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RCF Spa NEWS
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Berlin, Hauptbahnhof.
RCF Monitor Q for Virgin Megastore, Berlin
Berlin's new railway station has been described as
"looking like a giant glass spaceship that has
landed in the middle of Berlin," 10 years in
construction, the station is the largest single
project since German reunification, with the
opening timed to coincided with the start of the
World Cup. As with all new urban developments, the
inclusion of retail leisure areas are vital to the
stations day to day life. With some 1100 train and
30,000 passengers passing through ever day, their
every need has been catered for with a three level
shopping plaza, where 82 stores, lounges and
restaurants provide around the clock service.
One the main anchors is a Virgin Megastore,
operated by HDS-Retail. The AV installation for the
new store was carried out by Raum plus Schall,
working in partnership with RCF Germany.
RCF's Michael Herweg explains, "We have previously
worked with Raum plus Schall on the Virgin
Megastore in Paris, where they first used the new
Monitor Q series.
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The sound design
for the new store was carried out by our engineers
in collaboration with Raum plus Schall."
Utilising the new Monitor Q series MQ 50-S and MQ
60-S loudspeakers, which offer excellent sound
coverage and ease of installation, vital in such
retail situations. These were backed up by a pair
of ACUSTICA S4012 subs., extremely compact in
design the S4012 delivers a very tight and fast
bass response. The system is driven by an all RCF
combination of power amplification.
The sound system has 4 zones, which allows them to
play the same music in every zone or different
music in each zone. There are 8 different video
zones (12 x 42" Panasonic Plasmas and one 4.500
ANSI Lunens Sanyo Projector in HDTV quality.
The store also has a small stage for musicians,
actors or artists with a possibility to connect to
the sound and video system."
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