Harman BBS at Warstic Sports

The audio system of Harman, which has been installed at the Dallas headquarters, it is integrated by speakers and subwoofers of JBL Professional, amplifiers Crown and Soundcraft and Bss.

JBL Control 65 P/TThe Baseball Bat Company Warstic Sports has recently opened its headquarters and commercial space, a space that has a complete network audio system of Harman Professional Solutions.

Founded by the former baseball player and businessman Ben Jenkins in 2011, Warstic specializes in the manufacture of baseball and softball equipment, such as customizable metal and wood bats, and batting and field gloves.

In addition to a commercial space and a batting cage, the facility has a cafeteria, a meeting for conferences, known as War Room, and another for live performances that is located in the basement. To meet Warstic's needs and anticipate your future plans, Harman Professional Solutions provided assistance in the design and installation guide for the integrated audio system by JBL Professional and Crown.

"The building is not just our head office, but also a retail store, a batting cage, a conference and event center, a factory, a café and a place to listen to live music", Explains Christine Edgington, President of Warstic Sports.

Each room had its own individual needs when it came to audio and what made this facility unique was that Warstic wanted each room to share the same audio for things like background music., as well as the option for each space to have its own audio source.

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"The commercial space has a large projection screen, For example, and the plan is to eventually be able to play things in it and make the sound of the video play through the audio system right inside the commercial space.. So this design was all about maximum flexibility without making it too complex.", Says Nick Mourn, production application support specialist from Harman Professional Solutions.

The commercial space features compact full-range pendant speakers JBL Control 65 P/T with technology Radiation Boundary Integration, ensuring immersive background music, readable communications and extensive coverage throughout the facility.

An amplifier Crown DCi 4|600N with BLU link and DriveCore technology provides power to Control speakers 65 P/T in the store, the cafeteria and the 'war room'.

The batting cage space required a design that allowed for an acceptable audio level during batting sessions and provided full-range live sound in acoustic shows., events and classes.

Crown DCi 4|600N

The area consists of two-way speakers JBL AM7212/95, with a rotating horn and waveguide for versatile location and coverage, as well as two-way monitors JBL Control 31, for additional monitoring during outdoor shows or events.

An amplifier Crown DCi 2|1250N Powers speakers and a digital mixer Soundcraft Ui24R offers simple wireless audio control for Warstic staff.

"The AM7212/95 is a higher output speaker compared to the pendant style used in other spaces", adds Mourn. "The reason behind this is not just for music playback purposes., but also when batting workshops and even small concerts are held in that space., The speakers can function as a real reinforcement system.".

The basement is a very personal live music area, clandestine style, Similar to scenarios found in Third Man Records by Jack White in Nashville, Detroit and London. All have Harman audio systems.

This space has speakers JBL AM7215/26 and subwoofers ASB6128 for impactful dynamics and complete coverage for the entire audience. In addition, Self-powered speakers JBL SRX812P and subwoofers SRX818SP offer on-stage monitoring, And both can also be used as a portable sound system for pop-up or outdoor events..

"JBL speakers deliver massive sound that explodes offstage and looks great while doing it.. in general, The sound quality exceeds our wildest expectations in every corner of the building.", says Edgington.

For the backend of the stage, a Crown DCi amplifier 4|1250ND provides ample power and a digital mixer Soundcraft Vi1000 with Soundcraft Vi Stagebox Enables easy and accurate sound mixing on over a hundred available inputs. last, JBL Control speakers 65 P/T powered by a Crown DCi 2|600N provide background audio for the basement.

For the entire installation, a signal processor BSS BLU-101 Ensures high-bandwidth processing and low-latency audio. Input expanders BSS BLU-BIB In each area they also allow individual tickets anywhere in the facility for events or live shows..

Wall mount controllers BSS EC-8BV In each area they provide responsive, easy-to-use audio and input control, which in turn allows each space to operate and play different audio independently of each other.


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by • 25 jul, 2022
• section: audio, Case studies, Signal distribution, Infrastructure, networks