MAJORCA, Spain — The Palma Teatre Principal, which dates back to the 1600s, launched an effort to take advantage of the technology available in the new millennium in 2001, including a more recent sound system upgrade with gear from EAW. To meet the need for the venue’s variety of theatrical productions and musical events, Fernando García Carrión, head of AV for Chemtrol’s theater division, selected an assortment of EAW loudspeaker and monitor components.
EAW’s Spanish representative, Pro3 & Co, S.L., also supported Chemtrol’s installation of the new gear. Pro3’s engineering department, headed by Victor Pérez Cejas, started with an acoustic simulation of the theater.
The theater is laid out in a horseshoe design, typical of venues built in the 17th century. To help the venue handle everything from a single spoken voice to a full orchestra, Chemtrol installed two separate sets of loudspeaker components.
The first is a fixed installation, which itself can cover most of the theater. The second is a more mobile, modular and configurable system, adaptable for concerts and louder events.
The first set of components included EAW LS832 Line Source loudspeakers in each of the hall’s balcony levels — 10 loudspeakers in total, and four EAW SBX220 compact subwoofers, installed in the orchestra pit.
The second set of components includes 12 KF730 Compact Line Array Modules, flown from the proscenium arch, which allows for a stereo configuration or a three-channel L-C-R array.
To maintain uniform coverage throughout the venue, four EAW JF60z Compact Full-Range Loudspeakers were installed as stage frontfills, covering the theater’s first few rows.
For stage monitoring, the system is rounded out by four EAW LA212 and four LA215 Compact Full-Range Loudspeaker/Monitors with LAKE processing and Lab.gruppen amplification.
“EAW products offered us exactly what we needed for this project,” said Carrión. “We needed to be able to configure this system for a wide variety of applications and sounds, all while maintaining coverage in a challenging space and making sure the loudspeakers keep a low profile visually. And of course sound quality is paramount. EAW delivered all these things and more.”
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