Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, West Virginia is unusual in that it promotes the performing arts, visual arts and sciences all under one roof. A key facility is the Caperton Planetarium & Theater, where a major refurbishment has seen a state-of-the-art Alcons Audio pro-ribbon sound reinforcement system installed.
The Caperton Planetarium & Theater presents planetarium shows and large format films on a giant domed, perforated metal screen. Over recent years it is extensively refurbished with full digital audio/visual facilities, including the installation of a cutting-edge Alcons Audio system.
MediaMerge Inc, based in Chelsea, Alabama, was tasked with specifying and installing the new equipment.
“It is vital that dome cinemas can differentiate their experience from the flat screen down the street, but they offer considerable and unique challenges to system designers,” says MediaMerge owner Tim Ogletree. “The old audio system never really achieved what is...
