FINNKINO, THE biggest cinema chain in Finland, recently passed the milestone of installing its 1,000th Yamaha amplifier. Finnkino operates a total of
88 screens in 11 Finnish cities, plus 73 further screens under the Forum Cinemas banner in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The company has been installing Yamaha amplifiers in its cinemas for over a decade. High volume levels and critical surround mixes mean that cinemas need to deliver the very best quality sound, which means that power amplifiers are among the most important components of a cinema audio system. “Our Finnish cinemas are 100% digital,” says Finnkino technical manager Ari ‘Jaska’
Saarinen. “The Yamaha power amplifiers fulfil digital cinema’s requirement for 24-bit, non-compressed audio and are manufactured to a very high standard.”
3D and digital cinema are
greatly increasing audience expectations, but Finnkino’s long-term use of Yamaha amplifiers indicates that those expectations continue to be met, if not surpassed. “The definition of the sound, high signal-to-noise ratio and superior reliability is so good that we have relied on them for over 10 years. We are a really happy customer!” adds Saarinen. All of the amplifiers are supplied by Vantaa-based F-Audio, the P4500 being the mainstay of early installations. More recently, the XP7000 has
The cinema chain has been using Yamaha amps for over a decade
become Finnkino’s amplifier of choice. The 2U, 14kg XP7000 provides 700W stereo at 8 ohms, and is known for
its extended reliability and superior stability. Currently a fixture of over 80% of the company’s screens, Yamaha
amps will be installed in every Finnkino and Forum cinema as audio systems are upgraded. www.yamahacommercialaudio.com
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Screens currently fitted with Yamaha amps
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