The installation covered several areas including the main indoor arena and associated warm-up area as well as the main outdoor arena and its associated warm-up area. The areas to be covered were extensive and there were several logistical difficulties to overcome, but eventually the consultants and engineers agreed to adopt a surface element approach as that which provided optimum coverage and the best value for money.
The project included the supply, installation and commissioning of 32 Meyer Sound UPJ 1P self-powered speakers and 32 Community R.25 horn speakers powered by four Lab.Gruppen C16:4 4-channel power amplifiers in the indoor arena (main arena and warm-up arena). The outdoor arena PA installation included 12 Meyer Sound M2D line array cabinets, 16 M1D line array cabinets and four Community R1-94z 2 way horn system units powered by a further four Lab.Gruppen C 16:4 power amplifiers. In both arenas, all the speakers were connected to a Midas Venice 16-channel mixing desk and managed by a Meyer Sound Galileo 616 speaker management system.
"Despite the logistical difficulties we had to overcome in mounting the loudspeakers, the combination of Meyer Sound, Community and Lab.gruppen delivers the highest quality sound," stated AV-TECH's Hadi Arzouni. "We selected Lab.gruppen's C Series because of their build quality and reliability and their high channel density. You are also able to select your output load per channel which makes them incredibly versatile, and of course they sound extremely good."
"The PA in all areas will relay the paging calls as well as a mix of sources," continued Arzouni. "These include the presenters' microphones, courtside radio microphones and other virtually routed sources. We can route any input we receive from Al-Jazeera Sport Channel or other providers, using our Galileo system, into the court mix."
(Jim Evans)
