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Brief ADAMSON History
I n 1983, Brock Adamson began
creating sound reinforcement
products that would open the ears and
eyes of audio engineers and designers
around the world. He envisioned a method
of reproducing sound which, even at
extremely high levels, would retain the
integrity of the original waveform and
preserve the subtleties of symmetry,
coherency and intelligibility – nuances most
often lost in translation.
Over the next two decades,
Adamson’s continued pursuit for sonic
excellence led to a number of important
patents in key loudspeaker technologies
being published. From those patented
principles emerged complex sound
chambers, highly engineered drivers, and
innovative rigging and cabinet designs that
have set new standards throughout the
world.
Brock Adamson ‘s passion for
sound has driven the evolution of Adamson
Systems Engineering from a small speaker
shop to a company invested in its own
factory, with a broad engineering base
and a wide range of computer controlled
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manufacturing machinery. Now Adamson
is recognized as one of the most
progressive manufacturer of loudspeaker
systems in the industry.
Presently, Brock Adamson
continues spearheading the engineering
department with new sophisticated ideas
and continues advancing Adamson’s
manufacturing facilities with automation
and high-tech machinery.
Adamson’s highly regarded
Y-Axis true line source arrays unite our
expertise in wave-shaping sound chamber
technology with sophisticated driver
designs, derived from the highest modulus
materials in use in the industry. Top grade
materials such as Baltic Birch, heavy gauge
steel, lightweight Neodymium and Kevlar
are just a few of the raw materials that get
treated, shaped, machined and painted
in-house, making an Adamson speaker
enclosure stand out from the competition.
Featuring easy-to-use precision rigging
systems and the most predictive and
robust array design tools available, our line
arrays deliver extreme output, exceptional
coverage and unrivaled accuracy and
coherency.
The T-21 Sub, the industry
leader of woofer designs, offers a superior
extension to the Y-Axis Line; it features
6000W of continuous power handling. It
features two (multiple patents pending)
SD21- 21” Neodymium Kevlar drivers which
introduce Brock Adamson’s double spider,
dual coil design.
Adamson’s compact and
ultra compact Line Source arrays, the
SpekTrix, 3-way, 5° and 15° enclosure series
complemented by a dual 18” convertible
cardioid sub, and the Metrix 2-way, 5° and
15° enclosure series paired with the award
Brief ADAMSON History
winning dual 15” convertible cardioid
sub extension, deliver superior output
and coherency compared to any other
comparably sized line source array in the
market. SpekTrix and Metrix systems are
ideal as stand-alone main systems, and for
use as various fill enclosures with the Y-Axis
series. The ultra compact Metrix-i Series
debuts the EIR™ rigging system designed
specifically with the permanent installation
market in mind, lifting off 10 lbs of the total
box weight and saving on the overall cost
of the system.
A full line of low profile stage
monitors from a single 12” to a double
15”, the M Series offers a new level of
“F rom Adamson pioneered multi-
layer Kevlar cone technology, to
the remarkable multiple patent bearing ‘Co-
Linear Drive Module’, Adamson is dedicated to
innovation and taking acoustic research to the
next level.“
L to R: Brock Adamson (President & CEO) & Jesse Adamson (Director of Marketing & Sales)
intelligibility for any stage be it in touring or
a permanent installation.
Adamson’s Point Series introduces
Adamson standards specifically designed
for the contractor market. For the first time
contractors are offered Adamson’s wide
range of high-power Kevlar/Neodymium
drivers which combine the best materials
and outstanding performance Adamson is
known for.
Adamson’s newest product line
the new horizontal line array series ‘Eklipsa’
fills in the gap between Vertical Line Arrays
and conventional installation speaker
products - for a complete one stop shop
for any speaker installation.
Large Format Installations
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A fter evaluating three other
leading line arrays, the Palais
des Festival in Cannes (France), took delivery
and installed twenty-eight Adamson Y10,
six Adamson Y10 Subs, 4 Spek-Trix subs in
cardioid mode and 4 x LX10 for infills for their
main “Grand Auditorium” stage.
T he secondary venue in the Palais
des Festivals complex called
Auditorium A, is a mid-sized venue used for
conferences and show cases. Auditorium A
recently received an upgrade with a small
flown Metrix system made up of one Metrix
Sub, two Metrix 5 degree enclosures and
two Metrix W 15 degree enclosures per side.
Two CB’s are used as infills.
Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France
“The theatre is home to the Cannes
Film Festival and a variety of other
major French productions. A committee of
audio consultants and engineers held the
evaluation at the theatre. The decision was
unanimous and the system made its debut at
the Midem Awards.“
System Details:
28 x Y10, 6 x Y10 Sub,
4 x Spek-Trix Sub, 4 x LX10,
2 x Metrix Sub, 4 x Metrix
4 x Metrix W
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“The 110m wide and 80m deep platform
was set 30m back from the 200m wide
seated promenade, and it floated on water with
rising and lowering tide, altering the height, and
hence the coverage of the speaker systems.”
S ingapore National Day Parade`s
appointed technical director
Nick Eltis together with designer Paul
Collison and audio designer Scott Willsallen
were given an immense challenge by the
Singapore Government: the event was to be
the best audio and lighting extravaganza
in the republic’s history.
The NDP’s floating platform
designed for the parade took 8 months
to build. The building plan also included a
200 meter 27,500 person capacity seating
area along the shoreline. It is the largest
floating performance platform in the world,
and also featured an internal drainage
system, cabling systems and lightning
conductors for safety purposes.
For audio designer Scott
Willsallen, the sheer size of the floating
platform proved a challenge among
others.
“I really looked at all possible
suppliers but I concluded that the Adamson
Y10 loudspeaker system would provide the
broad, deep coverage pattern required
for the application” explained Willsallen. His
design featured 2 scaffolding towers with
24 Y10’s flown on each side, four ground
Singapore National Day Parade, Singapore
stacked Y10 arrays, each consisting of 8
enclosures which were placed in front of the
scaffolding towers. The two central ground
stacked Y10 clusters were flanked by EV
X-subs in a tapered array and the outer Y10
clusters were supplemented by six T-21 Subs
per side. The installation stayed in place for
three months before the NDP event, during
which it was fine-tuned and used for the
extensive rehearsal period.
System Details:
12 x T21 Sub
80 x Y10
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I t’s impossible to list all the talent
that has graced the Rolling Stone’s
stage, but here’s a few: Iron Maiden, Black
Sabbath, Joe Cocker, Beck, Duran Duran,
Alanis Morrisette, Oasis, Robin Williams,
Massive Attack, and Ben Harper.
In 1999 Il Rolling Stone was
completely remodeled and hanks to
this new look, the venue has gathered
notoriety holding private events for Italian
royalty such as Armani, Cavalli, Versus, Eros
Ramazzotti, and for the likes of The Rolling
Stones, whose confidential and frequent
visits inspired the club’s title.
Reference Laboratory’s Angelo
Tordini specked and designed this unique
main hall installation. It features three
complete systems meant for diverse uses.
One is the full size, flown, concert set-up.
It’s made up of two arrays of a single Y10
Sub on top, with four Y10’s and four SpekTrix
5 degree boxes flown as in a under hang.
Two Y10 Subs, each equipped with two 18”
Kevlar Neodymium drivers, are placed on
the ground to add a balanced low end.
The second system is a complete
surround style system used exclusively for
the club nights and private events. The
independent club system has two arrays
of one SpekTrix Sub and a four SpekTrix
under hang, placed directly opposite of
the Concert system, as well as a single T21
Sub hung cleverly in the center of the room
pointing down from the ceiling, providing
140.5dB of continuous SPL to keep the
masses dancing all night.
The Rolling Stone in Milan, Italy
System Details:
1 x T21 Sub
8 x Y10
4 x Y10 Sub
16 x SpekTrix
2 x SpekTrix Sub
“The venue’s long term success is
partially thanks to its clever interior
design and set-up which lending itself for the
many uses that also include fashion shows,
televised events and conferences.”
SpekTrix & Combination Installations
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“Cinerent” Openair cinemas in Switzerland, Germany, Brazil, Portugal and Australia
System Details:
Various systems made up of
SpekTrix, SpekTrix W, SpekTrix Sub,
CB1, LX10, LX12, MH121.5.
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needed to provide sufficient low-end.
These were ground-stacked on movable
dollies on each side of the stage, in order to
avoid sight-line issues, while providing even
coverage of the theatre space.
T he Port Theatre located in
Nanaimo, BC, seats 769 people,
and can add an additional 33 skid mounted
seats in the orchestra pit when it is not in use.
The theatre has raked orchestra seating on
two levels, and a balcony with multiple level
loges wrapped around the sides.
With an adjustable proscenium
opening from 42’ to 48’, and utilizing
reversible reflective or absorbing wall panels
to adjust its acoustics, The Port Theatre works
equally well as a concert hall, theatre or
rock-venue.
These varying performance
requirements created a need for
predictable vertical control and extended,
well defined horizontal coverage. The client
also expressed the need for intelligibility,
musicality, and sheer power, to address
speech, instrumental augmentation, and
full-scale rock reinforcement.
