NAPERVILLE, IL —North Central College was looking to ensure a satisfactory audio experience for both audiences and visiting artists at the Wentz Concert Hall, part of the college’s new Fine Arts Center. Talaske, an acoustic audio, and video design firm based in Oak Park, Ill., used Bag End subwoofers for the project.
Wentz Hall’s 605-seat audience area is moderately sized, but the stage is designed to be big enough for a full professional symphony orchestra and chorus. A varied schedule means that performers using the stage may vary from large and small ensembles to single performers.
As an intimate hall able to accommodate large sound, the Wentz Concert Hall can be “tuned” through the motorized extension and retraction of sound-absorbing curtains. Two large acoustic expansion chambers, one on each side of the stage and invisible to the audience, enhance the acoustic characteristics and extend reverb times.
The sound system is equally flexible, amplifying and moderating sound to meet the needs of the situation. Four Bag End D18E-AD subwoofers and an Infra mx2 processor provide bass sound support in the main auditorium, along with a Crown Audio CTS2000 amplifier, and Electrovoice EVI-28 center loudspeaker with Crown Audio CTS600 amplifier, and 2 Electrovoice Xi-2153A, and 2Xi-1123A’s for Main Floor and Balcony reinforcement.
For more information, please visit www.talaske.com and www.bagend.com.
