By Dan McGrath in Audio, Education, Europe October 28, 2021 0
New ID84 speakers have been placed in ten positions around the nave of a former church converted into the Great Hall of the University of Bologna. replacing obtrusive line arrays.
Nexo’s new ID84 column speakers have been installed at the world’s oldest university in Bologna after being selected by LG Integrated Service.
The ID84 is a performance loudspeaker that offers a Peak SPL output of 135dB, and a frequency response of 90Hz-20kHz, making it suitable for speech and music reinforcement. Inside the 2-way passive box are eight of Nexo’s 4” long-excursion Neodymium LF drivers, and eight 1” HF drivers.
Replacing two hangs of Nexo compact GEO S8 line arrays, the new speakers can be found in the Aula Magna (Great Hall) of the Unversity of Bologna, which was built in the 13th century and went through renovations in the late 1980s. After first being used as a church, the Aula Magna is now used for institutional meetings, cultural shows and university ceremonies.
“During this restructuring phase in the Aula Magna, the client wanted to eliminate the central structures that were blocking the view of the room, in particular the line array hangs,” explained Alberto Vandini from LG Integrated Service.
There are 10 speaker positions around the nave of the Aula Magna, replacing line array hangs
“We opted for a distributed system, mounting the elements on the columns of the nave. The choice of the ID84 loudspeaker seemed to us to be the most logical for this space, which is approximately 80×40 metres, accommodating about 1,000 people.”
Ten speaker positions were chosen to surround the nave of the Aula Magna, in each of which is a single column formed by coupling an ID84 column speaker with its companion low-frequency extension module, an ID84L.
The amplification system comprises 2x NEXO NXAMP4X2MK2 and a 1x DTDAMP4X1.3 + DTD-TN processor, all running Dante. Magnelisâ side covers and a front grille complete the sleek contemporary aesthetic of the cabinets, which are presented in white to match this installation environment at Aula Magna.
“When the speaker modules were installed, even before we turned the system on, we received so many compliments on the beauty and elegance of the product,” says LG’s Alberto Vandini. “Having such an aesthetic makes an importance difference in an environment of historical interest.”
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