The configuration for this
acoustically elegant theatre was simple:
Left and right arrays of Five SpekTrix, with
3 SpekTrix W’s flown as a stereo pair. The
adjustable rigging frame allowed for a
single point hang.
One Spektrix Sub per side was
Port Theatre in Nanaimo , Canada
System Details:
10 x SpekTrix
6 x SpekTrix W
2 x SpekTrix Subs
“I have had an opportunity to work the
SpekTrix system with a wide variety
of productions and have been extremely
impressed with the fidelity and dynamics of
the speaker box. Being able to clearly hear 1
to 2 db adjustments on console EQ, 60 feet
back has allowed me to add my art into all
productions that hit our stage.“
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Vilar Cente For Performing Arts in Veil, Colorado
T he Vilar Center located in the
heart of Colorado’s Beaver
Creek Resort, features a 530-seat theatre
that presents a variety of year-round
performances, such as jazz, comedy,
dance, film, musicals and theatre.
The upgrading of the conventional
sound system was greatly driven by the
demands of visiting performers. The theatre
found itself having to rent systems and
found it hard to control the coverage and
SPL from one performance to the next
(often from a single piano concert to a full
blown rock show), and frequently working
with an unfamiliar system that wasn’t ideal
for the space.
The theatre’s technical team
started to assess their choices and thorough
shootouts were arranged to determine
the right system. According to Ed Billeaud,
the consulting & visiting sound engineer
for the Vilar Center: “The Adamson System
was clearly superior in the upper half of the
frequency spectrum and demonstrated
much better sub-woofer cohesiveness.
It also showed much more accuracy in
terms of overall tonal balance; it was more
consistent front to back both in terms of
tone and volume. The better sensitivity spec
of the Adamson system became apparent
as they required about 6 % less input from
the mixing console for equal output, which
will translate into cleaner sounding mixes in
actual use.”
The system installed featured 6 SpekTrix 5
degree boxes flown from dead hang fly
points through the proscenium, on stage
L and R, covering the floor and a single
balcony. Two SpekTrix W’s15 degree boxes
were added to the bottom of each array for
System Details:
12 x SpekTrix
4 x SpekTrix
8 x SpekTrix Subs
effective down fill. Four SpekTrix subs were
flown on separate hangs on the outside of
the main arrays to retain the appropriate
length, ideal coverage, and to achieve the
correct height for the output of the subs.
“The intimate and inviting performance
space was designed to exacting
specifications to create perfect acoustics and
unobstructed views from every seat.”
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L e Nouveau Casino is a concert
club located in Paris, France.
With a capacity for 400 people, the
multipurpose venue is used for anything from
intimate Jazz, Rock and Electro concerts to
DJ Sets as a dance club.
It boasts above average
acoustics for a design of its age, and
has grown to become one of the more
prominent club and concert venues in Paris.
The system for the venue was designed by
DV2’s Julien Poirot.
The main arrays are comprised of
one SpekTrix 5-degree enclosure and three
SpekTrix Wave 15-degree enclosures per
side, providing excellent coverage for the
length of the club, which sits at about 18
meters (59ft), with the W’s suitably shortening
the throw. The SpekTrix Lines 120 degree
horizontal coverage is more than sufficient
for the narrow space which measures 8m
(26.2ft), resulting in thorough coverage
throughout the listening area.
A single LX10 per side is used as
lip fills on the stage, in order to warm up the
first meter (3.2ft) in front of the stage, and
two MH121.5’s are used as flown backfills for
a night-club configuration when applicable.
The main arrays hang L & R above of the
stage, which takes up the entire width of
the venue, at a height of about 1.89m
(6.2ft) to the bottom of the array, leaving
a sufficient amount of clearance even for
taller performers.
Le Nouveau Casino in Paris, France
“This result is achieved with the use of a
small a line-array configuration rather
than a non-directive conventional set-up in a
room this size.“
System Details:
2 x SpekTrix
6 x SpekTrix W
2 x LX10
2 x MH121.5
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of arrays acting as a stereo pair thus placing
the sound closest to the band.” comments
production manager Dustin Hamilton.
Some Point Series enclosures were
added as front fill boxes and in the children’s
room. Consulting and the sound systems
design was Acoustic Dimensions’ Jim
Burdette, and the installation was executed
by Clair Brothers.
T he Village Church’s Flower Mound
Campus Worship Center`s main
sanctuary is a 1,400 seat worship center. As
an open and contemporary environment,
it is an ideal and welcoming space for
worship, concerts and child education
activities alike.
