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Sound systems have become a vital part of the spectator

experience-a critical means through which fans stay connected to

the game or event. D.A.S. sound systems have played a leading

role in major venues and stadiums around the world providing the

nexus between the action and the spectator.

After more than 40 years of intense activity in the world of audio,

D.A.S. has acquired a valuable know-how in the development and

manufacture of sound reinforcement systems. Recognized around

the world for its quality products and customer oriented service,

D.A.S. is dedicated to designing and building an extensive line-up

of products. Whether it be sound for the bowl area, or distributed

systems for ancillary areas of facilities such as concourses and

restaurants, D.A.S. can provide high impact solutions that keep fans

intimately connected, regardless of where they are in the venue.

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Minsk Arena (Belarus)

Gran Canaria Arena (Spain)

Arka Gdynia (Poland)

American Airlines Arena (USA)

Twickenham Rugby Cathedral (England)

Buesa Arena (Spain)

Mabee Center (USA)

Sun Life Stadium (USA)

Vicente Calderón Stadium (Spain)

In addition to its position as the capital and largest city in

Belarus, Minsk is also headquarters of the Commonwealth of

Independent States (CIS), whose member countries are

former Soviet Republics. Given its prominent role throughout

the region, it’s only fitting the city wanted a flagship venue for

the varied sports and other activities that take place here.

Enter the Minsk Arena. Completed in December 2009, the

newly constructed Minsk Arena includes a multi-sports and

entertainment arena for 15,000 spectators, which is

currently the largest capacity venue in the KHL (Kontinental

Hockey League).

Minsk-based Art Ramos Studio a.l.c., a design/build

firm specializing in the professional sound, lighting, cinema,

and staging markets, was awarded the contract for the

arena’s sound reinforcement system. After final designs

were approved in November 2008, the firm proceeded to

install a system that revolves around æro line array

technology from D.A.S. Audio.

According to Anton Streltsov, Deputy Director of Art

Ramos Studio,

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Equipment Used

Spectator Area48 æro 38A16 æro 28A

On Court4 BiDriver

All loudspeakers are positioned over center ice above

the media cube—an octagonal unit sporting eight large

LED displays with a total surface of more than 500 square

meters created by large screen specialist Palami of Minsk.

The centrally positioned ring of loudspeakers was

determined to be the most effective means of providing even

coverage throughout the space.

Streltsov explained.

Six D.A.S. Audio BiDriver Plus 2-way horn speaker

units augment the eight flown line array clusters.

Streltsov remarked,

D.A.S. offers consultancies and

systems integrators factory-backed sound

system design support. Our extensive

experience and the latest in acoustic

modeling software provides professionals

with an important resource when faced

with a challenging project. Before, during

and after installation, D.A.S. is there with a

team of professionals that can provide an

array of services ranging from product

adaptation to complete venue designs

when necessary.

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Home to the Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria, this

spectacular venue is versatile enough to also be the ideal

spot for holding a range of sporting, cultural or musical events

in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The arena can seat 11,500

fans during basketball games and upwards of 18,000 when it

opens its doors for concerts or events like concerts or

supercross races.

Canary´s based design and installation company

Hipermusic was called in to handle the design and installation

of the D.A.S. sound system. After studying the arena’s

specific measurements and characteristics, Hipermusic

recommended installing the powerful and versatile æro

Series 2 line array systems. The design team, led by

Hipermusic’s Carlos Guerra, worked hand-in-hand with

D.A.S. Audio’s Sound Projects Engineers on acoustic

simulation, system configuration and tuning.

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Six clusters of seven æro 12A powered line array

systems were installed for the main PA providing optimum

sound to a multipurpose arena configurable in myriad ways.

The top five units of each cluster are configured for long and

medium throw to cover the arena’s permanent stands, while

the two lower units are short-throw, angled towards the

retractable bleachers, much closer to the court. If needed,

they can be muted when the bleachers are retracted. On the

court, four BiDriver Plus, powered by D.A.S. D-20 amps,

enhance speech intelligibility, while D.A.S. DSP-4080 digital

signal processors handle the management and control of the

entire system.

Equipment Used

Spectator Area42 æro 12A

On Court4 BiDriver PlusD-20 AmplifersDSP-4080 Digital Signal Processors

Gdynia Municipal Football stadium recently received a

large, networked audio-driven sound reinforcement system. Piotr

Nowiński, at the helm of the Arka Gydinia installation, knew that his

project could provide a fundamental improvement to the stadium:

in general good sound quality and particularly perfect speech

intelligibility, contribute towards increasing the spectacular nature

of football events. Combined with the background music, the

commentators, and the general energy that the games generate,

football becomes more than just a game.

