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DAS Audio expands presence at American Airlines Arena

Located along Miami’s Biscayne Bay, American Airlines Arena is home to the NBA’s Miami Heat basketball team while also serving as a venue for concerts and a variety of other attractions. The facility’s East side area serves a wide range of activities, both basketball and non-basketball related. Facility management recently decided to upgrade the sound reinforcement capabilities throughout the area and, since DAS Audio already has a commanding presence inside the arena, installed another DAS system that incorporates products from the company’s Aero Series 2, Road, and EN54-24 certified product catalogs.

Dave Vickery, Director of Broadcast Services, and Jorge Arronte, Manager of Sound, are the two Heat Group staffers tasked with designing, deploying, and overseeing the use of the various audio and video systems at American Airlines Arena. After evaluating the requirements of the Xfinity East Plaza project, they elected to deploy DAS Audio’s Aero 50 3-way line array elements, LX-218CR subwoofers, Road Series 12A and 15A stage monitors, plus WR-6415 point source loudspeakers.

“In years past, we rented sound systems to accommodate large events, but with the addition of the new roofing structure over the East Plaza, we felt it was the right time to invest in a concert size loudspeaker setup,” Arronte explains. “The sound system is located outdoors under a large solar canopy. Distributed throughout the space are multiple delay speakers mounted to the surrounding columns, adding a full body sound that complements the main cluster loudspeaker array.

“For our main system, we flew four Aero 50s coupled with a single LX-218CR sub for the left and right sides. Our delay system loudspeakers - thirty-four WR-6415 enclosures - are mounted with custom stainless steel compression bands to the columns that DAS engineers in Spain developed for us to ensure the proper loudspeaker angle given the elevation of the structural columns. Completing the setup, we have two Road 15A and eight Road 12A powered stage monitors. LAB Gruppen PLM 12K44 power amps with Lake DSP and Dante audio networking capability drive the system.”

Photo shows: Jorge Arronte.

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