My school has a very weird system. I don’t even know what brand it is. The school once had an older low-pitched Telecor but is gone now due to a major renovation in the mid 2010s. They have a new system now and I cannot figure out what it is. I was thinking a Valcom or Carehawk, but I’m not sure. I have a video of the bell sounding and the page tone.
The school has a Simplex voice evac system as well.
The speakers connected to the intercom are made by Penton and Atlas.
I happen to have 3 of the Dukane systems here at home. My daily use system is the MACS II. I also have the MCS, and Starcall systems. Here is a shot of the MACS console at my desk.
I have this Telecor mcc-3 phone, but it does not work due to not having the amplifier and other parts for it. Does anyone know what parts would get this to start up again?
Thank you!
Primary school: ITC 100-volt analog PA system with automatic scheduled audio player for class-changing bells as well as sports field audio amplification. Ceiling speakers in buildings plus column speakers for the sports field.
Middle & High school: A mix of Plexus and JNC devices including wireless mics, RF coax signal transmission and receiving system as well as power amps for buildings. Class-changing bells are played via a computer software. Voice message is delivered via an AKG studio condenser microphone and a Yamaha MG10XU mixing console (which also receives signals from other sound sources like computers and backup auto-players)
Sports field PA is a set of dual 12" LINE ARRAY SPEAKERS with dual 18" subwoofers. Although they’re all knockoff brand called ORLE (probably fake PYLE?) they sound pretty well with lots of bass power, clear midrange vocal bands and slap-in-the-face transients. The system is controlled by a Soundcraft LX9-24 mixing console and powered by five knockoff Crest Audio amplifiers. (When I was in charge of managing this system, I play some nice EDM music through them before each scheduled workout time. Both my schoolmates and the school headmaster love it!)
University: A mix of JBL, DSPPA, HTDZ, ITC and other brands of systems. Some are 100-volt analog, while most of them are IP-based (not Dantified yet haha, they run on proprietary protocols and have lots of latency) The multifunctional event center has some EV ETX15P+18SP speakers fed by a Presonus Studiolive 24 digital mixer and some LED par lights controlled via MA2 command wing. The 2000-seat main theater has lots of JBL AE series speakers (mainly AM7215, AM5215 and ASB6128) powered by Crown I-Tech amps, which are fed by an enormous broadcast-grade Soundcraft Vi3000 digital mixing desk. There’s also a 300-seat mini-theater with L-acoustics Kara II’s controlled by a Soundcraft Si3 Performer audio console. Both theaters have ACME lighting fixtures and grandMA2 light boards.
