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Hamburg’s Altonaer Theater Outfitted With Alcons LR7 Line Arrays

Protones event technology selects pro-ribbon line-arrays for theatre with emphasis on spoken-word literature.

As part of a modernization of Hamburg’s Altonaer Theater, Protones event technology from Lüneburg installed LR7 pro-ribbon line-arrays from Alcons Audio.

The Altonaer Theater staff decided for two flown arrays of 5 Alcons LR7 each. Under stage 2x BF302i were installed as low frequency support. Alcons ALC2 and ALC4 with DDP (Digital Drive Processor) were used for system drive and amplification.

The Alcons LR7 pro-ribbon line-array has proven itself in many theaters. Despite compact dimensions of 359mm/14.1-inches width and 173mm//6.8-inches height and the lightweight (8Kg/17.6-lb).

“The sound and vocal intelligibility of the LR7 was immaculate and significantly better than that of the comparative system,” said Andreas Meyer-Delius, technical director of the Altonaer Theater. “In addition, the Alcons system has a uniform signal transmission in all frequency ranges, without the so-called “beauty dent” in the 1000 Hz range. This gives the engineer greater freedom in the sound scaping.”

Dirk Dechring, project manager of Protones event technology, says “It is a discrete system that provides a very high speech intelligibility. So the theater production is in the foreground, not the technology. “

“Overall, all parties stood by their decision, and after one year of operation, our impression remains very positive,” Meyer-Delius looks back with satisfaction.

The Altonaer Theater brings literature to the stage. Stage successes such as “Mephisto”, “Schiller’s complete works … slightly shortened” or bestsellers such as “Measuring the World” and “the hundred-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared” have achieved cult status. Successful authors and stage versions specifically created for the theater underline the quality of the house.

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