MINNETONKA, MN — Electronic Design Company (EDC) installed the audio equipment for the 680-seat proscenium theater at Minnetonka’s renovated Arts Center on 7, which included a NEXO GEO S8 system in a left-center-right sub configuration. The theater is used by several resident performance groups including the Minnetonka Community Theatre, the Music Association of Minnetonka, and the Minnetonka High School Theatre, and can also be rented for non-profit, community and private use.
“We had a short time to make our decision, and looked at several other options,” said Art Center on 7’s Bryce Larson. “We needed to find a cabinet with the appropriate size and performance for the venue. I personally like the way the line arrays work, but we needed a small array, and NEXO produced the SPL we needed.
“We don’t need rock and roll SPL for the acts that we do,” Larson added. “We do a lot of theatre and the GEO S8 is a nice sounding cabinet for that. It produces a high level of vocal clarity and intelligibility without harshness and was exactly what we were looking for. We also have a Yamaha DME32 processor that we use for routing, EQing, and for processing on the mains. It works well with the NEXO system.”
The theater’s GEO S8 system consists of five NEXO S805 5-degree cabinets, one NEXO S830 30-degree cabinet, one CD12 sub and an NX242 speaker processor. The left/right clusters consist of 10 NEXO S805 5-degree cabinets, two NEXO S830 30-degree cabinets and two NX242 processors.
“We were very impressed with the accuracy of the NEXO GEOSoft design program,” said Rustin Bullert, manager of design and consulting for EDC. “The coverage and frequency response predictions were spot on. The system sounds great and looks great in the venue. Results like this make it easy to have a happy customer.”
EDC also installed six Atlas Sound 81-8R Tile supports, six Atlas Sound T95-8 Torsion Back cans, six Atlas Sound THD72WC Torsion Speaker/baffle/trans, one Middle Atlantic S12-PS 12u rack and one Proco Custom 1u panel with page mic xlr and chime button. The theater uses Shure UHF-R mics.
For more information, please visit www.edcsolutions.com and www.yamahaca.com.
