The Best Speakers for Open Architecture Ceilings
Open architecture ceilings add beautiful dynamics to a space. They can also create difficult acoustics that need specific speakers to provide the clear, superb sound they need. In traditionally designed buildings with conventional ceilings, speakers can be installed into the drop ceiling or sheetrock. Open ceilings are different because they have trusses instead of tiles, and speakers around the parameter on the walls don’t cover the space evenly and produce uneven sound pressure levels. Here are some speakers that are designed specifically for open architecture or high ceiling spaces.
The Omnidirectional Bose® FreeSpace® 3 Series II
The Bose® FreeSpace® 3 Series II Omni Pendant-Mount System is an exposed ceiling pendant speaker system, so it is ideal for exposed structures or open plenum ceilings with contemporary open architecture. Providing extended bandwidth reproduction of voice and music, this omnidirectional loudspeaker system gives you the flexibility to have clear sound fill every area of your space.
The Extremely Durable Octasound SP840A
The Octasound SP840A 15 inch Central Speaker System is built to be installed in “big box” or high ceiling venues. It has a tuned port enclosure that contains a highly efficient 15" woofer matched to four powerful compression horns and drivers. The four compression horns provide excellent clarity and speech intelligibility while allowing the sound to be projected evenly in all 4 directions. Made of extremely durable components, this speaker system is built to last.
The Design-Focused Pure Resonance Audio PD6
Designed to provide clear, intelligible audio in both indoor and outdoor exposed ceiling applications, the Pure Resonance Audio PD6 6.5" full-range pendant speaker features a down-firing driver that evenly distributes sound within the listening area in high-ceiling venues. This pendant speaker provides powerful sound while seamlessly blending into the space as a design element.
The Parabolic SoundTube SS30 Secret Sound
The SoundTube SS30 Secret Sound Sound-Focusing Parabolic Speaker projects a focused beam of sound to a specific area without distracting audio spillover. This parabolic speaker is ideal for museums or exhibits and can be ceiling-mounted at any height.
The Narrow Coverage Soundsphere 110B
The unobtrusive Soundsphere 110B Compact Loudspeaker provides clear voice announcements, seamless background music, and omnidirectional coverage. It produces superb sound reproduction and very consistent, narrow coverage for rooms with open architecture ceilings.
Each of these speakers is created to improve voice intelligibility, musical clarity, and coverage in open architecture spaces or high ceiling venues with difficult acoustics, including retail stores, restaurants, warehouses, office buildings, meeting spaces, factories, and stadium and arena concourses. We also build complete audio solutions for any commercial open ceiling application. If you have an open architecture venue with challenging audio needs, one of our audio engineers would be happy to help you build an open architecture floor plan sound system that will meet all the needs of your space and budget.
