FROM RUSSIA WITh LOVe: ARChITeCTURe, SOnIC QUALITy,
And CzARIST GRAndeUR COnVeRGe AT
heRMITAGe AMSTeRdAM
TRANSFORMED FROM A 17th century
cal music and presentations while remain-
nursing home, hermitage Amsterdam is
ing out of sight. An ultracompact UMS-1P
“ThE hERMITAGE
a multimillion-dollar museum complex
subwoofer adds bass support. “The intel-
AMSTERDAM IS FAR MORE
designed to bring awareness to its world-
ligibility of the MM-4XP comes in handy
ThAN A TYPICAL MUSEUM. famous parent in St. Petersburg. Compact
especially during special announcements,
OUR REQUIREMENTS
Meyer Sound systems offer a heightened
as the speakers are also connected to the
experience as visitors journey through the
emergency system,” says Mattijsen.
CALLED FOR STATE-
remarkable art collection of Russian heri-
OF-ThE-ART AUDIO
The upscale Neva Restaurant pampers
tage, while preserving the architectural in-
patrons with an enhanced ambience us-
SYSTEMS IN ThE VARIOUS tegrity of the historic building.
ing flush-mounted MM-4XP and UPM-1P
ROOMS, FROM ThE
“The hermitage is an exceptionally dynam-
loudspeakers which disappear into the
STUDY CENTRE AND ThE ic and interactive gathering place,” says
décor. At the museum’s reverberant 300-
ChURCh hALL, TO ThE
Eric Mattijsen, CTO and system designer
seat auditorium, low-profile M1D line array
at Duivendrecht-based Audio Electron-
loudspeakers and 600-hP subwoofers
MOST ChALLENGING OF
ics Mattijsen (AEM). “Every day you’ll find
amplify corporate presentations and lec-
ALL: ThE REVERBERANT
public and corporate events, seminars,
tures with clarity.
AUDITORIUM. ThE MEYER network meetings, and parties right in
“The M1D has proven that it’s a truly ver-
SOUND SYSTEM CAN
the middle of the most precious historical
satile compact array, capable of delivering
treasures. So, our objective was to come
BE EASILY ADAPTED
speech intelligibility in difficult and highly
up with flexible yet uncompromising audio
TO MEET OUR
reverberant spaces like this auditorium,”
systems, aesthetically matching the archi-
SPECIFIC NEEDS AT
says Jasper Ravesteijn, AEM’s project
tect’s designs, and easy for museum per-
sales engineer who worked closely with
ANY GIVEN TIME.”
sonnel to use.”
Installation Engineer Peter van Ingen and
— JULIE VEGTER
AEM has demonstrated that pristine audio
Installation Project Manager Martijn van
heAd OF PROGRAMMInG quality is possible even under the visibility
Vloten. “The mids and highs really cut
hERMITAGE, AMSTERDAM
constraints imposed by this monumental
through, steering its energy exactly where
building. A selection of Meyer Sound’s
it’s wanted. The performance of the 5” LF
most compact loudspeaker systems is
drivers is also nothing short of amazing,
used, including custom-painted MM-4XP
providing substantial body, and minimizing
loudspeakers mounted to the chandeliers
the number of subs needed.”
M1D 600-HP UPM-1P UMS-1P MM-4XP FEATURED PRODUCTS
in the church hall to reproduce live classi-
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