The Palace Theatre
UK - The Palace Theatre in Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, has been fitted out with a new Electro-Voice sound reinforcement system by Brighton-based installation company, MBI. The 100-year old theatre has a capacity of 600 seats, arranged over stalls, two circles and four boxes. David Howe of Shuttlesound, working with MBI and the theatre's owners, designed and commissioned the system, which uses Electro-Voice RX loudspeakers, driven by EV's new Precision Series remote amplifiers. "The theatre has quite reasonable acoustics," says Howe, "but we were subject to a few constraints as to where we could place speaker cabinets. We were asked not to position them above the proscenium arch, so we've wall-mounted six EV RX112 full-range cabinets, three speakers either side of the stage."

With a pair of RX218 subs built in under the stage, there are two RX112s for the stalls, two for the circle and two for the upper circle. "It's a reasonably compact enclosure, which turned in the best sound quality performance in A/B testing, and also happens to be very good value for money," says Dave Rudge of MBI.

The Palace has bought Electro-Voice's new Precision Series amplifiers, P1200RL and P3000RL, which have brought several advantages over conventional amplifiers. "For the amount of DSP the system was using, with separate EQ and delay for each speaker, this is the most cost-effective amplification solution," explains Howe. "Additionally, the remote monitoring and system supervision facilities provided by these amps give the engineers more flexibility and control over their system."

(Lee Baldock)


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