theaters in the US still using VOTTs

[LICORNE]

thinking

Sorry, but I don't have quite enough historical info under my belt yet to know what Don's method of EQ involved. You've certainly got my interest though. Any way to get a little more detail on it?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It has to do with EQ using either one or four omnidirectional microphones. The Eq uses 1/3 octave 27-band or parametric.

Back to Topic 1.

There's one theatre in VA using 3 Altec Simplex
Main and Altec surround.




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[LICORNE]

The theatre is Williamsburg Theatre - Pictures
428 W. Duke of Gloucester St.
Williamsburg, VA. 23185

http://www.redballoon.net/~snorwood/wmbgpics/




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[martyh45]

Shoot, I need one of those 805s.

[LICORNE]

It's easier to upgrade and less costly.


one can chouse a larger horn like MR-94 or MR 945
You can upgrade the 515 also. The Dolby digital soundtrack has a dynamic range of 104 DB and Fr response from 20hz to 20 khz.

http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...ro/1993-26.JPG

http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...ro/1993-31.JPG

http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...515g/page2.jpg

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[LICORNE]

The Crest theater with 6 A-2 Altecs.
The Crest Theatre
1013 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

http://www.thecrest.com/rental_info/..._film_spec.cfm


PROCESSOR:
Dolby CP-100, cat 150E, type A & SR
NON-SYNC:
CD and cassette
AMPLIFICATION:
QSC 1400
CENTER SPEAKER SYSTEM:
2 - Altec A-2 w/ JBL 2425 HF, biamp
LEFT + RIGHT SPEAKER SYSTEM:
2 - Altec A-2 w/ JBL 2425 HF, biamp
SURROUND SPEAKER SYSTEM:
8 - Altec 12 "surrounds"




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[RacerXX]

Six A2's ?

That would be twelve 210 cabinets.......

Ooooooo.......... that's 8 more than I've got.

Wonder if it's loud.....

Are the wings on the cabinets ?

Seating for about 1000 ???

I've got a copy of an old Altec sales brochure around here somewhere that says an A2 system
is appropriate for theaters of not more than
2800 seats. I think it implies that they're
talking about two 210's per side. I'll see
if I can find it.

[LICORNE]

I read it the other day and it's for 1600 seats and over. I wonder if they reduced capacity with new seats. That would cut 400 seats.

Now the screen is 44 feet wide . The 6 A-2 with out the wings would come up to 40 feet.

Now there is always space behind the proscenium
and there is masking also on a screen.

They could probably have some wings open and others closed.

Also:
It could be a different combination of 2 A-2 in the center and one A-2 for each left and right side.
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[Old Guy]

I'm almost in the center of Ohio. I'm gonna hit some of the small towns around this summer and do some pics of the systems. there's a lot of Altec still left in the little towns.

[LICORNE]

Dubbing theater in Hollywood by Ted Gomillion.

B Chain " It's complement of 5 Altec A2 speaker systems with sub-woofers and AB surround system made it a superb and accurate sound studio".

http://www.immortalclassics.com/ted.htm



Like father like son. Here is dialogue replacement 101 by Jeff Gomillion .

http://mixonline.com/recording/appli...ent/index.html


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[LICORNE]

Cinema West Fortuna Theatre
Fortuna, CA, USA


The Killer sound system in the 'Big Fortuna': Dolby CP500 with SRD, CFS monitor, biamped stage channels with QSC 1400 amplifiers for all channels, Altec A4 stage speakers, Altec horns, and EV TS8-2 Surrounds. Note the little CFS automation system.

http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/p...a/fortuna.html

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