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By Sam Bennison

Entertainment

CN Centre sound system upgrade complete

Sep 25, 2024 | 6:56 PM

PRINCE GEORGE—Last October, City Council approved $950,000 from the Northern Capital and Planning Reserve fund for a sound system upgrade at the CN Centre. Now the City of Prince George has announced the completion of the system under budget with final costs totaling approximately $700,000.

The work, was carried out over July to September after a 2019 assessment identified that the equipment from the 1990’s had exceeded it’s lifetime usage and was at a high risk of a system-wide failure. The projectt involved more than 900 hours of labour with Sapphire Sound and McSquared System Design Group.

Although Covid-19 delayed the replacement timeline of the system, the return to full capacity operations made the sound system upgrade a priority.

Key features of the new audio system include:

• Improved accessibility: Individuals using assistive listening devices can now tune in to 105.1 FM to hear announcements and music more clearly.
• Enhanced audio quality: Acoustically modelled, the system now includes:
  – New arena 3-way high performance loudspeakers w/ a 3-way cross-over network;
  – New low frequency extension subwoofer speakers for a richer sound experience.
  – New network power amplifiers w/ connections full arena speakers and to 4 zones of audio distributed through 106 back of house loudspeakers.
• Additional features: audio network with fiber optic trunks specifically designed for multicast media traffic. Replacement of 10 clear-com locations, to provided input / output locations for portable audio boxes and distribution.
• New hardware, audio equipment and materials: network audio racks, microphones, accessories, new user interface with a digital console and fixed / mobile tablets for use during all produced events.

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