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Harman Pro UK Helps GFD Bring The Hollywood Film Experience to Dublin
Going to the cinema has just got a whole lot better for audiences in North Dublin thanks to the opening of Movies@Swords, a brand new 11-screen complex that is equipped throughout with JBL Professional speakers and Crown DSi amplifiers.
Cinema installation specialist GFD Communications Ltd was responsible for installing sound systems into all 11 theatres and sourced the JBL and Crown units from Harman Pro UK. JBL Professional 3000 Series speakers were used in the smaller theatres, while 4000 Series speakers were installed in the four larger theatres. GFD also installed projectors, screens and automation systems, including computer touch screens to activate the projectors.
For more than 30 years GFD has been providing full design, supply and installation services to cinema owners throughout Ireland and now boasts more than 280 cinema installations to its credit. The company also has a thriving hire department – Conference Services – that installs and operates AV equipment for conference organisers and corporate presentations. The third string to its bow is GFD Film Library, which harks back to the company’s film distribution beginnings in 1958. At that time it supplied films to cinemas, but these days it distributes to non-theatrical group audiences such as schools and community centres.
Movies@Swords is the second cinema complex GFD has installed for the Movies@ chain – the first, Movies@Dundrum, is a 12-screen complex that was completed in October 2005.
Conor Anderson, GFD’s managing director, says: “We recommend JBL speakers to all our cinema customers because, quite frankly, they are the best. The tonal quality you get from JBL far exceeds anything else on the market, which is why they have become industry standard for the cinema business.”
JBL Professional developed the first true high-fidelity loudspeakers for cinema sound systems. The brand’s legendary reputation for quality, reliability, and innovation has made it market leader, with more than 70% of all cinemas world-wide now equipped with speaker products from the JBL Professional range. Cinema owners and installers have three complete lines of enclosed cinema loudspeaker systems to choose from depending on their budgets and the acoustic requirements of their theatres. All JBL Professional systems incorporate discreet components and electronics and are designed to meet the needs of any cinema application - from the smallest rooms to the most exotic custom installations, renovations and retrofits.
The JBL systems at Movies@Swords are powered by rack-mounted CrownŽ DSi Series amplifiers that incorporate on-board digital signal processing including crossovers, EQ filters, delay and output limiting. Once installed, they deliver perfectly matched performance with each JBL system.
“Over the years we have used many different amps but about 10 years ago we started using Crown,” Anderson adds. “With hundreds of Crown amps now in daily use we find that annually there are very few failures – and reliability is a key requirement for our clients because ‘the show must go on’. The new DSi amps are quick and easy to install as they come fitted with sockets that connect directly to other equipment in the sound rack via ready-made 15 pin VGA cables. This saves time when we’re making up cables as they are virtually plug and play.”
GFD has also equipped the complex with Dolby CPS650 processors, PLC Touch Screen automation, stereo monitors and Mustang induction loops.
13th December 2006
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