Ho Chi Minh City’s Gem Center opens with Harman
Published: ASIA
VIETNAM: Newly opened premiere event venue, Gem Center, in Ho Chi Minh City has been outfitted with a new sound system by local Harman distributor, Basao Investments. The largest of its kind in the city, the Gem Center serves as a flexible 7,200 sq-m function space for corporate conferences and artistic performances. The venue’s new audio equipment comprises JBL, Crown, Soundcraft, dbx, Lexicon and AKG products.
The facility required an integrated audio system to reinforce a coffee shop, a restaurant, two meeting rooms, two ballrooms, a sky bar, a runway and a balcony. Fulfilling this requirement was a speaker complement comprising eight JBL PRX715s, two PRX735s, 18 Vertec VT4888DP-DA line array elements and eight Vertec VT4882DP-DA subwoofers. Speakers from JBL’s Control Series included 12 Control 23T loudspeakers, 39 Control 25Ts, 15 Control 28T-60s and 12 Control 28s.
Power for the systems is provided via four Crown CTs 1200 and two CTs 600 amplifiers in addition to two 1160 mixer-amplifiers. Two Soundcraft Si Expression 3 and two Soundcraft Spirit GB2 consoles with two Mini Stageboxes handle mixing. The system also features dbx ZonePro 640m digital zone processors plus four Lexicon MX400 multi-effects processors.
‘There is no other venue in the city that is so well-equipped,’ said Nguyen Khac Anh, managing director of Basao Investment. ‘The equipment list that we provided works well for this venue, as it will allow guests to enjoy crystal clear music in the background as well as onstage. We have relied on Harman for many years, because its products give us a lot of flexibility when it comes to designing integrated systems for special venues like the Gem Center.’