VIENNA, Austria – Newly constructed over one of the busiest
transportation hubs in New York City, The Barclays Center, home to the National
Basketball Association’s Brooklyn Nets, has finalized its internal PA and is
now equipped to host concerts, conventions and numerous additional events with
the help of HARMAN’s AKG DMS700 digital wireless system. Installed by Parsons Electric, the complete
system is used for numerous aspects of sound reinforcement throughout the
18,000-seat arena.
The Barclays Center has numerous club level suites, which will be
used for events throughout the basketball season and beyond. The versatility of the suites allows events
ranging from company presentations, birthday parties, or additional ‘meet and
greet’ opportunities with the Nets. Each
club is installed with two DMS700 systems to ensure flexibility and quality,
without signal weakness. The suites and additional back rooms also host post-game
interviews, press conferences and VIP events for the Nets.
In the arena, or “bowl,” the AKG system is deployed for the
national anthem before the games, and during events as emcees carry handheld
units, running around entertaining the crowd with promotions.
In such a large venue, where numerous events may be live at once,
it was imperative the wireless functionality was not easily impeded. Project Engineer, David Potts of Parsons
literally sat in the announcer’s booth for a week to perform an RF analysis for
the entire building. During the center’s
debut concert series, eight performances by Nets co-owner Jay-Z, the in-house
AKG wireless system was running in the background and showed no signs of
interference.
“AKG is very reliable, feature-packed and easy to use,” stated
Potts. “As system designers, we chose
DMS700 for its reliably, durability, ease of installation and
functionality. The customer-friendliness
of the system is amazing, and each club maintains a strong signal. It sounds great in all of the rooms, which
makes the customer happy.”
The Barclays Center now boasts 18 AKG DHT700 D5 handheld
transmitters, 16 SRA2B-W remote antennas, nine DSR700 dual wireless receivers,
two HSC271 headsets, two Perception 170 condenser microphones, a DPT700 digital
bodypack wireless transmitter and a PS4000-W antenna DA/power distributor.
“When I first saw the AKG systems on the spec sheets, even before
I was allowed in the building, I was excited to come in and try them out. DMS700 are robust units, and have plenty of
feature sets other systems simply do not,” said Matt Kaitila, AV Technical
Engineer at the Barclays Center. “Our mics are providing a thick sound, with a
nice bit of brightness to it.”
“AKG has a trust worthy reputation and it compliments the Barclays
Center sound system quite well,” continued Kaitila. “DMS700 cuts through nicely. We’ve basically
locked in all of our frequencies. It’s going to be a great unit for the
different type of events we’ll have for the bowl.”
For more information about
AKG, please visit http://www.akg.com and http://www.youtube.com/AKGacoustics. For more information on Parsons, please visit http://www.parsonscorp.com
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