Due to the size of the venue
and the need for scalability, the Adamson
SpekTrix Series fit the bill. Although speech
covers a broad range beyond the mids,
the trademark warmth in the Adamson
midrange adds a special quality to any
style sermon. SpekTrix has superb output for
its size, and features both 5 and 15 degree
(vertical) enclosures which accommodate
the low trim height inherited from the venue’s
grocery store days.
The installation features six
Adamson Arrays made up of a combination
of SpekTrix and SpekTrix W’s: Efx L, Array
A - Array B - Array C - Array D and Efx R. In
between Arrays B and C there are 3 JBL
Subs in line, and directly behind the B and
C Arrays, Adamson SpekTrix Subs are flown.
Original placement for the subs was at
the top of the main arrays, but they were
moved behind due to sight lines. The system
of flying subs directly behind the main array
is a factory suggested method which utilizes
two rigging frames and a standard Adamson
Frame Link Adapter.
Not all six arrays are run
simultaneously, but are matched to the
location of where the performance is taking
place: “Because of how wide the stage is we
created a system that can be adapted to
wherever the performance is taking place.
If someone is speaking center stage, we use
center clusters. When the band performs
stage right, the sound is coming from a set
Village Church in Flowermound, Texas
System Details:
12 x Spek-Trix
12 x SpekTrix W
6 x SpekTrix Sub
10 x Point 8
“The speakers deliver an impressive
amount of volume. Usually for a band
performance we only run two of the six (arrays)
and still have some headroom. I am VERY
impressed with the Point-8 speakers as are the
installers and designers, the quality and volume
is simply amazing”
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Paramount Center for the Performing Arts in Peekskill, NY
P aramount Center for the
Performing Arts in Peekskill,
NY has installed Adamson SpekTrix
speakers.
Originally built as a 1500-seat
movie palace, the Peekskill Paramount
Theatre first opened its doors on June 27,
1930.
The Paramount’s stage is a
“modified thrust.” The original stage was just
13 feet deep. In the late 1970’s, a thrust
stage was added in front of the original.
A series of major renovations
and a historic restoration project have
been completed over the past three years.
Presently the total seating sits at 1024 in 2
levels of orchestra seating and a balcony.
Today the Paramount Center
for the Arts operates as a year-round
multidisciplinary center for the arts, with
live performances, arts-in-education
programs, films, and visual art exhibitions.
The new speaker system is a
flexible 2 in 1 set-up. The L and R main
arrays consist of 12 Adamson SpekTrix and
2 Adamson SpekTrix Sub enclosures per
side. There are also 5 Adamson CB1 near
fills present.
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Marlyn Productions, Inc., 22 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566, 914-788-0102
This Drawing represents a visual interpretation of various elements for theproduction. It does not determine the structural integrity of any elements. It doesnot guarantee the information that has been given to Marlyn from any vendor or
venue. All Materials and construction techniques must comply with the moststringent applicable codes, federal and local codes including: Fire, Safety,
Structural and Electrical. The concepts and designs, and documents shown orreferred to is a collaboration of designer and technicians and can only be used on
the mentioned project and for the specified client.
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System Details:
12 x Spek-Trix
2 x SpekTrix Sub
5 x CB1
“The operating options are a stereo
4-way with near fills, and a stereo
3-way with subs being fed by their own signal
with near fills, as a secondary option.”
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T he Glema Mahr Centre for The
Arts, in Madisonville, Kentucky,
holds up to 1000 people and is used for
a variety of different events including rock
shows, Broadway’s touring productions,
community theatre and school
functions.
The installation for the centre
consists of 10 SpekTrix, 2 SpekTrix W, 4
SpekTrix Subs, and 6 M15 speakers.
The SpekTrix, W’s and Subs are
flown in L and R stereo arrays, each with
2 subs at the top, followed by 5 Spektrix 5
degree enclosures, and a single 15 degree
SpekTrix W as a downfill at the bottom.
The M15’s are used as triple duty
speakers as front fills, stage monitors and as
mains for the centre’s smaller Coffeehouse
series of shows.
New amplifiers and processors
accompanying the Adamson set-up
include Lab.gruppen PLM 10000Q for the
subs and SpekTrix boxes, Lab.gruppen
fP+6000Q used for the W’s MF an LF
sections, fP2400 for the W’s HF section, and
Install Series C48:4 for the monitors.
Rob Blumrick, Technical Director
for The Glema Mahr Centre for The Arts,
made the decision to purchase a new
system due to problems that existed with
the centre’s previous set-up. Blumrick used
a “best value” process when deciding on
which system to purchase. “The bid specs
went through several changes before a
final specs and approach was settled
on. The tricky part was keeping the specs
vague enough to allow flexibility between
installation companies, but making sure
that our overall standards were the same.
