Pro audio systems specialists, Yugdoka, were called in to handle the acoustics for the new installation. They specified APG MC216C systems throughout, powered by Lab.gruppen C Series amplifiers.
Yugdoka's owner and MD, Alexander Kharchenko explained that the new fountain is a complex and sophisticated structure comprising a number of concentric rings of fountains around the central jet and a further four 'satellite' rings around the outside, of the main circle, each with their own, smaller central jet. The brief for Yugdoka was to design and supply an audio system that would deliver professional quality audio for speech reinforcement and concert-style music playback which is an integral part of the regular son-et-lumière-style shows with the fountains.
The system had to be powerful enough that it could be heard from anywhere in the square and still be audible above the noise of the fountains. Another requirement was that the loudspeakers be fully weatherproof as this is a permanent outdoor installation.
Kharchenko and his team opted for a distributed system of a total of 18 APG MC216C fully weatherproofed systems mounted on six poles across the square, three loudspeakers to a pole.
(Jim Evans)
