All,

I am looking for some assistance from the collective:
* Background: I work with a local charity that puts on a Ghost House =

that every year raises money for various non-profit organizations. The =

ghost house consists of 10 rooms in two 66ft trailers. We are utilizing =

PC style amplified speakers and plan on running the leads (most likely =

16 gauge =93ZIP=94 cord) back to a centralized location which will be =

utilizing an MP3 style player.
* Problem: As I understand it, and I am not an audio kind of guy, the =

MP3 player will not be able to drive the 6-12 PC speaker loads, thus the =

need for an Audio Splitter/driver distribution system. The problem is =

that the Audio drivers that I have found run several hundred dollars and =

are really designed for multiple speakers, not earphones. The advantage =

we have is that the input impedance to most PC speakers is in the 10K =

range so that the output drive requirements of the splitter is reduced. =

The sounds do NOT need to be of great quality, this is a ghost house =

after all, but the reproduction should be =93GOOD=94.

Since cost is an issue (every $ spent means a $ less to give), does =

anyone have any designs that they would like to share, ideas of how you =

would solve this problem, pointers or better solutions.

Your ideas & comments are appreciated.

-Phil
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