This also allowed bidders to show us unique
packages, but still bidding “apples to
Glema Mahr Center for the Arts in Madisonville, KY
System Details:
10 x SpekTrix
2 x SpekTrix W
4 x SpekTrix Sub
6 x M15
apples”.
“When Adamson was
suggested, we got excited because we
had originally thought Adamson was out
of our budget.” Along with a new Adamson
system, additional changes made within
the centre included the move of the
FOH station from a booth, to a more
engineer friendly location at the back of
the house, with a new wall/railing around
the mix pit to enhance it visually. Since the
installation, the centre has received many
compliments regarding the evenness of
the sound throughout the house, and the
intelligibility of the sound produced.
“I love having a real professional
Adamson & Lab.gruppen system in the
house,” says Blumrick. “It frees me from
the hassle of coordinating another layer of
load-in and it gives me a more consistent
sound than rentals that come and go. It
also helps me serve the community and
allows me treat them like real stars.”
“Adamson is a brand that satisfies all of the tech
riders we received from touring acts, and in
the past we had rented Adamson Y-10 arrays for shows
with very satisfying results,”
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I n the 1,200 seat House of Worship
where musicals, cantatas, weekly
sermons, worship services and concerts
are enjoyed by members of the Burnaby
Community.
Pastor Ron Clark selected the
Adamson system which he thought would
best suit their variety of needs.
Willingdon Church purchased 16
Spektrix Cabinets, four Spektrix Subs, one
M121.5, and nine CB1’s.
Their stereo system design
consists of L and R arrays of 8 five degree
(vertical) Spektrix cabinets, plus two 15
degree Spektrix W flown at the bottom of
the arrays.
Low-end configuration has two
Spektrix Subs were placed dead center
under the stage, and a flown centre cluster
of two SpekTrix Subs in cardioid mode.The
sub formation is processed separately
using factory specified cardioid mode
presets.
To achieve even coverage
throughout the whole venue, a single MH
121.5 was placed on the upper balcony
as side fill, and six CB1’s were distributed as
under balcony fills on the main sanctuary
level, three more CB1’s were installed for a
choir fill.
System technician Mark Siemens
notes that “The warmth and clarity without
any harshness really sold me on this system.
We go from choir and orchestra, to rock
within the same service, and the Spektrix
system performs great for both”.
Audio Technician Kevin Koehn
was quite excited after being able test
drive the system: “I’m very impressed with
our new sound system. I like to drive the
system a little harder than most, and I have
Willingdon Church in Burnaby, BC
System Details:
16 x Spek-Trix
4 x SpekTrix Sub
1 x MH 121.5
9 x CB1
found that it performs flawlessly at higher
levels. We also had an opportunity to try out
Adamson’s famous T21 sub-woofer, and
there’s only one word that can describe it,
“Incredible!!”
“A fter listening to the Adamson
system the first time and then
reviewing other line array ’s in the industry, it
seemed that they were missing something
that could not be pin pointed, but upon
coming back for a final demonstration with
Adamson, it was apparent that it fulfilled
all sound requirements, and we were
convinced it was the right choice.“
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S uwon Outdoor Concert Hall
installed an Adamson sound
system for its amphitheatre’s seated area.
Korea’s most celebrated amphitheatre
is located at the heart of a grand oval-
shaped park in the center of Sewon City,
at a close proximity to Korea’s capital city
of Seoul.
With its excellent stage design
and surrounding landscape, the SOCH
was awarded the Korea Architecture Prize
in 1996. Such world-class musicians as
Pavarotti, Sumi Jo, and Andrea Bocellini
have graced its stage. The concert hall
is also home to the Suwon Metropolitan
Symphony and the Suwon Metropolitan
Choir.
The venue’s smallish conventional
seated area of 15 meters x 20 meters is
taken up by 796 seats, but the oval park’s
meticulously manicured lawns can hold
up to 15,000 additional spectators. The
installed system will easily cover beyond
the permanent seated area, but was not
designed to be used as a full park system.
The original design for the venue
proved to be problematic due to the
Suwon Oudoor Concert Hall in Suwon, Korea
System Details:
8 x Spek-Trix
4 x SpekTrix W
2 x SpekTrix Sub
“M r. Yong’s design features a classical
stereo design of left and right
flown arrays made-up of a single double 18”
cardioid SpekTrix Subs on top of each array
with four 8.5” 5 degree SpekTrix enclosures
hung below the bus, and two 8.5” 15 degree
SpekTrix W (Wide Angle Vertical Enclosures) for
front fills at the bottom of each array.“
nature of the amphitheatre’s permanent
roof made from a tarp like material. In
windy conditions it creates some levels of
uncontrollable noise which could not be
masked with the previous system’s coverage
and output. A line array system is much more
accurate and directional, and is capable of
producing significantly higher SPL than the
previous install.
