In Brunswick, Georgia, the12,000-seat Glynn County Stadium has now completed the installation and commissioning of a new Electro-Voice and Dynacord system installation by AV East.
‘The sports complex recently constructed a field house behind the stadium with an all-glass wall facing the football field,’ AV East owner, Anthony Stubelek, elaborates. ‘The slapback off that wall was creating havoc with the sound from the existing system, installed along with the LED scoreboard a few years ago. It was time for something new.’ While Stubelek was putting together options for the complex, his A/V partner in the project, iMint Media, suggested that he consider the new Electro-Voice MTS loudspeakers, which he had heard at another stadium install.
‘After researching them, it seemed like the MTS was exactly what we needed,’ he continues. ‘I contacted my sales rep, Jordan Smith, with Sales Force & Associates, and walked him through our requirements. The point-source MTS checked all our boxes.’
Home to both the Brunswick Pirates and the Glynn Academy Red Terrors varsity football teams, the stadium is a busy venue. Smith recommended two MTS-4153-64, one for each side of the field, with low-end support provided by four Electro-Voice X12-128 dual-18-inch subwoofers. Dynacord IPX series amplifiers power the loudspeakers and subs.
The two fully weatherised MTS loudspeakers are mounted on the scoreboard with custom brackets designed and built by Stubelek. The selected MTS-4153-64 models combine four 15-inch woofers with dual coaxial mid/high compression drivers via a single waveguide in a design focused on cohesive output with a strong bass response. Coupled with their extremely high-output and long-throw capacity, the 60° x 40° coverage pattern keeps output precisely focused with the requisite intelligibility and impact for a impressive outdoor audio experience. The four subs are located under the scoreboard on a custom platform – also designed by Stubelek – that keeps them out of the way of the rain ‘splash zone’ and any standing water.
Dynacord IPX multichannel DSP amplifiers drive the system, equipped with Omneo IP networking via Dante and OCA/AES70. IPX series models also feature high-resolution 96kHz DSP with low latency and a high signal-to-noise ratio, and sophisticated technologies for added energy efficiency and system protection. The two MTS boxes are powered by an IPX10:4 (with an output capacity of up to 10kW across four channels), while the four X12-128 subwoofers are powered by an IPX20:4 (with a total output capacity of up to 20,000 watts). Stubelek has an additional IPX10:4 on site for redundancy purposes. The amplifiers are mounted in weatherproof, air-conditioned racks below the scoreboard.
‘The first time I heard MTS loudspeakers was when we turned them on to commission the system,’ Stubelek says. ‘That was a great day. I was so impressed. The system sounded amazing – as close to “sounding great out of the box” as possible. When I logged into the Dynacord SoniCue Sound System Software and checked the EQ curve, it needed minimal adjustment, which is unusual in my experience as a touring FOH engineer and installer. The throw from each loudspeaker was exactly what Jordan and my computer models told me, in terms of distance and SPL. In addition, the option to have an Electro-Voice and Dynacord technician available to commission the system was a powerful selling point. Furthermore, the loudspeakers arrived ahead of schedule. I would highly recommend the entire package.
