Harman Skilled Options’ JBL loudspeakers and Crown DCi amplifiers chosen to create refined Dolby Atmos cinema audio resolution
AV provider and integrator Audio Visuelt Centrum (AVC) lately partnered with Septon and Harman Skilled Options to outfit Palads Teatret’s latest flagship theatre with a premium cinema audio resolution by JBL Skilled.
With a legacy extending again to 1917, Palads Teatret’s present Frederikshavn, Denmark, location initially opened in 1942 as a single flooring facility. Cinema administrators Kris Søgaard Pedersen and Sofia Rafn Abildgaard lately unveiled their bold redesign for Palads Teatret that features 4 renovated theatre rooms. The newly constructed theatres required immersive audio methods that complement the décor and improve the general film expertise for friends. To perform these necessities, Pedersen and Abildgaard turned to cinema integrator AVC and distributor Septon to outfit the theatre rooms with complete Dolby Atmos and Dolby 7.1 cinema audio options, powered by JBL Skilled loudspeakers and Crown amplifiers.
AVC and Septon outfitted 4 of Palads Teatret’s rooms with a spread of JBL cinema audio system, together with 4732T, 3732T and 3732 ScreenArray loudspeakers, 4642A and 4645C subwoofers, SCS12 and SCS8 spatial encompass audio system, and 9320 and 8102 cinema encompass audio system.
As a result of the flagship room is far bigger than the common theatre, the staff elected to take a special method. Usually related to performing arts amenities, auditoriums, dance golf equipment and sports activities amenities, JBL AM5212 two-way audio system are featured within the function of front-most sidewall and ceiling encompass audio system. Along with AC599 and AC299 used as full-range encompass audio system, the JBL system delivers wonderful protection, exact intelligibility, and cinematic immersion in Palads Teatret’s predominant theatre.
“Room primary could be very massive, so we needed to go for larger, extra highly effective encompass audio system than we normally use for cinema installs, as a way to have a uniform design issue on the aspect partitions, rear partitions and ceiling” mentioned Lars Christensen, distributor, Septon. “When used as cinema encompass audio system, JBL AM5112, AC299 and AC599 are wonderful fashions that may address a big room. Harman makes superb merchandise from a technical perspective—good amplifying expertise and good DSP included with the amplifiers.”
To produce dependable energy and complicated networking expertise for the Dolby Atmos and Dolby 7.1-equipped JBL speaker methods, Septon and AVC put in Crown DCi Collection amplifiers, which interface with the Dolby processor immediately by way of built-in BLU-link, contributing to a simplified-yet-elegant cinema routing.
“One profit is that the Crown DCi amplifiers can connect with Dolby Atmos immediately from the Dolby processors by way of CAT cables,” Christensen added. “Dolby Join is obtainable in a Blu-link model, so it interfaces immediately with the Crown amps. You don’t should wire a bunch of multi-cables, you are able to do all of the channel allocations within the processor. Everybody is aware of that if you happen to select JBL and Crown, you’ll find yourself with skilled outcomes. They’ve an ubiquitous repute in Denmark, and we’ve completed many prestigious installations with them.”
