As the productions in the Stadthalle have become more and more technically demanding, a new sound reinforcement system was installed. The Main PA consists of sixteen HK Audio Cohedra Compact CDR 108 C line array mid/high units on each side of the stage. A central subwoofer cluster of six CDR 210 C is flown above the centre of the stage.
Whenever the musical productions demand more bass, 16 additional CDR 210 units are available for ground-stacking in front of the stage. Six ConTour Series CT 108 8"/1" cabinets serve as near-fills for the first rows of the audience, with another four CT 108s being used as delays for the gallery in the back.
In order to achieve full flexibility when it comes to low-profile onstage monitoring and distributed sound reinforcement in the foyer, the Stadthalle invested in an additional set of 10 mobile CT 108s. The PA system is controlled via five HK Audio Firnet controllers with FIR control and Lab.gruppen FP 10000Q amplifiers. Signal routing and scene selection for the various sound reinforcement situations are carried out with a Yamaha DME 64 with complete AES-EBU signal distribution up to the Firnet controllers.
Thomas Obeth, technical director of the Stadthalle in Singen, "We carried out several in-house comparisons of top brand PA systems, and we came to the conclusion that the HK system is the best sound solution for this venue.There was only one other competitor that offered the same sound quality, but then the outstanding value proposition of HK made the decision very easy."
(Jim Evans)
