SUNRISE, FL —The BankAtlantic Center, home arena for the Florida Panthers NHL franchise and other sporting, music and special events, recently upgraded its sound system with products from EAW.
The upgrade included 80 KF730 compact line array modules, six AX364 arrayable install loudspeakers, 20 AX366 arrayable install loudspeakers, four AX396 arrayable install loudspeakers, four SB1000z large format subwoofers and (6) UX8800 digital signal processors.
The venue contracted Delray Beach-based Event Services and Support (www.eventservicesandsupport.net) to create and install a sound system to replace their existing audio equipment. Event Services and Support in turn contacted EAW dealer Orlando-based Stage Audio & Lighting Productions (www.salproductions.com).
Max Munro, president of Event Services and Support, designed the system in coordination with Joe Fustolo of EAW’s Application Support Group and Phil Kovacevich of Stage Audio & Lighting Productions. Jamie Anderson of Rational Acoustics (www.rationalacoustics.com) tuned the system using EAW's Smaart version 6.
"When asked to design and install a new sound system for the BankAtlantic Center, I knew I had to provide top of the line equipment at an affordable price," said Munro. "I was extremely pleased that EAW was able to come through for us."
"Everyone who has heard the BankAtlantic Center's new KF730 arrays has been blown away. The boxes provide powerful and articulate sound. Any arena would be proud to have a system such as this installed," said Kovacevich.
"It was rather simple, considering the number of speakers and sub-systems we needed to work through,” said Anderson, referring to the system's alignment and tuning. “The system knitted together surprisingly quickly, in a matter of two days, in fact, which was mostly due to the fact that it was a well laid-out and zoned system.
“EAW's Gunness focusing processing in the UX processors provided amazingly even and consistent voicing between the various systems which made all the difference,” Kovacevich added. “The 730 line arrays in the lower bowl had virtually the same voicing/tonality and measured response as the individual AXs covering the upper half of the venue, which was really great — the system elements just wanted to work together. There was no wrestling with them to get them to combine, no seams or coverage/consistency issues."
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