Panoramic FBT from Shidco
Published: MEA
IRAN: Shidco has deployed an FBT solution for Iran’s first panoramic cinema. The Tehran-based venue is part of a larger war memorial complex and features a main hall and photo gallery as well as the panoramic cinema.
To meet the needs of this prominent venue Shidco and its installation partners, Farayand and Shabakeh supplied a 7.1 solution based on FBT’s Vertus CLA604A speakers with low end reinforcement from the manufacturer’s Vertus CLA208SA subs. The design called for 16 of the active column arrays with the same number of subs. These have been installed in pairs in eight niches evenly spaced around the cinema.
Away from FBT, the design also called on an Onkyo TX-NR818 processor, a Focusrite Scarlet 18i20 soundcard, Proel cabling, Neutrik connectors and patch panels and a PSC 801B power sequencer from LAX.
‘Considering acoustic issues, it has been an extremely important project,’ said Shidco CEO Mr Darab. ‘I’d like to thank the project manager Amir Ataabadi for all of his effort. It was the first panoramic cinema in Iran and due to its shape, it inherited severe acoustic problems. Therefore, detailed simulations and measurements had to be made. As a result of these, a column speaker seemed to be the most reliable system. Not only, does it meet the spatial requirements, but it also has a very acceptable directivity. This is the main reason that we used FBT’s Vertus series.’
The installation itself took six weeks and everyone is reportedly happy with the results.