Can I Frankenstein a system together?

[GarageGirl212]

I've gone to the "experts" and they come back with systems in the thousands of $$$$! I'm overwhelmed with all the research and just ready for some real world advise.

I've got a small yoga studio, about 25' wide x 80' long. I've got some donated speakers and a powered sub-woofer so if I can use that that would be great. I'm willing to spend a couple of hundred bucks if I have to. I'm thinking I can start with a new tuner/amp/whatever and do speakers if I need to?

Music is streamed from my phone/iPad so if I could do that wireless, my life would be easier.
I've got 2 Bose bookshelf speakers rated 10-120w/ch, 8ohms, IEC power 60w/ch and a Sony powered subwoofer that was part of my home theater. I'm not seeing any info on it but the system was over $1200 new so I'm thinking it's not a total POS.

So... yoga studio - the music needs to be quiet and is moody new-agey for the most part. But I do have a couple of classes where I play heavy metal and rock, although it's not turned up loud. There's also some low frequency binaural stuff.

So what should I use to power these speakers? Do I need to start from scratch and if so with what?

 

[Alabalcho]

The "experts" are so called because they usually know what they are talking about. 25'x80' (2000 square feet) is not your family room where off-the-shelf 5.1 system is more than enough. You can't use two (even four) powerful speakers hoping that sound picture will be the same throughout the room.

In-ceiling speakers probably will be the best. When you think about your bookshelf speakers, think about how you will run wires to them - this will be ugly, and dangerous (what if someone trips over a wire, and the speakers falls over him/her)?

 

[americanaudiophile]

Since your budget is limited I would suggest getting a stereo receiver like this one
http/www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX8020-TX-8020-Stereo-Receiver/dp/B00EE18O7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1457196605&sr=1-1&keywords=airplay+stereo+receiver
that has an optional airplay dock.
Yes a professional system would be better but you need some music to get your business rolling. You can upgrade later.

 

[jsmithepa]

Yup, not a whole lot of choices with that kind of dough, best if you can drive at least 4 speakers simultaneously to fill up that space. Hey lots of gyms use boom boxes, you just want people to work out at the rhym of the music, not a concert hall.

 

[GarageGirl212]

Thanks for your input! I've been to a lot of studios running only two speakers in a lot bigger space. I'm running the two speakers now and it really is plenty. Given the long skinny-ness of the space and the way the students are oriented I don't need to get too cute with creating a theater experience, which is what the "experts" were trying to talk me into.

The speaker wire is already run through the walls and there's power nearby if I decide to do powered speakers.