The theatre that accompanies the conference venue at the Brolga Theatre in Queensland, Australia, attracts both international and national artists and performers. In order to maintain thsi status, the venue recently installed a turnkey audio system based on a Meyer Sound Ultra loudspeaker system.
Coordinated by Brolga Theatre operations technician Robert Haigh with design assistance by Meyer Sound Australia, the system includes the UPQ-1P wide coverage and UPQ-2P narrow coverage point source loudspeakers complimented by UPA-1P boxes as in fill and USW-1P subwoofers from the system originally installed 14 years ago.
Originally equipped with a Meyer UPA-1/UPA-2 system, the Brolga Theatre has long been a Meyer Sound client: ‘Over a number of years, it became apparent that touring musicians demanded a system with greater capacity and SPL for our 900-seat auditorium,’ Haigh explains. ‘Once we decided on a replacement point-source system, Meyer was an easy choice. Reflecting the original design specification, the equipment is of the highest standard, and support from Chris D’Bais and the team was superb. By providing a test system to allow us to do a side-by-side comparison they made it easy to prove the result reflected the proposal before we committed a single cent. We now have the capacity to fill the auditorium with sound that satisfies all but the biggest touring shows, and improves overall performance for everybody else at a much more affordable cost than a line array solution, we couldn’t be happier.’
The self-powered UPQ-1P wide-coverage loudspeaker has a peak output of 136dB SPL with low distortion. Its extended low-frequency headroom gives it a smooth sound over its operating frequency range of 55Hz to 18kHz. A high power-to-size ratio and ease of use make the UPQ-1P equally suited to concerts and corporate A/V applications, as well as theatres, houses of worship, ballrooms and nightclubs.
The UPQ-2P uses a constant-Q horn with a narrow beamwidth (50° by 50°) for precise coverage and minimal interaction with walls and neighbouring loudspeakers in arrays. The horn’s performance gives consistent beamwidth in both the horizontal and vertical planes across a frequency range of 1kHz to 18kHz. In addition, the UPQ-2P horn delivers uniform attenuation for all frequencies outside the specified beamwidth.
