The new 100,00-plus-square-foot training facility in Atlanta for Overtime Elite (OTE), a new basketball league that offers talented young players with a pathway to becoming professional athletes, offers several spaces equipped with sound reinforcement delivered by a variety of DAS Audio loudspeakers, including models from the Aero, Artec, HQ, UX, and CL series.
AG Production Services of Las Vegas, which in addition to being a full-service AV design/build firm is also active in construction services, was contracted to both build and outfit the new OTE facility from the ground up. Andrew Gumper, the firm’s president, serves as the company’s chief project manager in overseeing the designers, engineers, and installers involved in company projects.
“Overtime Elite is a completely new approach to developing the next generation of professional basketball players,” Gumper explains. “It was important to management that in addition to being a cutting-edge sports facility, the venue be outfitted with the best possible audio reproduction equipment. This is because the announcements and other information that come across the loudspeakers must not only be suitable in terms of volume but must be clear and articulate to be clearly heard by players, officials, and audience alike. This led us to deploying DAS Audio.”
The basketball court serves as OTE’s primary space, housed in an arena holds 1,200 spectators. Here, the AG Production Services team deployed Aero-40A three-way powered line arrays augmented by Aero-20A compact line arrays. Low-frequency support is provided by eight UX-218A subwoofers, each outfitted with dual 18-inch transducers in a front-loaded crossfire configuration.
In addition to the basketball court, the OTE facility also includes a weight room, practice courts, classrooms, and offices. Throughout these areas, the AG Production Services crew deployed various combinations of that include Artec-326-point source enclosures, HQ-212.64-CX two-way, long-throw loudspeakers, and almost 100 CL-8 ceiling loudspeakers.
“I’ve always loved the audio quality of DAS loudspeakers,” Grumper states. “They have a very natural, clear sound and their dispersion characteristics are excellent. Further, the company’s customer and technical support services are first-rate, and this is particularly important in terms of keeping a project on schedule.
“The new DAS sound system has been absolutely amazing,” he concludes. “Our client is thrilled by its performance and capabilities. Levels are consistent throughout the entire basketball court, so there is never any question about what was announced—no matter where one happens to be seated. The entire DAS Audio team was a pleasure to work with and I’d like to offer a special thank you to Carlos Henao, the company’s U.S. production and touring manager, for staying on top of matters throughout the project. To sum it all up — both in terms of the products and the supporting people — DAS Audio is hard to beat.”
