VIENNA, Austria – Asian Pro
Music (APM) has carried out a complete audio/visual upgrade of the Palace of
the Republic in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city. With more
than 16 years experience, APM is on the government tender list required under
Kazakhstani law, and won a competitive bid for the contract “to completely
equip The Palace with high-end AV technology, from A to Z,” according to the
company’s sales coordinator, Kamila Seidemetova.
Built in 1970 — with a 3,000-seat flat auditorium situated
under a tented roof, with no balcony tiers — the structure was recently
completely renovated. At the same time its technical infrastructure has been
boosted as part of a complete AV fit out by APM Music, which includes a high
performance HARMAN AKG CS 5 Digital Conference System.
The Palace is mainly used as a large concert hall that can
also be adapted to host various film festivals, awards, conventions and big
annual meetings. It sets out to be one of the most technologically advanced
concert halls in Central Asia, and when the Mayor of Almaty spoke through the
CS5 during the City’s annual report presentation, the AKG conference system
passed its evaluation test with flying colors.
By this time the system was already on APM Music’s
specification list. The requirement was for synchronized translation for 3000
people spanning seven languages, with a conference system that would serve 20
people. In addition it needed to be sufficiently versatile for use during
festivals, certain movie screenings and musicals.
As the official distributor of HARMAN Professional brands,
APM had earmarked AKG as far back as February 2011. “There was never any doubt
about using it for this particular project,” said Mr. Seidemetova.
“Furthermore, our partner and friend Thomas Giczy of AKG recommended this
particular system as being best fit for purpose — largely based on the quality
of the audio.”
APM CEO, Maxim Vostrov endorsed this move. “We decided that
AKG Acoustics would provide the best high-end conference and synchronized
translation system. This was proved justified, as once the installation was
complete, the high quality and simplicity of operation were immediately noted. Correct
placement of the infrared emitters allowed us to obtain crystal clear sound on
all eight channels of synchronized translation.”
The modular, expandable AKG
CS 5 covers any application from a small discussion setup to large,
complex conference systems, built around very few components, yet maintaining
maximum flexibility and outstanding price/performance. It guarantees optimum intelligibility as well
as intuitive, fatigue-free use.
The mic stations, designed to be
shared by two persons, will not only reduce costs significantly, but also
occupy less space on conference tables.
The system in Almaty for 20 delegates combines the CS 5 BU
base unit with CS 5 BOB breakout box, to provide an additional 16 analogue
channel output, CS 5 VU voting units, CS 5 DU delegate units, CS 5 IU interpreter units, GN 30 CS and GN 50 CS (30cm and
50cm) goosenecks, plus various infrared transmitters/receivers and headphones.
The AKG specification
was the highlight of a multiple HARMAN-brand installation, which included the
integration of JBL cinema loudspeakers (including 4732 three-way screen array,
4642A subs and 8350 surrounds), Crown CTs 2000 amplification (with IQ3USP3CN
PIP module), dbx and BSS
processing and Soundcraft MH3 and Vi6 digital mixing consoles.
In addition to the
design and provision of the AV systems, APM were also responsible for the stage
mechanics, architectural acoustic optimization and large LED screens.
For more information about AKG, please visit http://www.akg.com and http://www.youtube.com/AKGacoustics.
For more information about APM Music, please visit http://www.apm.kz/.
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