Case Studies

Club Ginza is a 3,100 square foot (290 square meter) club and lounge catering to the young population of Wuxi City in China. The new venue was looking for a powerful and intelligible system with great coverage to set their

Photography by Douglas Friedman El Carlos Elegante is a Mexican and South American inspired restaurant in the Design District of Dallas, Texas. A creation of the successful Dallas-based Duro Hospitality Group, the Mexican hacienda styled interior design is as thoughtful

Entertainment Arts, Inc Melching Field at Conrad Park is home to the Stetson University Hatters, a Division I baseball team. It is also used by DeLand High School and numerous recreation teams. The facility is owned by the City of

The beer garden at Parx Casino is an outdoor space that is open to the public and available for private parties. It has hosted the Philadelphia Eagles, Phillies, and Flyers at various events. One of its more notable features is the

Q2 Stadium opened in 2021 as the new home to Austin’s Major League Soccer team. Idibri worked with the project architect, Gensler, to design an audio system that delivers consistent, high-fidelity sound with high output capabilities for the 20,000+ capacity

Hamilton AV Design designed new audio, video, and lighting systems to replace the original system for the Boyne City High School Auditorium which was installed more than twenty years ago. Hamilton AV Design selected Fulcrum Acoustic loudspeakers to deliver high

After operating as a mobile church for more than twenty years, Grace Chapel opened a multi-purpose facility in Wilsonville, Oregon for church services and community outreach. In addition to a sanctuary (which doubles as a basketball/volleyball court), the facility hosts

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Crusader Stadium is the home of the NCAA Cru Football team at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. During the summer of 2021, Daktronics upgraded the end-zone scoreboard and sound system with the goal of doubling the size of the video

× Previous Next Project DetailsLocationWesterly, RIMarketPerforming ArtsType650 seat multi-use auditoriumFulcrum Products(8) FL283T Dual 8″ Subcardioid Line Array Module(2) CS118 18″ Subcardioid SubwooferSupporting ProductsQSC Q-SYS Core 510i DSPQSC CX-Q 4K8 AmplifiersCS118 18″ Subcardioid Subwoofer

The Blue Cross Arena (formerly the Rochester War Memorial) has operated as a multipurpose venue for more than 60 years. It has served as the home for Rochester’s AHL hockey team, the Americans, since their founding in 1956. In addition

× Previous Next Project DetailsLocationDallas, TexasMarketHospitalityTypeRestaurantFulcrum Products(8) CX8 – Compact 8” Coaxial LoudspeakerCX8 – Compact 8” Coaxial Loudspeaker

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At the end of 2019, a major fire damaged the sanctuary at First Baptist Church. In 2020, renovations began to restore the 2,400-seat space; a new sound system was required as part of this work. First Baptist staff asked Ford

The Landon Arena at Stormont Vail Events Center has been the place to see basketball and hockey games in Topeka since it was constructed in the 1980s. The 7,000 seat multipurpose arena also hosts large events and live music. Avant

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When the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, relocated from Rhode Island to Massachusetts, the city of Worcester built Polar Park as the home field for the now Worcester Red Sox. The Polar Park design

After a few years of congregation growth, St. George’s Episcopal Church needed an expanded worship space in addition to an indoor play area for their preschool. The church decided to combine the projects and build one multi-purpose space for sports,

Lincoln Financial Field opened in 2003 as the home stadium for the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team. In addition to Eagles football, it regularly hosts the Temple University Owls, the Army-Navy game and many soccer games each season. In 2017, the

The ’62 Center for Theater and Dance at Williams College hosts various Williams College performing groups as well as the Williamstown Theater Festival. Its three-story house seats roughly 500. Challenges The existing sound system could not achieve sufficient gain before

UPMC Cooper Field House is the home arena for most of Duquesne University’s major sports teams, including their NCAA Division 1 Basketball team: the Duquesne Dukes. During a recent renovation of the facility, Daktronics installed a Fulcrum Acoustic-based system to

