The Stade Saint-Symphorien in France is a stadium which was originally constructed in 1923, and was recently renovated to expand its seating sections and increase the overall capacity to 30,000.

To deliver highly intelligible speech for safety and in-game announcements as well as high-energy music playback during matches and other events, Stade Saint-Symphorien required a brand-new sound system with excellent sound quality and coverage for every seat. Produc’son hired Laurent Delenclos, Technical Director of Freevox, to design the stadium’s new audio system. “For stadium installations like this, it’s important that the entire system meets EN 54-24 specifications to guarantee fail-safe operation if important safety announcements need to be made,” said Delenclos.

To deliver excellent clarity and balanced coverage in all areas of the stadium, Delenclos selected a range of specialized JBL loudspeakers. Produc’son hung distributed clusters of JBL AWS526-LS and AWS566-LS All Weather speakers to provide the main sound reinforcement all directional seating sections, supplemented by ASB7128 subwoofers for additional low-frequency extension.

“I prefer to use JBL speakers because you don’t have to do a lot of processing to get the right sound out of them,” said Delenclos. “With other speakers, you have to use specific amplifiers and rely on special speaker tunings and parametric EQ to get them to sound good. I love using JBL speakers because they sound great right out of the box. Because of this, you can use JBL speakers with any amplifier you want and they’re still going to sound great.”

Delenclos’s design also included separate JBL AWS566-LS speaker arrays to ensure high-quality sound for players and official personnel on the playing field. To provide additional coverage for the corners of the stadium, Produc’son installed JBL PD595-LS and PD566-LS Precision Directivity loudspeakers

“The JBL products allowed us to meet the expected specifications,” said Daviane Robin, Marketing and Communication Manager, Produc’son. “The safety sound system meets the requirements of the EN54 standard, and the comfort sound system meets the requirements of a large gathering place, including sound pressure, intelligibility, sound coverage and reliability.”

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