The University of Derby is a modern education provider with more than 28,000 students attending a diverse range of courses. The main campus located in Derby city centre is accompanied by its Buxton and Chesterfield campuses. The upgraded classrooms at the main campus feature Genelec 4020 and 4030 Series speakers.
Scott Bradley, of the University of Derby's IT Networks team, first realised the benefits of Genelec speakers at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2014 event, seeing them as a suitable fit for their latest phase of their on-going teaching space refurbishment project. He comments, "We were looking to overhaul our AV systems as technology has moved on and some of our kit had become a bit dated. We realised that our previous loudspeaker setup lacked clarity. The Genelec loudspeakers have a flat frequency response which ensures excellent sound reproduction at all volume levels, hence the teaching spaces with Genelec are now considerably quieter and productive."
The speakers also help to boost the university's green energy credentials as they are fitted with Genelec's Intelligent Signal Sensing (ISS) Autostart function. This feature places the amplifier in standby mode if an input signal has not been detected for approximately one hour. The power consumption is thereby reduced to typically less than 0.5 watts, and playback will automatically resume once an input signal is detected from the source.
(Jim Evans)
