PANSTADIA & ARENA MANAGEMENT WINTER 2013/14


each of the four corners of the arena. A total of 44 Funktion-One Resolution 2SH skeletal speakers are used to cover the rear of the upper seating as well as the VIP section.


Kremenchugskiy adds: “We want as little sound as possible on the ice itself – it’s a requirement of the International Ice Hockey Federation and broadcast companies – and we’ve achieved that; there’s real separation between the seating and the playing area.”


Mega bass


It seemed that both installations were reaching their fi nal stages, when the client asked about extending the audio infrastructure at the Bobsleigh Track to make it into a full music bandwidth system. Andrews had suggested during that initial conversation that the best solution would probably be a huge bass horn and much to Funktion-One’s surprise, the Russian authorities placed an order for a Mega Bass Horn. This, however, was still merely a concept.


While many people would be defeated by the six-week timeframe, Andrews, driven by obligations to both the client and audio quality, accepted the challenge. And from a standing start, work began on what is believed to be the world’s largest commercially available bass horn.


Using an extremely rigid and weight saving construction, Andrews and the team at Funktion- One designed and built the huge horn as a fl at pack, to be assembled on site. Andrews then travelled to Sochi to meet the delivery and worked with Edelweiss Audio on its installation, at one point working a 17-hour day, in freezing temperatures, 40-feet above the ground on an open platform. Though it was brazenly ambitious, the design, build, delivery and installation of the Mega Bass Horn were tethered to an ideology that runs through Funktion-One’s DNA. The objective, regardless of the environment in question, is to deliver the best audio quality possible – even if it means doing something that has never been done before. More accurately, particularly if it means doing something that has never been done before.


The Mega Bass Horn is positioned at the bottom of the course and shoots back up the mountain.


“It’s very accurate and very smooth bass,” says Kremenchugskiy. “It’s all around you – you can feel it and hear it. It’s soft but it still pushes you.”


Locally, the response to the installations has been extremely positive. Russian news crews have fl ocked to see the new state-of-the-art sound systems. Internationally, the installations have captured the imagination of the professional audio industry, with the Bobsleigh Track system winning the Pro Sound Award for Permanent Installation of the Year in September. Funktion-One, buoyed by the MST’s success in Sochi, is extending the range to include a wider dispersion model and looks forward to applying its pioneering stadium technology to sporting environments all over the world. 


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Geometrically arranged MST Horns in the Bolshoy Ice Dome.


Visit Funktion-One at these forthcoming Trade Shows in 2014: ISE Amsterdam, 4-6 February, Stand 7-C210 Pro Light & Sound Frankfurt, 12-15 March, Stand 8.0-G94


www.funktion-one.com David Bruml: david@funktion-one.com or telephone 01306 712820


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