What Speakers to use in a bar/restaurant environment


I'm looking for advice as to what speakers I can install on the walls or suspend from the ceiling of a bar/restaurant. The current ones sound lousy, not clear at all, compared to what I would like. There are many 70/100 Volt systems on the market, and I assume they make quality speakers at a sane price level.
I'm looking for mainly background music, but I need the ability to get suitable volume for events like a UFC.

Would it be worth considering smaller home audio speakers for this type of environment, or do I need to install "commercial" ones such as those made by JBL, etc?

And advice or direction will be helpful.

The rooms are ~3000sq ft, with a 14 foot ceiling.
Want to get a very nice quality of sound with low /moderate volume .
brrgrr
Brrgrr, I've owned clubs. Stick with commercial. Big speakers tend to blow people out of certain areas. You are right to go with a 70volt system or a system with a very high voltage 8-12 pair impedance matching control. Cheap controls will literally melt (I've melted small Niles units).

EV-40's are probably the best I've seen. They are indestructible and sound decent. They do roll of at 15khz and would suck in your living room for quality music. However, the internal circuit breaker will protect the tweeters forever.

Even though I don't care for Bose, their commercial gear does crank. However, it's quite pricey.

Klipsch make commercial gear too, but then again it's not cheap.

JBL makes killer custom systems but they are more for a club.

Don't get cheap with an amp. More power is best. Some commercial amps sound like crap, some are good. Read reviews. They have improved a lot over the years. You may be able to get away with a small stack of audio amps vs a crown or qsc. Adcoms run all day long for cheap and Bryston has its 20 year warranty...

Finally, run it in mono. That's a great part of 70 volt. Imagine the tables on the sides only getting 1/2 the signal.