McMaster University – Convocation Hall, Hamilton, ON

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Education

McMaster's Convocation Hall is one of the most memorable spaces for many of the school's students, as it serves as a hub for school events at the university, and provides an excellent location for the residence students for social and studious gatherings.

Purpose

The university was undergoing renovations and needed to convert this space into a temporary lecture hall for presentations. After choosing the Convocation Hall for the location, they searched for a flexible audio system to deliver clear and intelligible throughout the large space.

Challenge

The challenges for this project included covering the large room with quality sound, and creating a solution that could be moved after the hall was no longer used as a temporary presentation space.

Solution

TOA designed a portable system by utilizing HX-5’s on stands on the stage at the front of the hall. Additionally, a FB-120 subwoofer was combined with each of the compact array speaker‘s and all powered by our powerful DA amplifier. The directivity of the HX-5’s were adjusted to produce the best sound field that could be heard all the way to the back of the room.

Feedback

McMaster was very happy with the trouble-free install and the solution provided them with exactly what they required.

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
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.
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