Game over…Play again? - Audio Media

The Jawaharial
Nehru Stadium
With a 60,000-plus
seating capacity,
Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium in New Delhi was
the biggest venue used
for the October 2010 XIX
Commonwealth Games.
The stadium hosted athlet-
Allen & Heath’s Indian distributor,
Sun Infonet, recently completed a
series of training sessions in three
key locations – Bangalore, Ahmedabad,
and Calcutta – targeting customers who
are ready to move from traditional analogue
to digital solutions.
“I thought there was a very good
knowledge of digital and IT solutions,
and several engineers who had operated
competitor digital consoles were keen to
come and compare their experiences,”
comments Allen & Heath’s Product Manager,
Leon Phillips.
The seminars were split into three
areas – ZED, GL, and iLive/iDR – attracting
over 100 attendees selected from
ics events and, most importantly,
served as the venue
for the Games’ opening
and closing ceremonies.
The stadium is equipped
with an audio system from
Electro-Voice.
The EV loudspeaker spec
Allen & Heath Hits Road
at Nehru Stadium comprises
132 customised XLC127DVX
(line-array), 120 Sx300PI, 300
EVID 6.2, and 60 ZX5-60PI
surface-mounted systems,
all driven by a combination
of 135 P3000RL and
TG amplifiers to deliver an
average of 107dB and a
peak of 115dB. The entire
system is remote-controlled
and supervised from a single
laptop in the stadium
control room, all via EV’s
Sun Infonet’s customer base comprising
live PA owner/operators, dealerships, and
installation contractors with broadcast
experience.
“Digital mixing is in its infancy in India,”
explains Sun Infonet’s Director, Neeraj
Chandra. “However, enthusiasm is high,
particularly in the territories we were
targeting with our roadshow, and customers
were very keen to get their hands
on iLive – as well as Allen & Heath’s other
new products – to try them out for themselves.
Sales growth for Allen & Heath
consoles in India over last two years has
been phenomenal, and the roadshow
demonstrates Allen & Heath’s commitment
to servicing its Indian customers.”
geo focus India
IRIS-Net software platform.
The system’s Auto Gain Control
increases or decreases
the sound levels consistent
with changes in the level of
ambient crowd noise.
All external speakers are
manufactured to exceed
the IP55 standard for
weather resistance, while the
system’s speech intelligibility
surpasses the approved
standard of 0.55 RASTI.
VITAL STATISTICS – INDIA
FULL NAME Republic of of India
CAPITAL New New Delhi Delhi
MOST MOST POPULATED CITY CITY Mumbai (Bombay)
(Bombay)
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(UN, 2010)
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MONETARY UNIT
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