Hi.It all depends what you want to do with this system.Is it just for speeches,or both music and speeches??
500 or 600 people is a lot.
How much money do you want to spend on this?

It would probably work best for multiple speakers setup all over the hall for better coverage.My advice is powered speakers.
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