Sophie asks:
Hey Josh – after a beach ceremony last weekend I vowed to never lug my massive speaker around again – its ridiculously heavy, I’m pregnant, plus sand = a terrible time. I loved your set-up at the conference and definitely did not write enough notes at that time about what was going on.
Bose S1 Pro, check. If I go with 2 speakers like you had do they have to be connected with a cable? I don’t think yours did but some audio store people are telling me I’d have to?
I’m not too tech savvy but have reasonable intelligence so I know I can work it all out when I get going.
Ideally I’d like 2 speakers playing all audio at once – me speaking through a headset (something decent Rode or the like), couples into a handheld (Senheiser right?) and music played through Bluetooth. This is pretty much what I’ve told the few places I’ve approached so far but then it gets complicated quick when they’re talking to me about mixers and cables etc etc and I’m lost.
Any quick and not too laborious help??
A quick step one for anyone who isn’t familiar with my PA system recommendation, check out this article first
The best way to demonstrate how I manage two speakers without a mixing desk or cables is with a diagram. Missing off the below diagram however is a second microphone input, like a headset you mention. But think of it of just a second XLR input into speaker 1, on a third channel.
The important notes is that you have three wireless communications happening, two into speaker 1, then one from speaker 1 into speaker 2.

Simply put, everything goes into one speaker, that speaker acts as a mixer, then you take the audio out of speaker 1 and send it to speaker 2.
I know when I run this set up I will often have my microphone volume at maximum on speaker 1, then the volume on speaker 2 sits around 75% for an even left and right spread of audio.
Different microphones, audio set ups, rooms, and configurations will apply so the rule as always is to use your ears and to do a sound check.
Hi Josh, the connection from speaker 1 and speaker 2 i.e wireless transmitted and reciever. Are you referring to the Sennheiser EW112P G4 Wireless Lapel Microphone System?
So when using 2 speakers you wouldn’t be using the clip-on lapel plugged into the transmitter to connect to the receiver BUT INSTEAD using speaker 1 to plug into the transmitter to connect to the receiver…
https://djcity.com.au/product/sennheiser-ew112p-g4-b-lapel-microphone/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw_absBRD1ARIsAO4_D3vUbMI46MJ1FEi5EJbYDcau8-mR1mspfBxsrWgdWYDlTel5hHcKhOYaAk7sEALw_wcB
Hi Kim, that’s correct 🙂
Hi Josh, I’ve purchased a 2nd Bose speaker so I can use both together at my larger ceremonies. The wireless setup you have shown in this diagram looks ideal but I can see it requires a 2nd Sennheiser transmitter/receiver and that’s a bit beyond my budget at the moment. Thinking a cable would be a practical (less exxy) solution to join the two speakers for now… is it correct that a TRS>XLR cable would work for this?
The cable can work, it’s a little less sexy but it works 🙂
And that’s the right cable TRS (6.5mm) to XLR (3 pin mic lead) or TRS because the XLR input on the S1s also accept a TRS in the middle 🙂
Cool thanks. Yes, totally agree on the Sliding Scale of Sexiness it doesn’t rate as highly as wireless, but still better than the terrible crime of insufficient volume 🙂
You’re speaking my language: sexy audio!