Ulsan Stadium upgrades with Harman

South Korea:

TechDataPS and Daeseong Media have upgraded the sound system in the Ulsan Stadium with a Harman Professional audio solution.

Located in the Ulsan Sports Complex built in 1970, Ulsan Stadium was the original home of Ulsan Hyundai FC and has a capacity of 19,471. Today, the stadium is home to Ulsan Citizen FC, which competes in Korea’s K4 professional soccer league. The complex also includes an auxiliary stadium, the Dongcheon Gymnasium, Dongcheon National Sports Center, a basketball court, foot volleyball court, futsal court as well as a youth concert hall. TechDataPS and Daeseong Media equipped Ulsan Complex Stadium with a Harman Professional audio solution that includes JBL Professional loudspeakers, Crown amplification, Soundcraft mixers and BSS signal processors.

“The client required a system that could deliver reliable, highly articulate sound output,” said a TechDataPS spokesperson. “It was also essential that the system maximise sound coverage across the venue, keeping in mind the close proximity of residential buildings. Considering multiple factors including safety, durability and the varying acoustic demands of the venue, we chose JBL VTX A-Series loudspeakers.”

TechDataPS selected JBL VTX A8 dual 8-inch compact line array loudspeakers with 110° dispersion. The system also includes an array of JBL all-weather loudspeakers, including AW295, AWC595, AWC129 and AWC82 models. TechDataPS also provided 305P MkII powered studio monitors with Waveguide Technology for the stadium’s audio engineers to reference the mix for accurate translation over the main stadium system.

The system, which is powered by Crown I-Tech 4x3500HD, DCi 4|600N and DCi 4|300N amplifiers, also includes BSS BLU-DA and BLU-100 signal processors with BLU Link, as well as Soundcraft Vi2000, Si Performer 1 and Signature 12 mixing consoles.

“We were looking at a complete renewal of the existing sound setup,” said a spokesperson for Ulsan Complex Stadium. “Apart from delivering world-class performance, the setup had to meet great standards of reliability, durability and safety. The latter two were especially important factors because of the windy conditions prevalent in Ulsan. We are extremely satisfied with the solutions that TechDataPS and Daeseong Media provided.”