The Park is operated by the stadium's owners, Firoka Leisure Group, and the work was completed in just 12 weeks by designers and architects, NBDA Ltd. The audio and projection infrastructure was designed and fitted by cinema specialists, Sound Associates, who chose Cinemecanica projection and a combination of Martin Audio's purpose-designed Screen 4 and Screen 2 loudspeakers, both biamped, Martin Effect 3Rs (for surround sound) and Screen Sub 1A for the low frequencies throughout the complex. The system is powered by a combination of QSC ISA 750 and 450 low impedance power amplifiers, with a quantity of DCM's, QSC's Digital Cinema Monitors providing signal processing and monitor functions in a single integrated system.
Sound Associates' sales and marketing manager, Jerry Murdoch, says that the Martin Audio/QSC combination has proven its worth: "We've been using Martin cinema speakers since they started trailblazing in the cinema market - and QSC cinema amplifiers even longer than that. What we are looking for is high-reliability, high output and lower power."
(Lee Baldock)
