FLUSHING, NY — Citi Field, the new 42,000-seat home for the Mets, has been equipped with over 550 EAW MK and AX series boxes. The systems integrator was TSI Global Companies, LLC, and it was designed by consultants WJHW.
A customized version of EAW’s AX364-210 arrayable install loudspeakers plays a key role in the installation. The units use a 60×40 horn, modified to fire simultaneously forward, down and to the rear, and a pair of 10-inch woofers were added to the cabinet, aimed downward to cancel low-frequency buildup in what is, essentially, an architectural bass trap.
Three of these modified enclosures are installed at the clubhouse level, one of the most challenging spaces in a stadium of this design. Other notable aspects of the system include a large number of under-balcony speakers. These units make certain that the sound in Citi Field is beamed to hard-to-reach seats under overhanging tiers.
The system is also delayed vertically through the upper and middle-tier levels, with delays ranging from 35 ms to 95 ms, computed using SMAART software.
The venue also uses smaller clusters comprised of various combinations of EAW MK5396, MK5364 and MK2396 2-Way full range installation loudspeaker enclosures, which serve seats on the field’s main level and outfield seating sections.
“This was an immensely complex and challenging system, engineered to accommodate a sophisticated architectural design, and EAW products are at the core of the solution,” said Paul Murdick, vice president of A/V for systems integrator TSI Global. “The modifications that EAW were able to execute on their AX364 enclosure met the specifications laid out by WJHW to a ‘T.’ As a result, those boxes are key to the overall consistency of the sound throughout the stadium, even in challenging locations. And the SMAART software made certain that the time alignments were precise and consistent from top to bottom.”
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