The Beijing Poly Theatre underwent an audio system upgrade with Harman distributor ACE supplying Harman’s Soundcraft consoles; Crown amplifiers and BSS signal processors for the auditorium.
The venue seats 1 428 people and has been hosting domestic and international artistic events since 1991. Soundcraft Vi6 and Vi4 digital mixing consoles were installed in the control room, where they share a Stagebox so the signals can be routed into both consoles. The Vi6 is the main console used for FOH. The Vi4 is used as a backup console, but can also be configured for monitors.
“The two Soundcraft consoles form a complete mixing system that is extremely versatile, with added digital mixing capacity, and added digital mixing capacity to the control room, by just switching a few cables around, they can be configured for any purpose,’ says Lina Han, vice president of engineering at ACE.
The system is powered with Crown Macro-Tech i Series amplifiers and supported with BSS BLU-160 signal processors, which offer configurable signal processing at a high bandwidth.
“Converting the existing analog infrastructure into newer digital systems has altered the control room of the theatre,’ adds Han. “The biggest challenge for this project is that we only had 15 business days to complete it, which meant that we pre-configured all the equipment in-house. The customer was very satisfied, as we provided reliable maintenance and support during the integration process.’
