Cologne-Germany
Bowling for Acustica
When it came to
specifying a sound system for the new Bowling Arena
Spich, near Cologne, the choice was to prove to
rather more difficult than first anticipated by the
architects. The first thing that made this venue
different was its size and the very nature of what
it was designed for. The Bowling centre (which
opened in December) boasts no less that 24 lanes,
which when full (every night) creates a tremendous
ground noise. Add to this the fact that the venue
changes its focus later on in the evening to become
what's called a 'Disco Bowling Entertainment
Centre' and you have the dream/nightmare acoustic
situation.
Their initial
response to this was to plump for a 'branded' sound
system'. But the problem there was that the system
lacked speech clarity and directivity due to the
lack of HF horns in the system. It was it this
point that they turned to RCF and offered them the
opportunity of a one on one comparison test using
the new Acustica system. Acustica utilises its own
coverage matching design, 'CMD' providing
consistent horizontal and vertical control. This
proved to be eminently capable of doing the job,
due mainly to their horn loaded tweeters, which
were able to direct the sound into the bowling
areas without loosing either SPL or speech clarity.
Sound installation
carried out by Raum + Schall
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