Alcons Audio's pro-ribbon sound systems are delivering audio performance in the Arena du CO’Met in the French city of Orléans.
As part of the venue’s facilities, Alcons Audio sound system was selected to provide high-fidelity sound reinforcement for a wide range of events. The multi-purpose Arena du CO’Met is part of the Centre Orléans Métropole, a complex of three major venues on the edge of the city. Comprising the arena, an exhibition centre and a convention centre, the venues are located on the banks of the River Loire and form a striking impression for travellers entering Orléans from the south.
The arena is designed to host live music and indoor sports, including athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, gymnastics, handball, judo and volleyball, with Orléans Loiret Basket its resident team. Featuring a 3000m2 balcony and up to 10000 seats in modular blocks, Alcons Audio’s French distributor Audiolead proved that the LR15 pro-ribbon line-array was the right choice to deliver the high quality audio experience demanded by the city.
The installed system comprises six flown arrays to cover the audience seating and balconies, each comprising eight LR15/90 or nine LR15/120 double 6.5-in line-array and two LR15B 15-in line-array bass modules, plus six BF362 mkII double 18-in subwoofers suspended around the centre cube.
Four VR12 12-in versatile pro-ribbon monitors are used for fills in the top audience corners, while two more arrays, each of three LR15/90, cover the central play area. The system is managed by nine Sentinel10 4x 2.500W amplified loudspeaker controllers and can be reconfigured according to the demands of each event, including changing the height of the flown arrays.
The installation was overseen by MTCE Consulting’s Kevin Bonnaud, with system commissioning by Jean-Marie Hervet and Gilles Thébault of Bourgueil-based AGT.