As part of a comprehensive renovation, Midtown Athletic Club created a large space called “The Theater” for group exercise of various kinds. The Theater features multi-colored lighting, a theatrical truss, and a video wall. Fulcrum Acoustic products were selected to

The Summit Church of Durham, North Carolina recently renovated their Blue Ridge campus. They chose DP Design, led by David Price & Terry Rhodes, as their integrator to provide design & integration of a new high quality audio system. Challenges

The Randal Tyson Track Center at the University of Arkansas features a 200 meter, 60 degree banked track along with men’s and women’s jumping runways and pits. It is considered one of the premier indoor track and field venues in

Leaders at Heritage Apostolic Church decided to build a new sanctuary to fit their modern worship style as their congregation continued to grow beyond their original location. Their new church is an open two story space with tiered seating along

The Fuquay-Varina Performing Arts Center in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina features art galleries, dance studios, and an intimate theater. The theater is a rectangular 294 seat intimate space with tiered seating. Challenges Despite thoughtful acoustic treatment in the theater design, their

The Auburn University basketball arena seats more than 9,000 and guarantees every fan a close view of the action. With the furthest seat just 43 feet away from the court, Auburn Tigers basketball games are an exciting and clamorous experience.

Kingdom Life Christian Church has had several locations as it has grown to accommodate a 2,000 person congregation in its nearly 30 year history. Their current sanctuary is a large rectangular room with a stage built into one of the

Over the course of its 100 year history, First Lutheran Church has transitioned from a traditional ornate worship space, featuring organ and choir music, to a more contemporary and diverse musical palette. To accommodate their evolving needs, First Lutheran constructed

The Pentacle Theatre is a community theater that seats just under 200 people. For more than 50 years, they have put together plays and musicals for a devoted community in Salem, Oregon. As live production technology continues to advance, the

  Oak Valley Church is a mid-sized, family-run community church nestled in the foothills of Southern California. After twenty years of growth they recently purchased and renovated an old warehouse for their offices, classrooms, ministries, and main sanctuary. The sanctuary

This 10,000 square foot ballroom hosts live concerts, lectures, and movies for the residents of Valencia Shores. Over the last twenty years, various renovations to the sound system and to the room itself led to reverberant sound and intelligibility problems.

The Bowery Terrace, an event space within the Bowery Hotel in New York City, has a capacity of 600 guests. Mike Sinclair at Audio Inc. was retained to upgrade the overall audio quality while reducing noise intrusion into the guest

The three day FreshGrass Festival, put on by MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA, featured music legends such as Mavis Staples to top contemporary players like Andrew Bird, Calexico, and Iron & Wine. Jason Raboin at Klondike Sound LLC. chose

For over a decade, Fletcher North Carolina’s Trinity of Fairview Baptist Church has used a number of loudspeaker design approaches and systems in search of their perfect sound. The church entrusted B&R Audio founder/owner Bruce Jensen to design and install

In 2003, the Saint Sabina parish dedicated an architecturally unique worship space enabling greater accessibility and versatility to serve their diverse and growing congregation. Following numerous PA upgrades, leading Kansas City AV integrator Advanced Sound & Communication (ASC) was selected

When Saint Pius Tenth Parish’s church in Western New York was completely destroyed by a fire, Father Paul Bonacci likened the catastrophe to Good Friday and assured his congregation that a wonderful Easter Sunday would surely follow. The parish entrusted

Proud of its German heritage, New Ulm, Minnesota, boasts German-style breweries, a 45-foot-tall glockenspiel, a monument to a 9th century German hero – and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. This stately brick church features traditional architecture, with high ceilings, wooden pews,

Sanctuary Covenant is a vibrant, multi-ethnic, urban gospel church in a historically neglected North Minneapolis neighborhood. After 14 years of utilizing public school building space as a portable church, Sanctuary Covenant (The Sanctuary) built a permanent worship center in the

