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installationnews UNITED KINGDOM WWII-era Alliance revived by DJW
The sole remaining World War II-era Royal Navy sub has undergone a £7 million audio restoration. Murray Stassen reports
THE ONLY surviving British World War II-era submarine, the Gosport-based HMS Alliance, has undergone a £7 million restoration which saw over 50 speakers fitted throughout the 218ft (66m) submarine to bring the retired vessel back to life as a historical attraction for the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.
Hampshire-based AV
specialist DJW was responsible for the design, programming and installation of the soundscaping system. The audio system is used to recreate scenarios that would have occurred during daily life on the submarine – for example, in an attack scenario, a deafening alarm rings through Visaton loudspeakers, accompanied by the frantic flashing of red emergency lights.
Doe comments: “It was a very small, claustrophobic space to
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work in, which made getting equipment in and out – let alone installed – quite difficult. It was also tough finding enough nooks and crannies to hide 51 speakers throughout the sub. We wanted to make the experience as real as possible, so it was important to us to hide as much of the equipment as we could. “In the end we used two types of speaker: the Tannoy Di5 and the Soundtube SM31-EZ. The Soundtube speaker is quite
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small but still gives a good sound and was easier to hide in the more difficult areas. We used about 20 Soundtube speakers and about 25 Tannoy Di 5 units, with the rest being made up of reused on board speakers that we refurbished.”
The audio is sourced from two Mac minis, with power for the speakers delivered by Audac DPA616 power amplifiers. HMS Alliance is now open to the public following the grand opening of the submarine and a new section – also DJW- installed – of the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
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INSPIRED BY Milan’s iconic La Scala, a new multi-purpose venue in the Italian city of Merate has recently installed a Yamaha audio system. Funded by the Lombardy city’s administration, Auditorium Merate (pictured) is part of a major project to transform former municipal buildings into community facilities. It was officially opened in December by the city’s mayor, Andrea Robbiani, who wanted a “state-of-the-art audio system
to match the venue’s high- quality acoustics.” The system comprises an LS9-16 digital mixing console, fitted with an MY16-AUD Dante interface and Rio1608-D i/o unit; two flown DSR215 and two flown DSR115 active full-range loudspeakers; a pair of floor-mounted DXS15 subs hidden under the stage; four powered DXR12 loudspeakers for stage monitoring; and two HS5 nearfield stage monitors.
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