{"id":15203,"date":"2020-10-21T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/?post_type=hot-news&p=15203"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:40:22","slug":"l-acoustics-kara-gives-wsu-wildcats-some-growl-at-dee-events-center","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/l-acoustics-kara-gives-wsu-wildcats-some-growl-at-dee-events-center\/","title":{"rendered":"L-Acoustics Kara Gives WSU Wildcats Some Growl at Dee Events Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Poll Sound updates the audio at Weber State University\u2019s home to basketball and more<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OGDEN, Utah \u2013 October 2020 \u2013<\/strong> For more than four decades, the Dee Events Center (DEC)<\/a> on the campus of Weber State University (WSU)<\/a> in Ogden, Utah has served as the home court of the NCAA Division I WSU Wildcats men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams and played host to many Big Sky Conference championship games. This summer, the domed arena welcomed its newest \u201cplayer\u201d\u2014a brand new L-Acoustics Kara(i)<\/a> loudspeaker system designed and installed by Salt Lake City\u2019s Poll Sound<\/a>.

Capable of seating nearly 11,600 spectators in its circular bowl, the Dee Events Center is truly a multipurpose venue. It has also hosted its share of other college and professional sports, major touring concerts, commencements, religious and community events, and much more. Although the school has continually invested in various upgrades to the venue over the years, one thing that has remained unchanged for more than a quarter century has been DEC\u2019s sound reinforcement system, which had become decreasingly effective with time.

\u201cThe facility\u2019s previous sound system probably performed okay when it was installed back in the \u201990s, but \u2018state-of-the-art\u2019 has certainly changed a lot since then, leaving the Dee Events Center behind in terms of impact and intelligibility,\u201d says Poll Sound Owner Deward Timothy, who spearheaded the new L-Acoustics system design.

Timothy notes that the old system was especially lacking with non-sports events where a stage is set up at one end of the court. \u201cA center hung array has a disadvantage in this type of setup, which is our usual scenario for ceremonies, speeches, main assemblies, graduations, small concerts, and so on. So we were given the directive to come up with a new design that would work well for both sports and stage events.\u201d

The Poll Sound team turned to L-Acoustics Soundvision<\/a> design software to find the ideal solution for the venue. The result was a bowl system made up of 66 Kara(i) enclosures and a dozen SB18i<\/a> subs. These are divided into six identical arrays of 11 Kara<\/a>, plus two adjacent SB18, evenly spaced around the cloud and scoreboard above center court and hung directly from the ceiling of the geodesic dome. For power, a dozen LA12X<\/a> amplified controllers are split into four racks positioned around the cloud catwalk.

\u201cWe modeled a variety of loudspeaker configurations in Soundvision, and this arrangement of Kara arrays represented the best overall solution with the main considerations being consistent coverage, maximum SPL and intelligibility, weight constraints, ease of installation, and cost,\u201d says Timothy. He further adds that Kara has more than proven itself on numerous other Poll Sound NCAA arena projects, including the Brigham Young University Marriott Center<\/a> and University of Utah Huntsman Center<\/a>.

To meet the challenge of having audio originate from the stage, Poll Sound chose to specify the deployment of four medium-throw L-Acoustics Syva<\/a> colinear loudspeakers, each seated atop a Syva Low enclosures on the stage floor for extended LF performance. \u201cThese provide the audio precedence and floor coverage, and delay portions of the main array back to the stage,\u201d Timothy describes. \u201cThis is easy to do because we can create coverage zones with the positioning of the Kara arrays; for example, those facing back to the podium and blocked off areas are not turned on when using the stage.\u201d All of this zoning and variation in setups is managed through presets that Poll Sound programmed into LA Network Manager<\/a>.

Timothy\u2019s team also supplied the facility with eight short-throw X8 coaxial enclosures for use as stage monitors and for frontfill as needed, plus three four-channel LA4X amplified controllers<\/a> for power and processing.

Due to the pandemic, DEC hasn\u2019t hosted events since the sound system installation; however, it hasn\u2019t stopped the team there from being impressed with the new setup. \u201cWe have been very pleased with the coverage and clarity of the sound system at all points from the court floor to the top of the arena,\u201d says WSU Assistant Director, Event and Sports Facilities Mark Livingston, who has been with the school for 13 years. \u201cWhen our current Director and I first heard Poll Sound starting to test the system from her office, it sounded so clear that we thought we were hearing the full system, when in fact, it was just the first line array that they had flown. Even that one array was outperforming our entire old system!

\u201cThis sound system has been one of the greatest upgrades I have seen for the university in my years with Weber State,\u201d he continues. \u201cWith 22 high school graduations and all the speaking events that we hold here at the Dee Events Center, this new L-Acoustics system is a major upgrade that will help the rest of the venue shine. We\u2019re also very excited to finally be able to tie touring concerts and performances into our sound system, which is something we\u2019ve always had to hire out in the past. Both L-Acoustics and Poll Sound\u2014especially Dan Salmond, who was the best project lead I have ever had the pleasure of working with\u2014were amazing, going well above and beyond what we expected. We\u2019re so happy with what we\u2019re now hearing here at the Dee, and we can\u2019t wait for WSU Wildcats fans and our other patrons to experience it for themselves.\u201d

For more details on Weber State University\u2019s Dee Events Center and its upcoming itinerary, visit https:\/\/www.weber.edu\/eventandsportfacilities<\/a>. Poll Sound can likewise be found online at https:\/\/www.pollsound.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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