Best Line Array Speakers for auditoriums
houses of worship, theatres and halls, fixed install, volunteer operators
A hard room is not a volume problem, it is a pattern problem. Point a conventional box at a hall with a tiled floor and a plaster rear wall and a good share of its output ends up on the surfaces instead of the seats, coming back as the wash that makes speech unintelligible however loud it gets.
A column keeps its vertical pattern narrow and holds it a long way down the room, which is why the same wattage reads clearer in a reverberant nave than a trapezoid cabinet does. Watch what happens under a balcony and in the front rows, because narrow coverage that misses is worse than wide coverage that is merely imperfect.
What matters for auditoriums
- Vertical pattern narrow enough to keep energy off ceiling and floor
- Throw that reaches the last row without shouting at the first
- Under-balcony and front-fill coverage considered, not assumed
- Finish and mounting that suit a room people look at
Our picks
Line Array Speakers for auditoriums
AtlasIED ALA5T-B 5 Speaker Full Range Line Array Speaker System - Black
$593.99
JBL CBT 50LA-LS Line Array Column Loudspeaker with Eight 50 mm (2 in) Drivers and EN54:24 Certification
$670.00
AtlasIED ALA15T 15 Speaker Full Range Line Array Speaker System
$740.99
AtlasIED ALA10T-B 10 Speaker Full Range Line Array Speaker System - Black
$828.99
JBL CBT 70J-1 + 70JE-1 System
$855.00
AtlasIED ALA20T 20 Speaker Full Range Line Array Speaker System
$896.99
AtlasIED ALA15T-B 15 Speaker Full Range Line Array Speaker System - Black
$926.99
JBL SRX910LA VT
$1,049.00
JBL CBT 100LA-1 Constant Beamwidth Technology line array column
$1,055.00
AtlasIED ALA20T-B 20 Speaker Full Range Line Array Speaker System - Black
$1,121.99
JBL CBT 100LA-LS Line Array Column Loudspeaker with Sixteen 50 mm (2 in) Drivers and EN54:24 Certification
$1,245.00
Bose Professional Bose F1 Model 812 Flexible Array Loudspeaker
$1,399.00
JBL CBT 70J-1 Constant Beamwidth Technology two-way line array column
$1,480.00
RCF NXL 14-A Line Array Column
$1,649.00
HK Audio CADIS CAD 208 Weatherproof Install Line Array
$1,799.00
RCF HDL 6-A Line Array Module
$1,799.00
JBL VRX928LA
$1,849.00
JBL CBT 1000 + CBT 1000E System
$1,870.00
QSC Audio QSC WL2082-i Installation Line Array Element
$2,046.32
FBT VERTUS CS 1000 Compact Line Array Integrated System
$2,111.50
RCF HDL 10-A Line Array Module
$2,199.00
QSC Audio QSC WL2102-w WideLine-10 Line Array Element
$2,344.73
JBL CBT 200LA-1 Constant Beamwidth Technology line array column, two-piece
$2,445.00