With 700 seats, the Kino 10 of CinemaxX Mannheim is among the largest cinemas in
Baden-Wurttemberg – with almost 280 square metres the screen is definitely the
largest.
The Filmtheaterbetriebe Spickert Entertainment GmbH, the operator of the
CinemaxX, already chose, with the Cinemarray pro-ribbon system in 2012, for a
sound system of the Dutch premium manufacturer Alcons.
With the conversion to Dolby Atmos, the leading 3D Sound solution for immersive
sound experiences in the cinema, an extension of the sound system was recently
carried out.
The original sound system comprised three Alcons CRA30n and three Alcons
CRA30w 3-way Cinemarray Pro-Ribbon screen sound systems, assembled in three
stacks (L, C, R) of one CRA30w and CRA30n each; LFE was taken care of by four
Alcons CB362 (2x 18′) high-output subwoofers. For the surround-sound 24 units
Alcons CRS8 2-way pro-ribbon surround systems were installed. Three Alcons ALC2
2x 1kW and eight Alcons ALC4 2x 2kW Amplified-Loudspeaker Controllers – each
with on-board SDP processor modules – drive and control the system.
“With the Alcons sound system, we have created in our Kino 10 one of the most
modern cinemas in Europe. The professionalism and quality of Alcons has convinced
us from the start, “explains Frank Noreiks, CEO of Filmtheaterbetriebe Spickert
Entertainment GmbH.
As part of the Atmos upgrade, numerous Alcons systems have now been added
again. The surround system was expanded with two CB211SL 21′ shallow
subwoofers, two pro-ribbon CRS12GT (12′ LF + 6′ pro-ribbon), 14 pro-ribbon CRS12
(12′ LF + 4′ pro-ribbon) as well as six CCS12 and ten CCS8 (coaxial) surround
speakers. Nine Sentinel3 4-channel amplified loudspeaker controllers with 36
channels, were also added to control and drive the system.
The speaker systems have been installed as top surrounds and wall surrounds,
according to the Dolby-calculated design. This makes the CinemaxX Mannheim
currently the only cinema with Atmos technology on this side of the Rhine in the
Rhine-Neckar region.
The unique Alcons pro-ribbon mid- high frequency transducers reproduce the
original sound of a movie without signal summation, coloration or distortion of
sound. And that in really any system size.
Both for the initial and the subsequent installation of the loudspeakers Fours GmbH
from Heidelberg was commissioned, under the project and installation management
of Florian Iser.
On 13 July 2016, the CinemaxX finally celebrated the premiere of the new sound
system with “Independence Day: Resurgence”. Kino 10 is thus today one of the
largest Dolby Atmos cinemas in Europe!
To do justice to its pioneering role and to make the movie experience even more
immersive, the CinemaxX Mannheim went even one step further and installed
“Thunder Seats, with which a woofer integrated into the cinema seat makes the
movie experience even more intense and direct.
More information on: www.cineplex.de/mannheim or www.alconsaudio.com