From its humble 1999 beginnings with a double-digit congregation, New Life Church has grown into multiple churches and video venue campuses with over 5,000 regular attendees throughout the D.C. Metro area. New Life Church entrusted leading Midwest integrator Audio Video

With Christmas fast approaching, the congregation of First Baptist Church was excited about upcoming holiday concerts featuring Grammy and Dove Award-winning artist Jason Crabb and the church’s own Celebration Choir and Orchestra. However, they were less than excited about the

In the late 1940s, a small group of faithful founded this Methodist Church on a Dallas street called Lovers Lane. Though the Church has since moved several blocks away, the name remains a part of its history and culture. Lovers

When celebrated hotel impresario Steve Wynn set out to create a luxurious new superclub inside his Encore Las Vegas hotel-casino, he knew that only the very best would do. Wynn engaged legendary sound designer John Lyons to create the system

Chef Richard Sandoval’s Toro Toro Pan-Latin Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. is noted for its high-end Central and South American cuisine. Descend the restaurant’s cage-enclosed stairs after 10 p.m., and you step directly onto the dance floor of a beautifully appointed,

The Asbury is a fashionable boutique hotel that melds Asbury Park, New Jersey’s rich rock & roll past and shiny future into a new kind of nightlife destination for the city. The hotel selected USIS AudioVisual Systems to design and

SOHY Sky Lounge & Dining is a premium entertainment and dining venue perched atop downtown Ho Chi Minh City’s Centec Tower. Bringing the sights, sounds and tastes of the city to life every night, SOHY includes an indoor/outdoor Sky Lounge,

Like its bustling District 1 neighborhood, Renkon Saigon is a fascinating fusion of old-world charm and fast-lane modernity. Taking inspiration and appreciation for Japanese culture, Renkon is a project of The Eight Four Collective, an innovative hospitality group that brings

The Pendry San Diego is an elegant boutique hotel that has quickly become an entertainment and culinary hub within the city. The hotel’s sophisticated Oxford Social Club was designed to seamlessly shift from a low-key lounge into a high energy

The Hotel Metropole Hanoi has a rich and storied history dating back to 1901 when it first welcomed famous actors, ambassadors and heads of state from around the globe. Due to the prestigious standing of this world’s first Sofitel Legend

Laugh Boston is a 300-seat comedy club located in the heart of Boston’s Seaport district. Looking to replace the club’s old column-type speaker system with a fully professional PA, Laugh Boston turned to Parsons Audio to design and install a

CycleBar® is a national franchise of Premium Indoor Cycling™ studios self-described as “part sanctuary, part rock concert.” Their studios create an immersive multisensory experience with pedal-pumping music to motivate riders to reach their fitness goals. CycleBar tasked Dallas-based integrator Platinum

An oil boom spurred by technological advancements in petroleum development resulted in explosive growth for Williston, North Dakota. To accommodate a 60 percent surge in student enrollment between 2009 and 2016, the city’s school district built a new $70 million

Veteran tour engineer Jason Raboin has mixed shows for an eclectic roster of artists, ranging from Modest Mouse and Cowboy Junkies to Luna and Ben Lee. As the owner of Camden Sound, he also engineers for a variety of regional

Often described as the “Cheers” of its bustling Dallas-Fort Worth metro area neighborhood, the Frisco Bar is a haven where locals meet to enjoy live musical entertainment five nights a week along with TV sports, poker and Southwestern comfort food.

