Located in Ulsan city, about 400km to the southeast of Seoul, Dongchun Gym opened in 2000 as indoor sports events and multi-purpose centre. The capacity is 5,500 seats, two-story building with two basement floors. This is a typical gym shaped, but unlike other gyms, its roof was made of light fabric materials for natural lighting.
The new system had to meet number of criteria. "Top of the list was high-fidelity sound accepted by audiences and the team," said Tom Jung, executive director of Avix Tech. "And, the sound system design had to improve much more than former sound systems which the team used in the past."
There were some limitations to design and install the systems. First, Avix Tech had to place 20 main speakers in front of the second floor rear wall. Within the limited places for the main speakers, they configured 20 NEXT-proaudio HFA115 powered speakers on the 2nd floor. The second challenge was that the sound systems are not the permanent installation. After the season ends, they need to be removed and re-installed before the next season begins.
Mobis also requested four-point speaker and subwoofers on the court. Avix tech has combined HFA115 powered speaker and HFA118sHP subwoofer on each point.
(Jim Evans)
