Southampton's Civic Centre contains all the local government administration departments, as well as a spectacular purpose-built conference chamber. Advanced Digital Solutions were contacted earlier in the year to propose a conference system that would be effective, aesthetic and fall within the budget set for the upgrade. Hardest of all was the caveat that the conference benches should not have cables or equipment fixed to them and that installation was to be non-invasive to preserve the integrity of the installed furniture.
Paul Langridge of Advanced Digital Solutions said: "This project was a natural choice for beyerdynamic's MCW-D wireless conference system. We have used the system in a few other council chambers and have been impressed by the products and the support given by the company's technical team. The systems have proved to be reliable and they interface with Crestron control system without a problem."
Two complete systems were purchased from beyerdynamic, adding up to a total of 58 MCW-D 1021 Delegates, two MCW-D 1023 Chairpersons and two Central Stations. Each station is wireless and completely stand-alone, with a speaker in the base, offering a fully distributed sound reinforcement system throughout the chamber, without the need for an additional PA system .The stations are stored in a flightcase that also functions as the charging station, keeping them secure and out of sight when the chamber is not is use.
beyerdynamic's conference product manager Matt Nettlefold added: "The Council is very happy with the system as are Advanced Digital Solutions. This is a classic application for the MCW-D system and proved to be exactly the right product for the job."
(Lee Baldock)
