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I am being contracted to add a new paging system for a new building at a school That I currently service

They currently have three separate buildings With a 70 V system in each building and they are using the Algo 8301 in each building for bells ,music and announcements

I’m just wondering if I should just go with a 70 V system or if I should go with a Valcom four wire system

The new building has two floors and I think a total of 10 classrooms obviously there’s hallways. I’m thinking about maybe 10 speakers on each floor.
There is also going to be an external paging horn on each side of the building



They are talking about upgrading the whole paging system in a few years, so I was just wondering if I should run data cable cat 5/6 as opposed to speaker cable and use the Valcom 4 wire as opposed to 2 Wire

They are basically looking for something to get by for now, but I wondering if running the Data wire would be a better choice maybe using a Valcom 6000 product down the road

Thanks

JD

Use a 70V system and don't lock yourself into a vendor.

For a school i have been using the valcom ACS 45 which replaced the v2924.
The plus about it is the good support from Valcom.
i do a lot of paging work in the Boston if you need any assistance send a msg.
jim,

This seems like total overkill for their use case.

I would vote for the 70V system myself...

I think I’m gonna go with the 70 V paging system has anyone ever used those 2 x 2 ceiling speakers ? I know Valcom makes them
I didn’t realize that Bogen makes them as well for 70 V systems. Just wondering if they would be OK for this application, they seem much cleaner than cutting ceiling tiles.

Also sounds like a stupid question as far as the speaker wire goes Should I use shielded speaker wire