Polar Focus line array rigging for Adamson loudspeakers

Polar Focus assisted Seth May from SDMTEC, LLC in the Syracuse area with flying these two arrays of ADAMSON IS7’s, as well as some single Adamson fill speakers from sloped beams in a house of worship installation. Polar Focus provided Custom Beam Attachments for attaching all the speaker loads to the sloped beams. We also provided SFA tilt bars for infinitely adjustable line array tilt control, as well as wire rope assemblies for the side fills.

This looks amazing and will serve the congregation for years to come. Here’s what Seth had to say about Polar Focus hardware:
“The project went best case scenario! The Polar Focus pieces were exactly as specified and expected and the client is incredibly pleased with both the esthetics of the new hang placement and the audio coverage we were able to accomplish for the project. Attached are a couple photos of the completion. Thank you for working with us to come up with a rock solid deployment for this.”
-Seth May

You’re welcome, Seth! It’s always great to work with new customers!!

Polar Focus line array rigging for Adamson Line Arrays

d&b Audio Line Arrays

Scott Tomashek of Camera Corner Connecting Point contacted us for assistance with two new facilities at a local casino property in the Upper Midwest. Each of the two rooms had an identical and very unusual roof. The roofs had sloped trusses that were stepped, with each truss having a high end and a low end, and neighboring trusses at differing heights. In each room, a lighting truss structure supported a large amount of AV equipment. With uneven roof trusses, keeping everything level and evenly loaded was a challenge.

In the first room, there were four AL Series mid-hi’s, two Y Series arrays and two 21S subwoofer speakers from d&b Audiotechnik. In the second room, there were two d&b audiotechnik J-Sub subwoofers along with a 12.5′ diameter round video wall. The weights for the two complete systems were 2,2148 lbs. and 7,049 lbs., respectively. supplied all of the speaker rigging, including Spine Frame Adapters and custom components, lighting truss, rigging design, and PE Stamped drawings for the state where this job was installed. All mid-hi arrays have independent pan and tilt, as well as adjustment under full load.

Everything was manufactured in white for a meticulous presentation. All of the welded-in rigging points attaching into the roof structure were provided by the general contractor.d&b audiotechnik J-Sub subwoofers along with a 12.5′ diameter round video wall. The weights for the two complete systems were 2,2148 lbs. and 7,049 lbs., respectively. Everything was manufactured in white for a meticulous presentation. All of the welded-in rigging points attaching into the roof structure were provided by the general contractor.

Polar Focus supplied all of the speaker rigging, including Spine Frame Adapters and custom components, lighting truss, rigging design, and PE Stamped drawings for the state where this job was installed. All mid-hi arrays have independent pan and tilt adjustment under full load.

The team at Camera Corner did an outstanding job gathering the data for the irregular roof pattern, and installing both systems. Great job Scott and the crew at Camera Corner!

Loudspeaker rigging design, roof attachment, supplemental structure, sales, support and PE stamped drawings in any US State and Canada provided by Polar Focus.
Call us today for more information – (413) 586-4444

Dodge City Memorial Stadium

Check out this video we made showcasing Polar Focus weatherized bracket system for the 720 lb. Danley Sound Labs JH-90 Jericho Horn.  This system was skillfully installed by the awesome crew at McClelland Sound in Wichita, Kansas.

Installation photos and video used with permission from McClelland Sound.

Need help rigging, mounting or aiming your loudspeakers or line arrays?
We can help!  Call us at (413) 586-4444

Request for Quote

Do you need a quote for an upcoming project?  We’ve just added a Request for Quote page to LineArrayFrames.com.  Just enter your information; we will set up a job number for you, and one of our Audio Rigging Consultants will call to get the details of your project.

Polar Focus Request for Quote

We will need line array calculators, photos and beam or roof data for your project.  If you have any of this data at the time of your request for quote, please send it to info@polarfocus.com with the name of the venue in the subject line.

This quote form is applicable for any flown speaker installation, not just for line arrays.

Need help rigging, mounting or aiming your loudspeakers or line arrays?
We can help!  Call us at (413) 586-4444

Mankato Event Center

Here’s an amazing line array trolley system being installed by Video Services, Inc. at the newly renovated Mankato Event Center in Mankato, MN. Designed by Peterson AV Consulting, Inc., this project consisted of two systems, a FOH distributed system with 10 Fulcrum Acoustic AH65’s; and two Martin Audio line array clusters consisting of 8 W8LC modules with two custom flying amp racks.

