Audica Professional News
Recent news items are shown below. For full articles and press releases please view the individual items on the right.
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HABEGGER Choses MICROline Loudspeakers for Swisscom Display Model
HABEGGER (www.habegger.ch) is a Swiss media and events specialist of the highest
technical calibre.
For the Broadband Display Model that HABEGGER created for Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider, Swisscom, they used Audica Professional MICROline loudspeakers in white to provide the audio.
To view a video of the Broadband Display Model with the MICROline loudspeakers, click
here (we recommend viewing in full-
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Community and Audica Professional Provide Modern Audio for Historic Cracow University Facility
Tommex Żebrowscy Sp. J. has recently designed, supplied and installed new audio systems
for the Kotłownia, the conference and exhibition hall of The Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow
University of Technology (Politechnika Krakowska).
Incorporating a large conference room and an art gallery with two exhibition rooms, the Kotłownia, translation “boiler house”, takes its name from its former use after World War II. The current appearance of this historical building is the result of a modernization program which was carried out in the period from 1997 to 2001.
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Audica Professional Gains UL and cTUVus Approvals
Audica Professional has announced that it has gained UL approval for its MICROseries
loudspeakers. The approvals include UL1480 and UL2043 for the MICROdot ceiling loudspeaker
and UL1480 for the MICROpoint and MICROline on-
“At this year’s Infocomm the interest in Audica Professional from contractors was excellent”, commented Audica Professional’s sales director, Derek West, “They appreciated the unique styling and audio quality, but it was clear that UL approvals were needed before the product was going to be specified on a larger scale and in most public buildings. We have a great distributor, with TC Group Americas, and now with North American approvals we are confident that we will see significant growth in the American markets”.
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Future Media Systems Chooses Audica Professional for Historic Minster
A landmark building, the two towers of Wimborne Minster are seen from whichever direction
you approach the Dorset town of Wimborne. There has been a church on the site for
1,300 years,with the greater part of the architecturally significant Church we see
today being built by the Normans between 1120 and 1180. Its library is one of the
first public libraries in existence and is one of only four surviving chained libraries
in the world.
Luke Siemaszko, Director of Future Media Systems, explained their approach, “Audica
Professional MICROpoint loudspeakers were a key feature in our winning bid. These
offered excellent sound quality from a very compact package with a minimally intrusive
appearance. We adopted a distributed approach, so that the room reverberation was
stimulated as little as possible, with the congregation hearing the highest possible
ratio of direct sound to reflected sound. To achieve this we used thirty-
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Soundworks Installs Audica Professional for the Lotus Leaf Restaurant in Delhi
Seeking a four-
To accommodate the multi-
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Turnberry Resort -
Turnberry has a long golfing heritage that all started back in 1901, when the first formal course was constructed. Since then its fairways have been shared by the game's elite and enthusiasts from all over the world. Turnberry is so important in the golfing world that it has held The Open Championship four times; most recently in 2009.
In 1997 the hotel was bought by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. and operated
under the Westin Brand until October 2008, at which point Leisurecorp, Dubai World's
sport and leisure subsidiary, purchased the resort, with Starwood Hotels & Resorts
continuing to manage operations under the The Luxury Collection brand.
With the change of ownership, an extensive £30 million restoration began. Led by
interior designer Mary Fox Linton, the renovation will return the 103-
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EAS Installs Two Sites at ION Orchard Singapore with Audica Professional
Audica Professional MICROseries audio systems have been installed in two high quality
sites at the new ION Orchard complex in Singapore. The systems were designed and
installed in the Fish and Co. restaurant and at Epicentre, an Apple Premium Reseller
outlet, by Electro-
Located at the gateway to Singapore’s most prestigious Orchard Road shopping strip,
ION Orchard’s award winning design was by leading architecture firm Benoy, who brought
us iconic malls such as the Bullring in Birmingham, UK. ION Orchard is the retail
component of the retail-
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Soundworks Installs Audica Professional for Affinity
New Delhi-
Affinity is an upmarket hair salon, located at the PVR Community Center complex in Saket, New Delhi.
The system comprises of a MICROzone amplifier/controller, driving eight MICROdot
ceiling loudspeakers. A single MICROsub extends the low frequency to give well-
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Audica Professional Flying High at l’Altitude
Bern-
Altitude is owned by SSP, The Food Travel Experts, who operate more than 1,800 units in over 140 airports and nearly 300 railway stations across Asia, North America, Europe, the Middle East, India and North Africa.
The stylish new venue was created in collaboration with Michelin-
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Luxury Bistro in Czech Republic Enjoys Audica Professional
Dancefloor, s.r.o., Audica Professional’s distributor for the Czech Republic, has
supplied a MICROseries system for the ’luxus bistro’, Bistro Cook & Look.
Bistro Cook & Look is located in the centre of the historic city of Hradec Králové, 100km east of the capital, Prague.
The system consists of four MICROpoint loudspeakers in black, powered by a MICROzone
amplifier/controller. Two MICROsub active subwoofers provide extended bass for the
hi-
In addition to audio quality, the MICROseries was chosen to compliment the clean, modern decor of the venue.
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Audica Professional Makes its Theatre Sound Debut on Never Forget
Audica Professional MICROline loudspeakers have made their theatre sound debut on
Never Forget, the hit musical with the songs of Take That, providing the delay/under
balcony 
system.
Written by BAFTA award winner Danny Brocklehurst (Shameless and Clocking Off), Guy Jones and Ed Curtis, this spectacular, energetic musical has already enjoyed a highly successful West End run, drawing audiences totalling over a quarter of a million.
On April 3rd it started a full UK tour. Opening at The Manchester Opera House the show will take in 21 venues nationwide and close at The Liverpool Empire Theatre in December 2009.
Photo: Paul Coltas
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Electro-
Electro-
has designed and installed an Audica Professional MICROseries system for
the Häagen-
Aesthetics, compact size and audio quality were all factors in the choice of the
system, which had to enhance the relaxed, quality environment that Häagen-
With CD source, the system consists of two MICROzone amplifier/controllers, four
MICROpoint on-
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EASE Data
Audica Professional has commissioned the acoustic specialist company, Aachen-
based
Audio & Acoustics Consulting, to carry out complete measurements of the MICROdot,
MICROpoint and MICROline loudspeakers and to produce EASE data files.
The EASE data files for Audica Professional loudspeakers are now available from our download page.
EASE (Enhanced Acoustic Simulator for Engineers) data files are for use with the programme EASE 4, used by contractors, engineers and audio consultants worldwide.
For further information on EASE visit www.auralisation.de
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