Recent Projects
featuring ARX products NAB Banks on 140
Channels of ARX Amplification A.V Consultant for the National Australia
Bank Docklands project was Peter Blackmore of the Roberts
Weaver Group. As part of the tender package, he designed and
documented the functional specifications for the Bank's new
headquarters which feature leading edge concepts in
architecture and office planning and include a variety of
audio-visual based meeting and conference rooms with F.O.H
& distributed ceiling speaker systems. In total, the project's A.V and Video
conference systems utilise 18 units of ZA 600 6 channel
Power Amplifiers and 4 units of ZA 800 8 channel Power
Amplifiers. The speaker systems can be zone controlled via
Clear One control platforms and the ARX multichannel
amplifiers provided a one box high performance answer for
amplification that was also viewed as being space & cost
effective. The National Australia Bank is the
largest financial institution listed on the Australian Stock
Exchange. By the end of 2004 over 3,500 employees will be
situated in the new "modern office campus" styled NAB
Docklands headquarters. MSX 32s deliver
Justice The 30 units of MSX 32 TS have been
installed to provide the core Microphone Preamp & Signal
Distribution function for Court Room Audio Systems,
Multi-track Analogue Court Reporting Systems & interface
to the new online Digital Reporting systems installed in
existing and new Courts in the northern Australian
State. ABC
Studios upgrade with MSX 32 splitters ZA's
installed in Science Centre The ZAs are
fitted with PIVoD's ground breaking audio streaming
technology; VIPA (Venue Internet Protocol Audio). Crowne
Plaza Project Delivered The project's Audio systems
include over 40 PowerMax Series Loudspeakers and various
quantities of UltraSubs, Micro Max 1s, Ambience 5s and
AmbiSubs powered by 15 ZR 850 and 350 Power Amplifiers and
SX 1500s, ZA 600s PowerDrives and AmbiDrive Power
Amplifiers. Doummar Frères are
extremely active in the Contracting and Installation markets
of Security and Audio-Videowith projects such as the
world-renowned Casino du Liban (CCTV),The Central Bank of
Lebanon as well as numerous other banks, hotels, hospitals
and other government buildings. ARX
features in Vatican Install The complete Audio System is
managed by a CROWN IQ Control System. Another five ARX
Maxisplit Line Splitters were installed as part of the audio
system at the Nervi Hall, the 7000 seat auditorium within
the Vatican. ARX First
past the Post at Ascot ZA
amplifiers go to Court Laurence
Sound Making History with ARX

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Leading Australian Installation
& Integration Company IBS Audio Visual has completed the
installation of 140 Channels of ARX ZA Power Amplification
into the new National Bank Corporate Headquarters at the
Docklands precinct in Melbourne.
Melbourne Docklands is a new 200 hectare waterfront
development site located close to Melbourne's CBD.
ARX's Australian Distributor The
Resource Corporation P/L has supplied the Queensland Justice
& Attorney General's Department with 30 units of MSX
32 TS, 8 Channel Active Mic / Line Signal Splitters for
their Court Reporting refurbishment program throughout
regional Queensland .
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Here for further details
on the MSX 32
The
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (A.B.C) has taken
delivery of two MSX 32 Active Mic & Line
Splitters for their new Television Studio upgrade at their
Ultimo Headquarters in Sydney. The MSX 32s were supplied by
ARX's Australian Distributor The Resource Corp.
Perth based Systems Integrator Pivod Technologies have
supplied the Melbourne Museum's ScienceWorks complex with 3
ZA 800s and 1 x ZA 400 Multi Channel Power
Amplifiers for soundscape applications for their new
Exhibits.
ARX have recently
completed shipping one of our largest individual orders of
the past year for the new Multi Million Dollar Crowne Plaza
Hotel Project in Beirut, Lebanon.
ARX Distributor Doummar Freres Sarl has the contract
to design, supply and install the fully integrated Audio
Video system for the new Hotel's banqueting and conference
facilities which also includes stage lighting, conferencing
and simultaneous translation systems, lighting and dimmers,
and mobile band equipment
Signal Processing comprises 12 EQ 60 Equalisers, 11 AFW 1
Anti Feedback Workstations and quantities of Maxisplit Line
Splitters, Mixxmaster Mic Mixers, e-Pre Mic Pre amps, Mixx
Mic Mixers, Afterburner Comp Limiters and EC 2
Crossovers.
The recent
Installation of ARX Products into new Audio Systems at Saint
Peters Square, and several other locations within the
Vatican features five ARX Maxisplit Line Splitters for
Signal Routing & Zoning to the 33 Crown Comtech 1610
hi-voltage amplifiers feeding 30+ EAW KF 900 Series
Loudspeakers.
In the audio systems at the Blessing Hall and San Damaso
Court ARX Mixx 4ch Microphone Mixers and further ARX
Maxisplits have been utilised for Microphone Mixing and
Zoning.
In Perth
Australia, the world's most remote Capital City,
longtime ARX Installer CFM Technologies have just
upgraded the Sound System at Ascot Race Course, Perth's
Premier Horse Racing Venue.
CFM have replaced all the existing amplification with ARX ZR
550C & 850C Constant Voltage Power Amplifiers
throughout. ARX's Western Australian Representative Ian
Ross facilitated the sale.
In Queensland,
Australia Specialist Law Courts Audio Installer
Rabone Systems has installed new Audio Systems at the
Mt Isa Law Courts Complex featuring ZA 600 Multi Channel
Amplifiers throughout.
Brian
Laurence from renowned Melbourne based audio soundscape
producers Brian Laurence Sound P/L has recently
completed a major Soundscape project at Beechworth, in the
heart of Australia's "Bushranger Country" using a variety of
ARX Products.
In the new Beechworth Historic Precinct Laurence Sound
created several 12-channel surround soundscapes, one for the
Bourke Museum's "Street Of Shops", and the Old Beechworth
Courthouse, each of them 'bringing to life' the static
displays by re-creating the sounds of the wild 1870s. Gold
Rush period.
The large-screen video show features 8 Channel surround
sound based on a Fostex D-160 time-coded to a Pioneer DVD
player. Laurence Sound again used a Level 8 to interface the
unbalanced outputs to the inputs of the ARX Ambidrive 3
Channel Power Amplifier used for the main L & R, plus
sub, and the ARX ZA-600 6 Channel Power Amplifier for the
surround channels.