The Jordanki Cultural and Congress Centre (CKK) in Toruń, Poland has undergone a large-scale AV system upgrade with Konsbud Audio of Warsaw specifying d&b audiotechnik loudspeakers for sound reinforcement. The CKK provides a multipurpose cultural hub for the city with two concert halls, a cinema, conference rooms and a number of other facilities.
Konsbud Audio was the distributor and executor of all the electro-acoustics systems that were installed, which included FoH control, digital audio network, audio playback, multichannel audio recording systems, comms systems, AV systems and the 75km of cabling required to service this infrastructure. d&b sound reinforcement systems were installed in both the concert hall and chamber hall.
Piotr Jankiewicz, director of the design and integration department at Konsbud Audio was the project director. “This project has without doubt been a huge challenge for us; this is the largest installation contract Konsbud Audio has undertaken to date. The amount of cabling that has been used is testament to that! Part of the challenge was due to the highly original design of the building; the shape and purpose of the building required a very sympathetic approach to the installation. The performance spaces are designed without parallel walls and certainly during the design stage, it was often difficult to visualise the final appearance of the rooms or the shape of the walls. In a venue such as this it was crucial to have a very versatile system hence our choice of d&b loudspeakers that are known for their ability to deliver both in terms of frequency response and sound pressure level.”
In the Concert Hall, Konsbud Audio chose a V-Series system rigged as a L/R line array and comprising a combination of V8 and V12 cabinets. V-SUB and J-INFRA were used to provide low frequency support and T10s were utilised as front fill and coverage at a side balcony. The constant directivity control over a very wide frequency range was especially useful in this asymmetrical room.
It was the T-Series that was chosen for The Chamber Hall. Jankiewicz explained: “Because these loudspeakers can be used both as a line array and as a high directivity point source loudspeaker they were the ideal choice in this room. Due to their extraordinary specifications and flexibility in application these devices can be used not only as front of house sound reinforcement loudspeakers, but also in any other occasions where there is a need to provide sound reinforcement in other parts of the stage or even in other rooms. We had no doubts considering them the perfect choice.”
All the loudspeakers are driven by D80 amplifiers, including the MAX and M6 stage monitors, Jankiewicz added: “The advantages are obvious. It’s hard to imagine why anyone should use other amplifiers and turn away from all the functionalities and quality guaranteed by d&b audiotechnik. The systems installed in the CKK are designed to be portable. Using a single type of amplifier for all of the loudspeakers eliminates compatibility issues and makes it extremely easy and quick to adapt a system’s configuration to the needs of a specific event.”
Jankiewicz concluded: “I’m proud of the state of the art technical solutions we have implemented here; the audio system is very flexible and sounds just amazing – I am very, very pleased.”
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