With room for more than 15,000 seated spectators, each

zone of the stadium required a different solution. It was crucial

that spectators in the stand could correctly understand spoken

message and that the sound was distributed evenly to obtain

solid coverage with the minimum number of cabinets. However,

in the playing field area the most important element was to have

a long throw application without compromising on quality. Finally,

zones like stadium entrances or corridors, where the top priority

was good acoustic signalling for announcements, had to be

taken into account.

Management, football players and fans were able to

appreciate the results of the installation from the very first day. As

Nowiński concludes, “We have achieved perfect and uniform

sound coverage in all areas. No significant drops in SPL are

detected at any point”.

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Sopot, Poland-based Mega Music’s audio-visual

installation division, was contracted to handle the Gdynia

Municipal Football stadium’s new sound system. The

company took special care to protect the equipment from

exposure to inclement weather, and the installed acoustic

cabinets have an IP54 rating, which ensures correct

functioning even in hostile environments.

Equipment Used

Spectator Area84 DR-12-IP54 (44 Zones)

Field8 BiDriver Plus

Ancillary Areas30 zones of CL-6T Ceiling louspeakers

Located along Miami’s scenic Biscayne Bay, the

AmericanAirlines Arena boasts a seating capacity of 19,600

and can be tailored to numerous types of mass events. When

the time came to replace the arena’s aging upper delay ring

and outdoor perimeter area loudspeaker systems, the HEAT

Group, responsible for the venue´s upgrades elected to

install Artec and Avant series loudspeakers.

Dave Vickery, Director of Broadcast Services, and

Jorge Arronte, Manager of Sound and Matrix, are the two

HEAT Group staffers tasked with designing, deploying, and

overseeing the use of the various audio and video systems at

AmericanAirlines Arena. Vickery discussed his decision to

utilize D.A.S. Audio’s Artec and Avant series loudspeakers,

“We needed a new solution to replace our aging upper delay

ring loudspeaker system and the outdoor perimeter area. We

tested loudspeaker systems from various manufacturers and

found the D.A.S. products fitour needs perfectly.”

With the new loudspeaker systems up and running,

Vickery and Arronte report everything is performing well and

patrons have noticed the difference, “The installation of the

Artec speakers has proven to be a success in all aspects.

They sound great! We have received “HEAT-Fan”

compliments regarding the quality of audio and the ability to

comprehend what is being played through them. This product

accurately reflectsour 5-star goals for our patrons. We are

very happy with the improved sound performance and look

forward to working with D.A.S. in the future.”

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Equipment Used

Spectator Areaæro 28A Line Arrays20 Avant 15A

Outdoors30 Artec 26TW-IP5410 Artec 28TE-IP54

Twickenham Stadium or just Twickenham as it is more

commonly known, is England’s National Rugby Team

stadium located in the south-east London suburb of

Twickenham. It is the UK’s biggest rugby stadium, recently

raising its seating capacity from 75,000 to 82,000. To the

delight of English rugby fans, the stadium recently

revamped its sound reinforcement system.

The stadium’s audio upgrade using D.A.S sound

systems was completed in October by the firm Sysco, led by

Hugo Roche and advised by audio consultant and job project

manager, Roland Hemming. The RFU (Rugby Football

Union) contracted an independent consultant firm,

Vanguardia Consulting, directed by Jim Griffiths, to supervise

the install. On site consultants working for Vanguardia were

Mark Murphy, John Staunton and Mike Bedford. To complete

the install Sysco used 22 kilometres (about 14 miles) of cable

and seven different delays to synchronize the system to

perfection.

Following an acoustic simulation done with Ease 4.2

software, a decision was made to employ a total of 168 Arco

24 systems to cover the rows of the lower tier and 168 Artec

26 units for the middle tier in order to achieve optimum SPL

for this type of venue and provide uniform coverage across

the audience area. The Arco 24 and Artec 26 units were

positioned horizontally with a four meter distance between

them. Both models were equipped to meet IP-54 standards

for outdoor use.

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Six D.A.S. BiDriver Plus systems, distributed in two, three-unit clusters

were utilized to cover the pitch. These 10” co-axial systems are manufactured to

meet rigorous IP-54 standards, making them ideal for open spaces

experiencing harsh weather conditions. Their high acoustic output is ideal

for large spaces thanks to the exceptional long-throw capabilities of the BiDriver.

The town of Twickenham is also home to The World Rugby Museum,

which opened its doors back in 1996, taking rugby fans on a spectacular journey

through the history of this sport, so deeply rooted in England, from its origins

right through to the present day.

Equipment Used

Spectator Area168 Arco 24168 Artcec 26

Field6 BiDriver Plus

Although the Fernando Buesa Arena is technically a

multi-use venue, it is, for the people of Vitoria, first and

foremost the home court for its basketball team, Baskonia. It

was at just such a league game that the pavilion revealed its

makeover, a renovation which transformed the venue –

several decades after its initial construction – into a

thoroughly modern facility for the city of Vitoria.

