Glace Bay Arena, Moncton, NB

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Sports Complexes

Built by miners in 1939, the original Miners Forum was torn down more than 25 years ago. The building was replaced by the Bayplex, which was plagued with problems from day one and closed its doors in 2017. The newly-renovated facility features a regulation-size ice surface, a lounge area, and community room.

Purpose

The Arena which has stood for over 80 years and has gone through various iterations, needed a replace their old arena sound system. It required a new system that would cover all aspects of the arena, from ice surface, hallways and various rooms. Announcements has always been an issue and was a key feature that need to improve in clarity and intelligibility. They wanted to ensure all visitors and staff members would be able to hear messages no matter where they were located in the building. Communications through a microphone system would be a new added feature.

Challenge

Designing a full arena system doesn’t come without challenges, especially in older style buildings. The arena has a curved ceiling which makes sound travel differently from a flat ceiling. There were various rooms, small and medium sized, that our team needed to ensure the sound reached. Integrating the various speakers and amplifiers/mixers in an older facility caused us to double check all the wiring and connectivity to assess how simple it would be to add all the equipment chosen for the sound system enhancement.

Solution

The TOA design team worked closely with Atlantic Alarm & Security on the project installation and provided the design plans for the sound system. For the ice surface, TOA’s HX-5 compact line arrays were used as they provide powerful, and clear sound, with the ability to adjust the direction speakers and therefore the sound projection. These speakers were powered by our excellent DA-500 amplifiers and digitally processed with the very effective M-864D stereo mixer. For hallways and rooms the F-Series wide dispersion speakers delivered sound to all corners of the building. The system was lead by our flexible A-9240SHM2 Digital Matrix Mixer/Amplifier.

Feedback

With an increase in sound quality and arena coverage, management easily heard the improvement in audio clarity in the arena. They were also very happy that everyone, including staff, would be able to hear announcements especial emergency messages. Great job by all.

About TOA Canada

TOA Corporation was founded in Kobe, Japan over 80 years ago. TOA operates in over 100 countries worldwide, with manufacturing facilities found in nearly every major market area. These facilities have a reputation for precision design and fabrication, resulting in a proven track record of TOA product reliability.

TOA Canada Corporation was formed in 1990 as a complete sound solutions provider, specializing in commercial audio, including, public address, voice communications, voice evacuation and emergency paging requirements. TOA Canada offers complete solutions for all corporate and commercial audio communications and intercom security requirements.

FEATURED PRODUCTS

HX-5

Full area coverage and wider bandwidth sound.

The HX-5 is an innovative modular speaker design that incorporates the best characteristics of the traditional, cumbersome woofer enclosure combined with a CD horn-loaded high frequency driver and the full-range compact speaker enclosure without the drawbacks associated with each type. the HX-5 features remarkably easy to control coverage characteristics including problematic low frequencies and can be installed in a multitude of ways while maintaining a modern, unobtrusive appearance. a system is configured by four preassembled modules with four IF drivers and twelve HF dome tweeters. This configuration allows the variable directivity control and low-frequency dispersion control comparable to use a large constant directivity horn speaker. a choice of 4 directivity angles (15, 30, 45 and 60 degrees) can be employed as needed.

M-9000M2

Unparalleled DSP mixer ideal for multi-zone paging, music distribution and room-combining applications.

M-9000M2 Digital Matrix Mixer

5000 Series UHF Wireless System

Highest flexibility for fixed installations.

Our 5000 Series is the ideal choice for fixed installations of any kind. Whether in concert halls, event halls, churches, stadiums, schools, conference rooms or elsewhere – on the spark gaps of our 5000 Series you can rely on! This unique flexibility gives you the freedom you need to dimension your radio system exactly as it is needed, but without being limited in terms of future system expansions in the configuration.

F Ceiling

Expanded listening coverage area through extra-wide dispersion characteristics.

F Series Wide Dispersion Speakers are ideal for music and paging applications such as audio/visual, business music or retail sound systems. The lineup consists of six models with features and price points to suit premium-to-economy applications. Key benefits includes smooth off-axis coverage, versatile range of models and ease of installation.