in room @ rated power 100.0 dB
good coverage) Base cabling length needed (wire pair) 512 feet
Total Base power requirements 348 watts
Low (enconomy)
Note: No factor for cable loss included in power estimate
0
0 2 4 6 8
Length 10 12 14 16 18
Density Adjustment Minimum Wire Size Guide
Length -6db coverage cones Maximum Rated Power
Wire Gauge
10 @ 70 Volts @ 100 Volts
Cones along Cones along 18 210 Watts 300 Watts
Decrease Increase
width length 16 420 Watts 500 Watts
10 14 1050 Watts 1500 Watts
Width 0 1 12 1400 Watts 2000 Watts
2.24
0
3.28
 Room Dimensions
Depth 300
Length 205
Height 12
Listener height 4
Setting up the Room
SPEAKER
Evid C4.2
Enter the room dimensions in areas Highlighted in green
Ta p W attage
30
Choose the speaker to be used from the drop down list a
Pattern
Square Choose a speaker pattern, Square or Hexagonal
Hexagonal

Select a density for the pattern, Medium is for normal co

Density
maximum level variation in the room
High (noise masking)

Medium (average, The slider bars allow slight adjustments to the pattern in
good coverage) the number of row or columns in the pattern
Low (enconomy)

Density Adjustment
Length

Decrease Incre ase

W idth

Smalldot
Spe ake r Place me nt Patte rn
300

250
8 Speaker Pattern Results Graph
200

The top graph shows positioning of the speake

Width

FALSE
150

100
30.00
30 50 The bottom graph is an elevation view which s
30 speakers and how much cones overlap.
0
0 50 100 150 200
10 Le ngth
TRUE

10
Height

0
0 10 20 30
Le ngth
 10

Height
5

0
0 10 20 30
Le ngth
-6db cov e rage cone s
10
Increase Cones along w idth Cones along le ngth

Units of Measure
Room Coverage Information
Fee t Mete rs

The chart gives information about the number

Number of speakers 45
Number of columns 10 columns
approximate levels of coverage in the room are
Number of rows 9 row s
Pattern He xagonal
Information can be displayed in either english o
Distance bottom wall to first row 5.6 meters is calculated depending on which units are sele
Distance between successive rows 11.1 meters
Distance left wall to first column 10.0 meters
Distance between successive columns 20.0 meters
The amount of cable required for connecting th
Overlap between 6db cones, width 11.5 meters
Overlap between 6db cones, length 2.7 meters the speakers are strung together on a single ca
required will depend on where the amplifiers a
Speaker's nominal polar coverage 130 de gre es required, how the room is broken up into zones
Speaker's sensitivity (1w/@/1 meter) 85.0 dB
Speaker's power tap setting 7.5 w a tts
Estimated Le vel Va riation -3.1 dB
Average SPL in room @ rated power 79.6 dB
Base cabling length needed (wire pair) 1900 mete rs
The amplifier requirements for the number of s
Total Base power requirements 435 w atts the number of speakers times the power tap us
Note: No Factor for Cable loss included in Power Estimate speaker's transformer. If the room uses long ru
increase the amplifier power slightly to compen

Minim um W ire Size Guide

Ma ximum rated pow er
W ire Gauge
@ 70 Volts @ 100 Volts The table shows the power that a given gauge
18 210 W atts 300 W atts
16 420 W atts 500 W atts
in choosing the needed wire size for the power
14 1050 W atts 1500 W atts
12 1400 W atts 2000 W atts
 Calculator Rev 3.2

up the Room

in areas Highlighted in green

used from the drop down list and power tap from the drop down list.

Square or Hexagonal

ern, Medium is for normal coverage and produces about a 3 dB

the room

adjustments to the pattern in the room by increasing or decreasing

ns in the pattern

r Pattern Results Graph

ows positioning of the speakers on a layout of the room

is an elevation view which shows the -6 dB coverage cones of the

w much cones overlap.
Coverage Information

formation about the number of speakers in the room and their positions,
s of coverage in the room are also given

e displayed in either english or metric units, The SPL in the Room

nding on which units are selected

ble required for connecting the speakers is given, This assumes all
strung together on a single cable, The actual amount of cable
nd on where the amplifiers are relative the room and, where
room is broken up into zones

uirements for the number of speakers used is given. This value is

eakers times the power tap used, plus a factor for loss in the
mer. If the room uses long runs of wire it may be desirable to
ifier power slightly to compensate of losses in the wiring

he power that a given gauge wire is rated to handle, and is useful

eeded wire size for the power used in the room
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Cricle 1
X Y
left -2.918904 5
bottom 3 -5.2580650677
right 8.918904 5
top 3 15.258065068
-2.918904 5

geometry calcs Jim Long, 11-08-11; last edited 11-08-11