Dual EAW AX366 arrayable install loudspeakers were recently incorporated at the Union Ballroom, a social hub of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
The room’s unique split-ceiling design has in the past presented a challenge, with Pennsylvania-based Hollowood Music and Sound choosing to specify and install the dual EAW AX366 loudspeakers to solve the problem.
“The large concentric horn design of EAW’s AX366 disperses the sound evenly throughout the room,” explains Ken Coey, Commercial Sales Manager and Systems Designer of Hollowood. “The AX366 was the perfect fit for this project.”
Two of the loudspeaker enclosures were used, flown from the ceiling near the sidewalls, which kept reflections to a minimum.
“We used the AX366 in a similar installation recently for the Franciscan University Fieldhouse, and they were the perfect solution there, too,” recalls Coey. “And the AX366’s extended frequency range meant we didn’t have to use a subwoofer, so that saved the school even more money without sacrificing any sound quality.”
The EAW AX366 offers a 60-degree by 60-degree dispersion pattern, and all AX enclosures, including the companion AX122 subwoofer, have an identically sized, dual trapezoidal shape.
The MF/HF transducer loads into a large, common horn via a modified version of the EAW’s proprietary Radial Phase Plug. A unique HF waveguide is integrated within the center of the phase plug. It is acoustically transparent to the MF energy while being acoustically opaque to and acting as a waveguide for the HF energy.
