Speakers for Coffee Shop

I would look into KRK studio monitors. These are active speakers and should receive a balanced signal. If you can find an older preamp such as a Marsh with phono on board and a remote, you will stay well under budget. Of course, that depends on how many speakers you want and how big you want them. Some nice turntables can be found at yard sales or by placing a "wanted" ad on your local CraigsList. Really good tuners can be had for $150 or so and cheap cables will be plenty good enough. Did I cover everything?

Where's it going to be? I'll try to stop in sometime.

OHm Walsh Omnis will deliver good sound throughout the room, not just a sweet spot so nice for a room with many people in many locations.

Also all electronic parts are enclosed in a metal "can" so no worries about fingers, etc. causing any damage if touched. Very durable!!!

Used older Walsh 2s can be had for a couple hundred often on Ebay and will sound quite nice. Other newer models including custom wall mount models, etc. are available from www.ohmspeakers.com.

Thanks all for the responses. I should note that the space is around 1500 square feet, a single rectangular room, not that big.

I know it shouldn't matter, but I would prefer something that looks really good: wood cabinets, great looking front, etc.

Thanks again.

I would actually look into wall mount options ... do not want customers or co-workers accidentally knocking them over (even my CATS have managed to topple a floorstander.

I THINK OHM (who someone else mentioned) has added a wall mount omni to their line-up. Martin Logan and Sonus Faber have a wall mount and Dynaudio DID but not sure they still offer it. I am sure there are many others as well.

If you are looking used and the wall mount idea appeals to you shoot me an email ... I have 2 different pair (ACI and Krell) at home that may interest you. They are currently collecting dust (figuratively speaking as they are boxed).

I was just at a local pub in the afternoon and had to go look at what speakers where being used. The B&W 600 series sounded awesome. for a flatter response I would look into the JBL pro (control) series have owned the Pro 8s for lots of years but use them in the yard and workshop. were they do a wonderful job in conjunction with my old Audiosource AmpTwo. This Combo is a workhorse . and I highly recommend it for open spaces at reasonable volumes. Best Part its Cheap so the non Audio Geek will understand the expense. (Sorry not wood)