The State Assembly Hearing Room in the historic Rhode Island Statehouse was fitted with a new sound reinforcement system featuring the recently introduced CX896 8-inch coaxial loudspeaker from Fulcrum Acoustic.

Previously, the hearing room in the east wing of the 106 year-old structure had been plagued by poor intelligibility and severe feedback. The sound system was often turned off as a consequence, meaning there was no audio feed available for Capitol TV. The new system installed by AV Design Build, of Boston, eliminated these problems by incorporating 4 wall-mounted CX896 loudspeakers. The well-defined 90° x 60° coverage pattern of the CX896 allowed both the legislators’ dais and the gallery to be well-covered, while minimizing leakage into the witness microphones.

AV Design Build’s Richard O’Connel had this to say: “Using the CX896’s stock processor settings, I was able to turn on all 24 microphones in the room, with no automixer and no feedback – Capitol TV was thrilled with the results. And, the speakers look great. I didn’t get a single complaint about appearance, and that can be a big issue in historical spaces like this.�

About Fulcrum Acoustic
Founded in 2008, Fulcrum Acoustic seeks to advance the state-of-the-art for the professional sound reinforcement market. Fulcrum develops new methods that improve the performance of audio equipment by combining advanced signal processing techniques, never previously used in audio, with solid electro-acoustical design principles.