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T he fairly new Domicil was recently
voted one of the top 100 Jazz
clubs in the world by Downbeat Magazine,
and it is also commonly known as one of the
best jazz venues in Germany. In addition to its
signature sounds, national and international
artists of world music, avant garde and
occasionally even rock bands have graced
its stages.
Hamburg based Dirtector of
Adamson`s European Operations Jochen
Sommer executed the sound design using
Shooter v.2.7.0.
The new P.A. in the main venue
consists of L and R flown arrays of two Spektrix
(5-degrees) with a two-box Adamson SpekTrix
W (15-degrees) underhang. Two SpekTrix
double 18” Subs per side are placed on the
floor.
According to Mark Scholtz in
Domicil’s production management: “The
old system was the first system in the new
club, but unfortunately it did not meet the
musical needs.” A shootout was arranged
between Adamson, and well known German
and French manufacturers. Adamson had
come recommended by sound engineers,
including Jörn Müller who commented that
“Adamson is the best system for the buck”.
Domicil Jazz Club in Dortmund, Germany
System Details:
4 x Spek-Trix
4 x SpekTrix W
4 x SpekTrix Sub
“The entire club’s footprint is about
1500 sq.meters and includes a
café, a clubroom for smaller concerts for up
to 100 people, and the main concert hall with
300 seats and standing room for 500.“
Metrix Installations
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A udiolite has completed the
installation of a permanent
system for the Football Stadium of Lorient.
The venue is a 31,127 all-seated, state-of
the art stadium. The soil remains un-heated
as the soccer team takes a winter break
and Brittany is rarely recipient of heavy
snowfalls. The stadium isn’t covered as
a choice, on the basis that a roof would
increase the cost by a large amount,
limit future expansion work, and probably
worsen the state of the natural playing field
due to lack of sunlight.
The Stadium’s new sound system
is mainly used for speeches and sports-
event entertainment segments including
music, but occasionally the venue is
used for larger events such as the Festival
Interceltique de Lorient.
On the site, project supervisor
Franck Fily, sound system designer Sylvain
Turpin - who was also in charge of the
system alignment, rigging expert Lionel
Gillet, and cable manufacturer Jord
Mallejac, placed 3 clusters of 6 Adamson
Metrix W’s in the North bleachers and four
clusters of 6 Adamson Metrix W’s in the
Presidential bleachers.
With the system’s permanent
placement outdoors at a close proximity
to the salty winds of the Altantic Ocean,
many anticipatory steps were taken to
guarantee the system’s longevity. First, was
waterproofing it against humidity using a
special paint for the birch enclosure. It was
then varnished inside out with a special
varnish covering every inch of the wooden
surface. The usual Speakon connectors
were removed and replaced with strain
reliefs–directly to the box. The speaker
components were tropicalized, further
Stade de la Route de Lorient in Lorient, France
System Details:
60 x Metrix W
water-proofing parts such as the already
weather resilient Kevlar cones. All rigging
hardware including frames and pins were
galvanized. The grill was constructed from
aluminum, instead of the usual steel.
“The Adamson ND-8LM 16 Ohm
drivers made us gain some savings due
to less cabling and amplifying. We put 6
Metrix W LF & HF’s on two channels of a Lab.
gruppen C68:4” A second phase of the
install has added another 18 Metrix Ws to
complete another tribune.
W ith the special rigging hardware and
unusual coverage area, the Metrix W’s
proved a fine choice. “Due to difficult rigging
point options, a vertical area of 90 degrees had
to be covered with each cluster, making the
Adamson Metrix W’s 15-degree vertical coverage
essential”
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R ansdell Chapel at
Campbellsville University in KY,
is an 800 seat chapel complex on campus
serving the 2,500 student body to many
performances by their music department
throughout the year.
Single podium microphone
gatherings to full scale concerts featuring
touring artists, along with the school’s
full concert band, choir and orchestra
performances require the chapel to be
very diverse in its capabilities.
The task of rejuvenating the
sound in the chapel began with four
different sound engineers in the room.
“After meeting with all four of them I was
able to immediately cut two from the list.”
JCA Media with Marc Warling of On-Line
Marketing came to Ransdell to demo their
gear, all Adamson products.
I had never even heard of
Adamson, but once I had it was all over.
That demo was the clearest speaker I had
ever heard.” said the coordinator of audio
and visual services at the university, Doug
Price.
