The new Viking XPRS had to be tailored for the growing customer needs that have characterised the Helsinki-Tallinn route since Estonia joined the European Union in May 2004. The emphasis was thus on providing full facilities, including a modern range of shopping and dining choices, flexible conferencing spaces and a nightclub. At the same time it needed to meet the increased requirement for passenger vehicles - 365 days of the year.
Multiple Soundweb SW9088iis DSP devices from BSS Audio were specified to create the routing flexibility.
Jouni Sironen, AV co-ordinator for Viking Line Abp, developed an architecture for the signal flow based around nine Soundweb SW9088iis devices, with a pair of SW9016 audio/video matrix devices to switch the video signals. Two strategically-placed SW9010 'Jellyfish' wall remotes offer local source selection and volume control while three SW9012 analogue controllers provide further simple, five-position wall-mount system interfaces.
The Soundweb system is used for signal distribution and sound processing in the nightclub, restaurants, shopping area and conference rooms.
Jouni Sironen reports: "We chose Soundweb Original because we already have it on six of our ships, and we have been using this system for many years without problems. We think it's a great product and the possibilities it offers are limited only by the imagination."
(Jim Evans)
