Rose Tree Park
Located in Media, Pennsylvania, Rose Tree Park encompasses 120 acres of rolling hills, picnic areas, and woodlands. Every year, the park hosts The Summer Festival, a series of forty-five wide-ranging concerts held in a scenic outdoor amphitheater situated on the grounds. The festival began in 1975 as part of a two-year Bicentennial Celebration, and four decades later remains a popular local tradition, running over a nine-week period and providing locals with opportunities to take in top quality music and dance performances of all genres.
To keep up with the changing times, Delaware County Parks and Recreation realized that an upgrade was required to maintain high-quality audio within the amphitheater environment. Audio production specialists Price Stevenson Acoustic Research (PSAR) were tapped to install the new equipment.
The sound results are fantastic and the transition from the previous system went flawlessly.
MARC MANFRE
Director
Delaware County Parks and Recreation
SOLUTION
“Biamp’s Community R2 loudspeakers have served us well in the amphitheater for decades,” Price Stevenson of PSAR explained. “The company has always produced the finest in high-quality, weather-resistant equipment and now it has introduced the opportunity to upgrade from the previous horn loaded systems to an outdoor line array, with the Community IV6 modular vertical array.”
With a capacity of approximately 4,000, the amphitheater features a wide audience area that naturally suits the dispersion characteristics of the IV6. “After consulting with Biamp’s technical support team, we designed the optimal system with two arrays, each comprised of four Community IV6-1122/05WR and one IV6-1122/15WR all-weather wide-dispersion 12-inch two-way array elements,” Stevenson said. “The new system delivers more even coverage and has brought us up to date with the latest advances in sound technology. The sound quality, SPL and frequency response consistency throughout the audience area are excellent.”
Conclusion
Marc Manfre, Director of Delaware County Parks and Recreation, was extremely pleased with the installation of the new Community products and the subsequent results. “The sound results are fantastic and the transition from the previous system went flawlessly,” Manfre said. “It will ensure that we can continue to present top-notch music and entertainment programs to our audiences for years to come.”
Beth Chapman, the Park’s Marketing and Communications Manager, agreed, “Getting the new system was very exciting, and we‘ve received excellent feedback from both performers and audiences. Everyone is really happy with the sound and we thank Price Stevenson who, with Biamp’s Community loudspeakers, has provided a great new system.”