Installation began with 8 Metrix,
2 Metrix Waves and 2 Metrix Subs flown
left and right, with the left-right placement
required due to the aesthetics of the room.
White speakers matched to
the colour of the chapel, were custom
made to appreciate the artistic design.
“[There are] many reflective surfaces, the
motivating reason for going with a speaker
with such tight tolerances. Adamson really
put the sound where we needed it and
kept the surfaces free from deflections.”
University Chapel in Cambellsville, KY
System Details:
8 x Metrix
2 x Metrrix W
2 x Metrix Sub
“Once we heard the Adamson
equipment in the room there
was no need to continue with any further
demos. Everyone in the room was blown
away by what we heard and we started to
design the system right then.”
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T he Singapore Zoological
Gardens installed an Adamson
Metrix Line Array System in the zoo’s Shaw
Foundation Amphitheatre. The newly
renovated 1,400 seat Amphitheatre is
home to a variety of animal presentations
and information shows.
During the renovation of the
open-air Shaw Amphitheatre, many
additions were made including the
construction of a new fabric membrane
roof, further rows of seating at the top, and
a wide corridor for additional standing
room. Purchasing criteria for the new sound
system was primarily based on budget,
coverage, requisite SPL and a fresh
contemporary look.
The sound system design was
executed by Team 108’s Kevin Nair and
Mark Tan, who prepared all cabling and
special caged rigging for the install. Mr
Nair’s design features a L and R flown
hang, each consisting of two Adamson
Metrix Subs at the top of the arrays, two
5 degree Metrix enclosures and four
15 degree Metrix W’s at the bottom, to
complement and provide even coverage
for the amphitheatre’s typically inclined
seating.
The audience area now
possesses perfect sound with only one
problem spot on stage, where there is a
slight slap-back from the seating area’s
concrete step construction; fortunately the
reflection is virtually eliminated when the
audience is present.
Singapore Zoo, Singapore
System Details:
4 x Metrix
8 x Metrix W
4 x Metrix Sub
“The system was installed right above the
stage line, rather than on the ground
to help minimize a negative response from the
easily scared animals in the shows.”
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The National Theatre in San Jose, Costa Rica
T he Teatro Nacional de Costa
Rica opened to the public
on October 21, 1897. The building
is a national heritage building and is
considered the finest historical landmark in
the capital.
The bidders for the install had to
submit a substantial amount of technical
information that included numerous
coverage simulations to prove that a
balanced sound which Claudio Schifani
Alvarez, (Technical Director of the Teatro
Nacional) and his committee were looking
for was indeed attainable, plus It would
have to be achieved with a minimum
amount of speakers to avoid visual
distraction, thus maintaining the theater’s
integrity as a masterpiece of art.
An ultra compact Adamson
2-way (3-way with sub) line array was
chosen after a long process of stringent
bidding with most of the usual suspects
present.
A custom pair of structures were
built to hang the clusters without touching
the front face of the proscenium. Off
those arms eight Metrix-i enclosures, with a
footprint of only 8.5” in height by 21” width
and weighting in at 43.5 lbs each, were
mounted. At the bottom of each array
two metrix-W-i enclosures which have a
15-degree vertical coverage, took care of
the first rows of the orchestra seating area.
The total hang weight including the Metrix-
i’s heavier steel frame topped at 295kg per
array.
Two subs were ground stacked
sans dollies on each side of the stage to
avoid rolling as the lip of the stage has a
slight decline towards the front.
Four CB-1 enclosures with 60 x 90
rotatable horns were used as removable fill
cabinets on the lip of the stage, as well as
to cover 2 blind spots in the outer corners of
the stage. The CB1’s were hung horizontally
using their standard brackets and their
waveguides were rotated to cover 60
degrees on the horizontal plain as they did
not want them to bleed to the orchestra
level.
“The theatre`s new sound system
would need to deliver extreme sound
clarity and smooth balance in all of the seats
worthy of a national theatre, yet have a very
small size to keep the optical annoyance of
contemporary technology in a century building
to a minimum.“
System Details:
16 x Metrix
4 x Metrix W
4 x Metrix Sub
4 x CB1
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M CH center is made up of a
Congress center, exhibition
center and an outdoor arena. The congress
centre is comprised of a large amphitheatre
style auditorium, three concert halls and 4
distinct meeting rooms.
