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RCF upgrades Avnet Arena with stadium-wide sound system

Avnet Arena in Magdeburg, home venue of 1. FC Magdeburg, has been equipped with a new stadium sound reinforcement system based on TT+ Audio and RCF technologies. The project was commissioned by Messe- und Veranstaltungsgesellschaft Magdeburg GmbH (MVGM), specified by Proaid Ingenieure, and executed by Studio Elektroakustik GmbH (SEA) of Leipzig.

The grandstand reinforcement system is based on twenty-two TT+ Audio GTX 10 Wi clusters. The system design comprises four clusters at each end stand, five clusters along both the main and opposite stands, and additional loudspeaker positions at the stadium corners. For pitch coverage, eight horn-loaded RCF HL 2290 two-way loudspeakers were installed along the longitudinal stands to provide uniform direct-field coverage across the playing surface.

Power distribution and system supervision are handled by RCF XPS 16KD amplifiers integrated into a redundant Q-Sys audio network via Dante. A dedicated RCF-developed plug-in enables comprehensive control, status monitoring, and telemetry access directly within the Q-Sys control environment.

“The RCF systems met all acoustic and technical requirements, from the specified speech intelligibility and redundancy criteria through to integration within the Q-Sys platform”, says Thomas Schnitzler, project lead at Proaid. “At the same time, the solution remained within the permitted load limits.”

For the installation team, the project underlined the importance of close engineering coordination throughout the implementation phase. “This is already the second Bundesliga stadium project we have completed with RCF”, says Peter Lohß, site manager at SEA. “We particularly value the close support provided by RCF in electroacoustic simulation, structural load assessment, and on-site system commissioning.”

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