TUSCALOOSA, AL – Built in 1939 and steeped in 1960s Civil Rights significance, the University of Alabama's Foster Auditorium had recently fallen into disrepair. After a renovation, including a new iBOX system from Community Professional, the building reopened as home to the school's Crimson Tide basketball and volleyball teams.
"It's a bit of a unique venue," said Brian Leighton of Sutherland Sight and Sound, which installed the new gear for the building, named for Autherine Lucy Foster, the first black student to be accepted and enrolled at UA. "The primary seating area is located about 10 feet above the playing surface, with continuous glass windows just above it, so it's a very reflective environment."
The new system includes 18 iHP1596 and two iHP1564 two-way systems, arranged in single and dual clusters as a distributed system. "The distributed design allowed us to keep the loudspeakers relatively close to the seating area and the iBOX's tight pattern control focuses the sound on the seats, and away from the glass," Leighton said.
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