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Conservatoire,
Birmingham
Birmingham,
August 2006
The first RCF
Line Array installation takes place in the
UK
UK - The Birmingham
Conservatoire, a faculty within The University of
Central England, selected the summer break to
undertake a major refurbishment of The Adrian Boult
Hall - a refurbishment which included the first UK
installation of the RCF TTL33A line
array.
The hall, built in
the 1970s was designed and equipped for recording
orchestral concert works having a technical control
room, but as an acoustic concert platform had only
very limited public address equipment. The largest
element of work involved sound system
infrastructure and equipment. The shortcomings with
the public address have now been resolved with the
help of the new RCF TTL33A line array loudspeakers.
Two arrays with five TTL33A segments in each and
two TTS 18A sub-bass units were floor mounted
rather than flown with the arrays.
The TTL33A is a
compact active box with 1250W of amplification (2 x
500W + 1 x 250W) 100° horizontal dispersion
15° max vertical (depending upon array
configuration). "It's a joy to set up," said Stage
Electrics' project manager Tim Cullen. "Following
the RCF shape design CAD, the set-up of the angles
and the config of the boxes couldn't be simpler,
and wow, what an end result - fantastic
sound."
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