PITTSBURGH, PA – Duquesne University's renovated Union Ballroom has been equipped with two AX366 Arrayable Install loudspeakers from EAW, chosen by Hollowood Music and Sound for their ability to overcome the challenge of the room's split-ceiling design.
"The large concentric horn design of EAW's AX366 disperses the sound evenly throughout the room," noted Ken Coey, commercial sales manager and systems designer at Hollowood. "The AX366 was the perfect fit for this project." Two of the loudspeaker enclosures were used, flown from the ceiling near the sidewalls, which kept reflections to a minimum.
"We used the AX366 in a similar installation recently for Franciscan University's Field house, and they were the perfect solution there, too," added Coey. "And the AX366's extended frequency range meant we didn't have to use a subwoofer, so that saved the school even more money without sacrificing any sound quality. My designs always start with the speakers, and EAW is always my first choice. The application-specific design of their products means I'll always have the right speaker to base a design off of."
The EAW AX366 has a horn pattern of 60° by 60°. All AX enclosures, including the companion AX122 subwoofer, have an identically sized, dual trapezoidal shape. The MF/HF transducer loads into a large, common horn via a modified version of the EAW's patented Radial Phase Plug. A unique HF waveguide is integrated within the center of the phase plug. It is acoustically transparent to the MF energy while being acoustically opaque to and acting as a waveguide for the HF energy.
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