RCF increases the audio power of the Signal Iduna Park stadium

Headquarters of the Borussia Dortmund football club (BVB), the stadium has expanded its sound system with more than 128 manufacturer speakers RCF to offer greater acoustic performance, with a view to the European Championship 2024.

With capacity for 81.365 spectators and known as 'the temple’, as the fans of the Borussia Dormunt football club call it, Signal Iduna Park It is the largest stadium in Germany. The South Stand, with his 25.000 seating, is unparalleled in Europe and offers incredible support to players during home games.

Although the sound system in the side stands was renewed a few years ago with line array systems from the Italian manufacturer RCF, The upgrade of the corners and pitch with speakers from this manufacturer has now been completed to further improve the performance and acoustic lighting of the stadium..

For this project, the german specialist fulfil engineering installed twelve line arrays with 128 passive speakers RCF HL 40 and four subwoofers pasivos TTS 36, while to reinforce the sound in the playing area, eight units were located HL 2290 and eight HL 2260.

The passive systems are powered by twenty-four multi-channel power amplifiers of Powersoft. After the project, Signal Iduna Park stadium is equipped with 358 RCF speakers and more than 500 kW RMS output.

“We installed the first RCF units in Signal Iduna Park in the year 2013. During the process, the corners were intentionally left unrenovated -explains Norbert Labudda, director general de fulfil engineering-. It has now been decided to complete the sound reinforcement system to further enhance the performance and acoustic lighting of the stadium., with a view to the European Championship 2024. We have chosen passive RCF elements that, in addition to using simple and safe suspensions, “They have IP classification and a performance that meets the high demands of the client.”.