The Cultural Park Theatre, a Cape Coral, FL-based venue that hosts more than 50 events a year, including exhibits, musicals, concerts and recitals, recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system with new loudspeakers from WorxAudio Technologies.
Creative Sound Solutions, also located in Cape Coral, was contracted to revitalize the theatre’s sound system, specifying a combination of WorxAudio Technologies Wave Series 12Ai and 6Ai loudspeakers.
“This venue is approximately 40 wide feet by 80 feet long—with stadium-type seating for 189 people,” explains Tony Flammia, owner of Creative Sound Solutions. “The stage faces into the length of the room, so throw was quite important. We had a limited budget to work with and, as such, there were no provisions for subwoofers as part of this loudspeaker installation.
“Because of this, we needed to find a solution with suitable throw that not only had the ability to deliver a high level of speech intelligibility, the system also had to be capable of reproducing music with full range fidelity. We found it with the WorxAudio Wave Series loudspeakers.”
Flammia, who also served as the system designer on this project, ultimately deployed a combination of two Wave Series 12Ai and two Wave Series 6Ai loudspeakers. The loudspeaker setup is arranged with one 12Ai and one 6Ai per left and right sides of the stage—flown at a height of approximately 12 feet over the stage.
The Wave Series 12Ai is positioned atop the 6Ai. Of particular note, the Wave Series 6Ai loudspeaker enclosures are angled in and down from the Wave Series 12Ai’s in order to handle frontfill responsibilities for those patrons seated in the rows closest to the stage. The loudspeakers are affixed to the trussing that runs above the stage.
“The Wave Series 12Ai and 6Ai are both two-way, high efficiency, passive loudspeakers,” says Flammia. “These enclosures are driven by QSC Audio PLC Series power amps and, together, they make a formidable sound reinforcement system with a very small visual footprint so as not to be the least bit distracting.
“We needed the low-end performance from the 12-inch loudspeakers, as there are no subs in this room. The WorxAudio Wave Series 12Ai delivers a very nice low, full range sound that does a great job with music reproduction. Equally important, the two Wave Series 6Ai enclosures cover the front row seats beautifully and cut through the stage noise. Combined, we have a terrific system with the throw to cover the length of the space with plenty of horizontal dispersion to cover the sides.”
The Cultural Park Theatre’s new sound system was deployed in early October 2011 and was placed into service almost immediately afterward. Flammia attributes a fair portion of the success of this project to the WorxAudio staff. “We consulted closely with WorxAudio’s Hugh Sarvis,” Flammia says, “and his knowledge and support were a great help in both the selection and deployment of the equipment. In addition to excellent customer service, the products themselves are first rate. WorxAudio offers excellent build quality. The moment we took the enclosures out of the box, it became apparent these are not your ordinary loudspeakers.”