June 8, 2011
One Systems Speakers Outfit E.S. Rose Park and Sports Complex in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee – When Nashville, Tennessee’s Belmont University, Edgehill community and the Metro Board of Parks and Recreation teamed up to renovate, expand and outfit the E.S. Rose Park and Sports Complex’s 24-acre facility they chose loudspeakers from One Systems, a leading manufacturer of direct weather loudspeakers. Southeastern Sound Inc., of Nashville, Tennessee performed the site analysis, and did the design and installation.
The newly renovated E.S. Rose Park and Sports Complex, is a collaboration between Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation; Carter Lawrence Elementary School; Rose Park Middle School; local neighborhood organizations; and nearby Belmont University. The Sports Complex serves as the new home for Belmont University’s track, baseball, softball and soccer teams, as well as being open year round to the surrounding community and Nashville area.
When Southeastern Sound was awarded the contract to design and install a new sound system, they chose One System speakers based on their experience from previous installations. The park and sports complex includes several cutting edge athletic facilities including a new 300-seat Olympic track; a 750-seat synthetic turf baseball field; a 250-seat natural turf softball field; synthetic turf soccer fields; a basketball court; a walking track; and a NCAA Division One training facility.
The large complex is an example of a multi-sports venue requiring highly intelligible speaker systems that will perform well both for music and spoken applications, in a multiple use environment. Sound quality, weatherproofing, value for the money and ease-of-use out of the box were winning attributes of the One Systems products for Southeastern Sound’s Senior Audio Designer, Brian Cook. One Systems’ patented Equivalent Throat horn/driver technology and high-output Inside/Only woofers also made the choice easy for Cook. “Due to budget guidelines, we were looking for indestructible, weatherproof speakers that need very little equalization, are reasonably priced and sound very good out of the box. One Systems met all our needs,” commented Cook.
Southeastern Sound’s Senior Project Manager, Rick Redfern, configured the placement of the speakers specifically for each sports field and area. Great care was taken installing different systems in each athletic field to produce smooth, even coverage, as well as minimal bleed into adjacent fields and the surrounding neighborhoods. Speakers in the baseball field include two (2) 212CIM’s hung on the first and third baseline light poles using One Systems PT70-2 mounting hardware, along with three (3) 108IM speakers mounted on 108IM-U “U” brackets that line the press box. The softball field includes two (2) 108IM speakers on the first and third baselines, also mounted on 108IM-U brackets. Four (4) 212CIM’s are installed at the soccer field on PT70-2 mounting hardware, two on the home side of the field and two on the visitor’s side.
Several of the speakers were installed with One System’s PT70-2 pan and tilt pole mount brackets. “Hands down these are the best brackets we have found for circular poles, I would highly recommend them for any sports facility,” says Cook. “This was an intricate space to configure, but through optimal aiming and placement Rick Redfern was able to cover all of the spaces evenly. Every fan in each field is covered and is able to clearly understand announcements and hear music without bothering the surrounding neighborhood,” says Cook.
Associate Athletic Director of Belmont University, Steve Barrick spoke of how pleased they were with the system after the first baseball game. “We have no complaints at all, the speakers sounded great, and the first game went off without a hitch,” says Barrick.
One Systems President, Doug MacCallum comments, “Being based in Nashville we were very happy to be working with Southeastern Sound again, and honored to be involved in this public and private partnership between Metro Parks and Recreation and Belmont University.”