The Metrix exhibits all that
Adamson is known for; great warm vocal
quality with present and coherent mids and
hi’s, with enough bottom end and SPL (peak
at 132.5dB) to cover both venues evenly. The
Metrix’s ultra compact size makes it discreet
and lets the focus be where it is needed; on
stage and on the performer.The low ceiling
height of the Congress Hall installation calls
for 4 short Metrix clusters. Two clusters are
flown L and R of stage, 2 flown as delays in
the middle of the hall and two Metrix Subs sit
on the on the stage. Each cluster is made of
1 Metrix-i and 2 Metrix W-i enclosures and the
bottom of the array, totaling in 35 degrees
of vertical and 120 degrees of horizontal
coverage. As a permanent installation
Adamson’s –i series rigging the EIR™ system
was used rather than the touring AIR™
rigging, making each enclosure 10lbs lighter
and more economical.
T he Concert Hall design was
originally planned to be used
only for speech and AV, but so far it has
been used for about 50% of the actual
shows performed in the venue. Each cluster
consists of 6 Metrix-i and 2 Metrix W-i hangs
with 2 Subs ground stacked below the arrays.
The semi-permanent system system when
tours which are carrying their own gear use
the existing points for their hangs. is slid out
to be used as an outfill using a custom built
boom system when tours which are carrying
their own gear use the existing points for their
hangs.
MHC Herning Congress Center & Hall in Herning, Denmark
System Details:
16 x Metrix
12 x Metrix W
6 x Metrix Sub
“The Congress Hall, with
seating for 1,800 guests, and
the Concert Hall, with space for 2,400
received new audio installations from
Adamson Systems.“
Point Series & Conventional Products Installations
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R epublic, a busy Vancouver club
on Granville has revamped their
entire sound system with Adamson Speakers.
Republic is open seven days a week; during
the day Republic is a busy pub and sports
bar, and at night it features live DJs and
entertainment transforming itself into a
dance club.
The upstairs main dance area
features 4 Adamson M15 Multi-purpose
enclosures arrayed as four single horizontal
boxes with the Mass™ System and a single
T-21 Sub placed in front of the DJ booth.
In the downstairs area, four
Adamson CB1 cabinets are run in stereo, with
a summed single B118 subwoofer. During the
day when the venue is a pub and restaurant
format, the CB1s offer a high fidelity crystal
clear sound for the soft rock and jazz music
played as background music.
In the evening, when the Republic
transforms into a club, the CB1s have no
problem keeping up with the DJ and live
format. There are two CB1s installed on each
side of the bar, and one pointing at people
as they walk up the stairwell, for a total of
seven CB1s in the downstairs area. Three
CB1s covering the upstairs bar and games
area, and another two cover the patio area.
Lab.gruppen C-Series power all the
Adamson speakers. The amplifiers perform
from 11am to 3am, seven days a week.
Republic Club in Vancouver, BC
System Details:
4 x M15
18 x CB1
1 x T 21 Sub
1 x B118 Sub
“v isiting sound engineers and DJs have been
very impressed with the installation, especially
the T-21 subwoofer: “It does not matter what we throw at
it, the subwoofer handles any style of music extremely
well, with amazing clarity and fidelity.”
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T here are a few examples in the
previous pages where the Point
Series have been used in conjunction with
other series of speakers as various fill boxes.
Here are some Point Series installation
examples.
• Théâtre Municipal de Colmar
(picture below) which is a classical
Italian style opera house presenting
theatre, opera, dance, song and
various concerts.
• Recently completed Le Diapason
Salle de Spectacles (picture bottom
left) is a performance center with
608 seats and 14 handicap reserved
places.
• Theatre Le Palace in Paris in
conjunction with the SpekTrix Series
• La Chapplle Church - a historical
church which recently received full
restoration and echnology upgrades
• Pablo Picasso Cultural Center in
Homecourt in conjuncton with the
Metrix Series
• Centre des arts d’Enghien les Bains
• Radio France in Paris in conjuntion
with with M Series monitors
• L’observatoire venue within SMAC
• In a notorius Dance Club/S&M Club
‘Cutheum’ in Germany
• The hip and popular Joko Restaurant
in Cyprus.
“P resently, the Point Series have been
installed in world class venues such
as the newly built and famous Pompidou
Center ’s new location in Metz, France,
opened to the public in May 2010, The center
features major works from the collection of the
Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Centre
Pompidou in Paris.”
Installations Articles
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Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, Kentucky
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Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, Kentucky
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Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, Kentucky
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Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, Kentucky
This is the design we did: 12XY10 & 2Waves. The cross over point between Y10 and Waves is at 40 feets from the stage. The waves were starting to cover at 15 feet from the stage.
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Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, Kentucky
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Chateau De Versailles, France
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Chateau De Versailles, France
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Chateau De Versailles, France
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Chateau De Versailles, France
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Chateau De Versailles, France
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