The amp racks are standard rolling amp racks, which are each secured into a flying cage. Each rack and cluster can be independently raised or lowered on its own hoist. Each amp rack and line array cluster travels front to back in the room on trolley beams. For stage extension productions, the clusters roll forward. To hide the clusters, they can be rolled on the trolley beams into tall closets on the back wall. Polar Focus supplied the trolley rigging system, hoists, Motor Zbeams, flying rack cages, aiming bars for the main line arrays, all the rigging for the distributed FOH system, and finally PE stamped drawings for the entire design, stamped by a Minnesota Structural Engineer.

The renovated Event Center opens September 1st – we hope they enjoy their new sound system! We’re looking forward to more photos of this project as it is completed, so we’ll share them as they come in.

Excellent work, Dave Peterson and the crew at Video Services, Inc.!

Need help rigging, mounting or aiming your loudspeakers or line arrays?
We can help!  Call us at (413) 586-4444.

We also offer PE Stamped Drawings for our product scope for all 50 states.

Bracket for Danley JH-90

Here’s a bracket with full tilt control for the amazing 720 pound Danley Sound Labs, Inc. JH90 speaker. The Danley JH-90 “Jericho Horn” has six 18″ drivers, six 6″ midrange drivers and three coaxial high frequency drivers with 1.4″ exits coupled to Danley’s patented layered high frequency combiner. This is going to be installed by McClelland Sound at the Dodge City Memorial Stadium in Dodge City, Kansas. When mounted to the top of a W10x49 column, the speaker will have full pan and tilt control and can be locked into position.

The complete bracket system will be disassembled, hot dip galvanized for corrosion protection, reassembled with stainless steel hardware, and shipped to the customer.

We hope they enjoy their totally awesome new sound system over in Dodge City!

Need help rigging, mounting or aiming your loudspeakers or line arrays?
We can help!  Call us at (413) 586-4444.

New Danley installation in Wisconsin

Scott Tomashek from Camera Corner Connecting Point and his crew did a great job installing this sound and video system in an insurance company presentation space in Wisconsin.

This system includes five curved video screens that raise and lower on a winching system, and 11 Danley Sound Labs, Inc. speakers. There were five pairs of SH69 Danleys, each with independent pan and tilt. The lower speaker within each grouping also had separate tilt adjustment, for precision coverage control.

At the center is a 500 pound BC415 subwoofer for terrific low frequency coverage. Polar Focus provided roof attachment, pan and tilt adjustment for each pair of speakers, custom grouping plates to create clusters as pairs, and custom rigging to plant the subwoofer exactly in the middle. The end result was beautiful and sounded great too.

Excellent work Scott and the guys at Camera Corner!

Need help rigging, mounting or aiming your loudspeakers or line arrays?
We can help!  Call us at (413) 586-4444.

Polar Focus @Infocomm 2016

If you’re at Infocomm 2016, be sure to check out Polar Focus Ultimate Line Array Rigging – booth C11339 in the Audio Pavilion, across from Danley Sound Labs.

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If you’re in Las Vegas this week, stop by to see us!  Check out the Stingray frame for Bose RoomMatch at the Bose booth, located at C9530.  The Kestrel frame for Fulcrum Acoustic FL283 family can be seen at the Fulcrum Acoustic booth, at C11936.

New installation at Virginia Military Institute

Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA has ten beautiful new
Bose RoomMatch clusters installed by Jim Hogan of IES Communications.

Polar Focus supplied components from our Ultimate Line Array Rigging for Bose,
which included our Spine Frame Adapters, PY Quick Disconnect Fittings,
and spreaders.  Every cluster is easily adjustable in pan and tilt under full load.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
This project came in as a rush and Polar Focus was able to manufacture the white
hardware within the installation timeline.  In the photo below, the rigging hardware
is almost invisible.

The RoomMatch clusters truly look great in the venue – looks like speakers floating
in air.  Jim had great things to say about how much easier Polar Focus rigging made
the installation process:

“We got it all done, and even had to take down the last 3 and redo because they put the
wrong cabinets on the clusters. The more we did the faster we got. Imagine that!

They went up really easy once we got past the construction issues.”

We were very glad to help, and hope the students at VMI benefit from the new
system for years to come.

Need help rigging, mounting or aiming your loudspeakers or line arrays?
We can help!  Call us at (413) 586-4444.