Shengjing Hospital is the largest healthcare institute in Northeast China, and is widely acknowledged for its uptake of evolving technology. Part of Shengjing Hospital, Panjin Hospital demonstrated this initiative with the installation of a Symetrix Jupiter 8 fixed architecture app-based DSP infrastructure recently.

Sanecore was invited to specify and design a high-quality yet easily operable sound reinforcement solution for Panjin’s multi-purpose hall, which is used primarily for conferences and academic exchange events. Behind the choice of the Symetrix Jupiter 8 DSP are smartphone browser-based control and other intuitive command options, which the Sanecore team – led by system designer Kong Qingxiang – placed at the core of the audio processing and routing.

‘The Symetrix Jupiter hardware operates with software apps inspired by contemporary smartphone technology,’ explains Qingxiang. ‘This means that users are able to go online and select an app that fits the need of a particular sound processing scenario, download it to the Jupiter hardware, and then make minor tweaks to the audio via an intuitive interface.’

The Jupiter system’s support for Symetrix Arc-Web browser-based control was another significant consideration, providing system conditioning and extensive user control from a host of Internet-connected devices, and the ability to lock-out important parameters, such as EQ curves, to prevent unwanted tampering from unauthorised users.

‘One of the great strengths of the Jupiter DSP is that it really offers true plug-and-play capability to installers,’ says Qingxiang. ‘Rather than getting bogged down in settings and so forth, it allows them to focus on simply creating great sound in the venue for each and every event.’

The Symetrix DSP takes its place in a comprehensively high-end specification that also includes a main PA system featuring Community ENT-212 and Veris 212S loudspeakers, RunningMan HD1221 loudspeakers and an Allen & Heath GL Series audio mixer.