NolaTiga
Glad to hear you are meeting with a sound guy. I have no doubt you are capable of
installing a working system. You must understand, however, that us sound guys are passionate about what we do. Most of us have spent years studying audio and acoustics. We can look at a situation and anticipate potential problems that most people can't. It's our craft, and there is a lot more that goes into proper sound system design than meets the eye. Sometimes it's as easy as mounting a speaker on a pole, sometimes it's much more complicated than that, and competition sized pools are some of the most challenging environments.
There is an old adage in our business that most facilities end up buying 3 sound systems. The first one installed by the guy who wired the building, the second installed by someone who knows someone who fiddles around with stereos, and the third when they finally decide to seek out a professional.
I work with a lot of Electrical contractors. I have great respect for what you do. But I have also seen a things, done by journeymen electricians, that were just plain wrong by sound system standards. I know a lot about electricity, sound systems are electrical systems, so I need to have a good understanding of how electricity is delivered to my sound system. But that knowledge does not qualify me to install high voltage transformer into a facility or wire a panel. I leave that work to you, the experts!
Any competent electrician can install a sound system. Pulling the wire, mounting the speakers, making the connections etc.. In fact, I would not have the amount of business that I do if it were not for all of the electricians that do this work for me. Just be smart enough to know when it's time to call a professional. And remember, it's a two way street. I design and sell sound systems. The electricians that call me in when they have a customer who needs a sound system, are the electricians I call when I need wire pulled and speakers mounted.
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