Two of the Jersey Shore’s premier wedding facilities have a lot in common: sophisticated charm, scenic views and elegant ballrooms. The Crystal Point Yacht Club and The English Manor also both recently selected Jersey-based integrator Synapse Audio Visual Designs to

Located in the heart of historic Harvard Square, Beat Hotel is not a hotel at all, but a restaurant, bar and live music venue. The Cambridge hotspot revels in being a little different and draws a crowd with its live

Located at the water’s edge in Baltimore’s historic Inner Harbor, elegant Azumi Sushi complements the city’s reputation for great seafood while fitting in perfectly with the area’s upscale vibe. The Japanese-influenced, stylish yet comfortable restaurant features a main seating area,

Avalon and Pangaea reside in the Marina Bay Crystal Pavilion, a three-dimensional glass diamond structure designed by noted architect Moshe Safdie. Avalon is split over two levels comprising over 17,000 square feet. The first level is a club lounge, with

When Highpointe Church in Oklahoma City was struck by lightning in a severe electrical storm, demolishing the main building’s electrical systems and all connected lighting and audio equipment, its leaders didn’t hesitate. They called on 35-year veteran systems integrator and

Creekside is a non-denominational independent Bible Church in Colorado’s majestic Front Range foothills. Having moved to a more modern sound for all their worship, Creekside Bible Church realized their aging sound system needed updating to support services in which reinforced

Christ’s Church of Winterville, North Carolina embraces a contemporary style of worship to present their message in a compelling and engaging manner. Consequently, audio visual upgrades were a major part of the extensive renovation project that has transformed their vworship

Calvary Chapel Tustin is a 600-seat, 1970s-era Nazarene church located in Santa Ana, California. Based on their continued success with other Calvary Chapel affiliates in the area, BESA-Bowls Engineering Sound & Acoustics was selected to design and install a major

Southern California’s Anaheim Christian Reformed Church has an elegant 300-seat sanctuary with a 42-foot high peaked ceiling, rich woodwork, and plaster and glass surfaces. While the architecture is awe-inspiring, its highly reflective hard surfaces present acoustical challenges. As part of

When the Ontario region surrounding Toronto was named as the host of the 2015 Pan American Games, the entire region began preparations. To host soccer games, a new facility, Tim Hortons Field, was erected in the city of Hamilton. The

Completed in September 2014, Rochester Institute of Technologies’ Gene Polisseni Center is home to the RIT men’s and women’s hockey teams, though the multipurpose facility also hosts commencement exercises, concerts and performing arts events. Having experienced the limitations of its

Purdue University’s Football Performance Complex was created to inspire and energize players and recruits while centralizing all football program operations into a single building. The heart of the facility is a 20,900-square foot weight room designed as a flexible training

Texas has always had a reputation for great football and for doing things in a big way. No surprise then when Baylor University build a $250 million, 45,000-seat, 15-story riverfront football stadium in 2014 for their beloved Big 12 Conference

Two years in the making, the Katy Independent School District’s $72-million Legacy Stadium serves more than 77,000 students from the suburban Houston district’s eight high schools. The 12,000-seat, major-league caliber sports venue hosts football, soccer and lacrosse games, as well

The Paramount Fine Foods Centre is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Home to the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga Steelheads and the NBA Development League’s Raptors 905, the facility also hosts a wide variety of

The Emery/Weiner School is a private, college-preparatory, Jewish middle and high school located in southwest Houston. The elite school prides itself in its experiential learning program and co-curricular traditional offerings, including dynamic arts and athletic programs. School facilities manager Terry

High school sports are a big deal in Texas and Coppell High School is no exception. Part of the Coppell Independent School District in northwest Dallas County, the 5A-rated school is the alma mater of top professional athletes, such as

Iowa City’s Steve Cook Sound Production provides audio reinforcement for concerts, festivals, and corporate and private events. Owner Steve Cook relies upon compact yet powerful Fulcrum Acoustic loudspeakers to provide great sound for events including Iowa City’s Friday Night Summer

Christian College is a primary-to-grade 12 independent school located over five campuses in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The school’s Major Events team is responsible for the setup and operation of audio, visual and lighting for events as diverse as band performances

With online commerce forcing brick-and-mortar businesses to up their games, TruClear Global is integrating digital and social media with physical locations to turn a point of sale into a point of engagement. TruClear Global selected Blue Haze Entertainment to design

