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Danley, Ashly Rev Up Atco Dragway

Peeling out and tearing it up for more than half a century, Atco Dragway in New Jersey recently updated its aging audio system with new, weatherproofed Danley speakers with Ashly processing and amplification.

Atco, NJ (June 20, 2016)—Peeling out and tearing it up for more than half a century, Atco Dragway in New Jersey recently updated its aging audio system with new, weatherproofed Danley speakers with Ashly processing and amplification.

“We’ve been working with Atco for years, but I was only recently able to convince them of how much better the fans’ experience would be with full-range loudspeakers,” explained Kevin Rodio, president/CEO of Spellcaster Productions, the New Jersey-based live event and A/V installation company that designed and installed the new sound system. “The grounds were covered with low-fi paging horns that they were trying to pump music, in addition to announcements, through. I brought one Danley OS-80 to the dragway for a demo and managed to cover the same area that had previously been covered by fifty-plus paging horns! And of course, the fidelity was unparalleled.”

Once the dragway officials committed to the new system, they only gave Spellcaster Productions three weeks to design, procure, install and commission it. Danley and Ashly both stepped up, delivering the necessary equipment so that everything would be ready to go on Memorial Day weekend.

Rodio specified six Danley OS-80s: one for the west pit and staging area, three along the bleachers, and two more for the east pit and main staging area. “The Danley OS-80s have response down to 100Hz, compared to the horns, which got down to 800Hz if they were lucky,” he said. “And they have an incredibly competitive price-point, especially considering how much output they deliver. Finally, they’re totally weatherproof and ready for New Jersey’s cold and snow, heat and rain.”

A pair of four-channel Ashly nX1.54 amplifiers deliver 1250W to each 8ohm OS-80 loudspeaker, with front-end processing and loudspeaker conditioning provided by an Ashly ne8800 8-by-8 matrix Protea DSP.

Atco staff control the system from an Ashly FR-8 customizable, wall-mounted network fader bank, where Rodio assigned each fader to input volume for a CD player, an FM receiver, an iPod interface, two wired booth mics, and one wireless mic.

“It sounds so good that they’re excited to expand the system,” said Rodio. “We hadn’t even finished tuning the system when dragway officials started inquiring about adding more boxes to cover the remaining areas that were still being covered by the paging horns. The plan is to work that into next year’s budget.”

Danley Sound Labs
www.danleysoundlabs.com

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