Expanded seating to accommodate up to 15,290

people, a new dome and a sophisticated new façade are

some of the most obvious exterior changes. But interior

updates are no less significant. Inside, fans can enjoy the

new seats as well as new audio-visual equipment including

an impressive scoreboard with eight 18 m2 sides, and a first-

class sound reinforcement equipment installed by Ingevision

(Ekintza), anchored by æro line array systems that steal the

show.

What Buesa Arena now offers sports enthusiasts is an

increasingly popular way to take in sporting events: watching

the action live on the field without missing the details on the

giant screens. Sports enthusiasts can hear the voices of

more than 15,000 spectators shouting in unison and while

simultaneously enjoying well-crafted background sound. The

result? More sensory stimulation, for a greater spectator

experience. In short, more fun.

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Equipment Used

Spectator Area40 æro 12A

On Court4 BiDriversSLA-2600 AmplifiersDSP-2060 Digital Signal Processors

Located on the beautiful campus of Oral

Roberts University, Tulsa’s Mabee Center is a

special events arena that, in addition to

serving as the home of the Golden Eagles

men’s and women’s basketball teams, plays

host to a broad range of cultural events.

With the capacity to seat upwards of 11,300 people in

its sports arena layout, the Mabee Center’s 9,800 square

meter (105,000 sq. ft) floor plan includes two tiers of seats

surrounding the regulation basketball court. In the interest of

providing better sound, the Mabee Center recently

underwent a major sound system renovation.

Tulsa, OK-based design/build firm Sounds From

Heaven (SFH) Productions, was contracted to perform the

facility upgrade. Gary Howard, the firm’s principal,

discussed the chal lenges of the project.

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After extensive evaluation, a sizeable collection of æro

loudspeakers was installed. The purchase included 20 æro

38A medium format, powered 3-way line array modules, 16

æro CA-28A powered 2-way, compact array modules, and 8

æro LX-218A powered subwoofers. In its largest configuration,

the sports arena layout encompasses four array clusters

consisting of four æro 38A’s over two CA-28A’s using the

D.A.S. AX-Combo rigging frame in four equal distance ‘corners’

within the oval, along with two additional clusters each

consisting of four CA-28A’s in the end zones behind the

basketball goals.

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The new system has been very well received by Mabee

Center’s technical staff as well as its patrons.

notes

Casey Phariss, Mabee Center’s Chief Audio Engineer.

Equipment Used

Spectator Area20 æro 38A16 æro 28A8 LX218A subwoofers

Playing to a capacity crowd of better than 75,000-not to mention a national TV audience,

half-time performances were brought to life by the audio team at Interface Sound using a

collection of loudspeakers from D.A.S. Audio

Based in Miami, Interface Sound has grown from a modest start in 1985 into one of the leading audio/visual, staging, and

lighting companies in the Southeastern United States. Spearheaded by owner/operator Ralph Alvarez, the firm handles a wide

variety of live sound and corporate/industrial events, and is the equipment provider of audio and staging for Carnival Miami, an

annual event in Miami's Little Havana district that attracts upwards of one million people.

For the Orange Bowl´s halftime show, Interface Sound constructed an audio system consisting of sixty D.A.S. Audio æro

38A powered, 3-way line arrays and twelve æro 182A 2k powered subwoofers that surrounded the playing field and faced out

toward the stands. The actual sound reinforcement system on the field consisted of twelve mobile carts that were pulled into

place at halftime by a dozen golf carts.

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"The biggest challenge of this project

was signal routing and power consumption,"

says Alvarez. "D.A.S. Audio's self-powered

products use Class D power amplification,

so they don't require a lot of amperage.

They're highly efficient. Combine this with

the fact that the æros are very predictable in

terms of their dispersion patterns, and you

have a great system that ends up being

easy to work with and provides great

coverage throughout the entire arena.

Everyone was really pleased with the

system's performance."

Equipment Used

60 æro 38A12 æro 182A 2K

Home to the national league champions Atlético de Madrid, the stadium hashosted the team’s games since it opened its doors in 1966. A mobile system comprised of D.A.S. æro line arrays was recently installed in the stadium.

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Equipment Used

28 æro 40A14 Custom designed mobile platforms14 Custom designed protective covers4 DASnet Rack

The æro 40A´s each were distributed

to cover the stadium’s four main zones. In

each of the four zones a DASnet™ rack

was installed to remotely control and

manage the systems. Each rack includes a

D.A.S. DSP-2060A digital signal processor

for managing the audio signal, a patch panel

for the audio and data signals that connect

the racks, and a DASnet™ panel to receive

and carry signals, data and power to the

æro 40A systems.

Besides "weatherizing" the æro 40A

systems for outdoor use in extreme

conditions, each of the 14 platforms

boasts robust covers that were

specifically designed to help protect

the systems from inclement weather.

Custom-made, the systems can be

used without removing these covers;

they are simply folded back over the

top of the mounted systems.

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