Bobby Croft’s long and storied musical career includes playing bass with The Derek Trucks Band, and with his longtime friend and rock legend Gregg Allman. Performing on stage since age 9, Croft began producing and recording when he was 20,

Life Hotel is located in the former Midtown Manhattan headquarters of the iconic LIFE Magazine where celebrated artists lived and produced the publication. The elegant boutique hotel features 98 rooms, an upscale restaurant, and a subterranean cocktail bar said to

Church by the Glades (CBG) revitalized an aging house of worship with a dwindling congregation when it acquired the First Baptist Church of Lake Worth, Florida in the fall of 2016. CBG turned to ShowPro of South Florida to design

Fashioned after its famed New York City namesake, Hong Kong’s Times Square is a thriving, multi-story office tower complex and shopping plaza housing fashion outlets, food stores, restaurants, cinemas and a wide range of specialty shops. Times Square’s street-level open

It’s been said that tribute bands are a dime a dozen, but great tribute bands are few and far between. As tribute bands go, BABBA is certainly in the latter category. For more than 20 years, the band has been

Opened in September 2014, the Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) is a stunning achievement in architecture and technology. Several years in the making, the 130,000 square foot facility comprises three wings – Theatre Arts,

The Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City’s premier venue for large events and entertainment, is primarily known as the home of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder. The Arena modernized its sound system prior to the Thunder’s 2016-17 season with the first

BMO Field plays home to Canada’s national soccer team, the Toronto FC major league soccer club and the Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. With the goal of rivaling top European soccer stadiums, a major renovation kicked off in 2014

The Alerus Center is Grand Forks’ premiere entertainment and convention facility. When not serving as home field to the University of North Dakota’s D1 football team, the Center’s 20,000-seat arena plays host to events ranging from conventions and car shows

The University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Union Theater hosts a diverse array of student-centric programming including films, plays, musical performances and lectures. The university engaged Ford Audio-Video Systems to design and install a much needed AV update for the

The Strand Theatre has been entertaining audiences in Rockland, Maine since 1923. Listed on the National Historic Register, the multi-use theatre has evolved over time to host folk, rock, blues, jazz, and classical music performances, as well as films, comedy,

The Stone Mountain Arts Center is a 200-seat, timber frame music hall nestled in the scenic foothills of the White Mountains in Brownfield, Maine. A labor of love for owner/ musician Carol Noonan, the Center provides a unique venue for

Record Archive has been a music and entertainment destination in Rochester, New York since 1975. Offering the largest vinyl selection in the North East, the Archive also sells CDs and DVDs, gifts, and vintage clothing and decor. To help support

Since its founding in 1867, the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) has earned a reputation as one of the world’s finest music schools. Built in 1903, Jordan Hall has become the heart of the conservatory. With performances by leading

The J.E. Broyhill Civic Center features a 1,000-seat theater/auditorium and large conference facility which together host over 600 showcase, community and corporate events each year. Auditorium events include numerous musical, dance and theatrical performances. Broyhill Civic Center director Jeff Bentley

Fete Music Hall is a boutique New England live-music venue dedicated to providing innovative music programming to diverse audiences. Fete has two main performance spaces, as well as a ballroom that accommodates approximately 800, and a lounge for around 100

The Dallas City Performance Hall located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District accommodates a range of event types. This first phase included a 750-seat multipurpose hall and its support and public areas. Future phases will add two 200-seat

Since opening his 1,000-capacity live performance venue Anthology in Rochester, New York in 2016, owner Phil Fitzsimmons has been committed to providing the best possible experience he can for musicians and their fans. Through an iterative process of PA upgrades

The Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts has a long and storied history as the nation’s first municipally owned theater. Opened in 1891, the Academy quickly became a favorite stop on tours of leading troupes and big-name performers, ranging

The Schar Center is the premier gathering place for major Elon University campus events and home to its NCAA D-1 basketball and volleyball programs. Greensboro, North Carolina’s Audio & Light Inc. was selected to design and install a sophisticated, distributed