LOS ANGELES – The 85th Academy Awards, held Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, featured a sound reinforcement system designed by Pat Baltzell of Baltzell Audio Design. ATK Audiotek deployed the gear for the system. The main PA included 30 JBL VerTec VT4889 speakers and 16 VT4880 subs, with 16 VT4886 elements for side fills and six JBL MS28 loudspeakers for under-balcony coverage. Sixty-five JBL Control 25T surface-mount loudspeakers were also temporarily installed under audience seats in the VIP seating area.
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One of the biggest nights in entertainment, the 85th Annual Academy Awards were broadcast live on ABC and were hosted by Seth MacFarlane. The evening’s highlights included Argo winning Best Motion Picture of the Year, Daniel Day-Lewis earning Best Leading Actor for his performance in Lincoln, and Jennifer Lawrence winning Best Leading Actress for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.
The main PA system included 30 JBL VerTec VT4889 fullsize line array elements, suspended in two arrays of 15 enclosures each, and 16 VT4880 fullsize arrayable subwoofers, suspended in two arrays of eight subwoofers each. The system also featured four suspended side fill arrays, each including four VT4886 subcompact line array elements (for a total of 16 VT4886 elements), while six JBL MS28 loudspeakers were temporarily installed for under-balcony area coverage. A total of 65 JBL Control 25T surface-mount loudspeakers were temporarily installed under audience seats in the VIP seating area.
As in years past, Baltzell relied on VerTec line arrays for the Academy Awards. “This setup has been successful for a number of years and the Vertec system always provides reliable performance and enables me to focus on the event with total confidence in the technology,” Baltzell said.
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