For more than 40 years, Ocean County College in Toms River has been a popular destination for new graduates, drawing a wide range of students from across the area. The school's notable alumni include New Jersey's own native son, Bruce Springsteen.
OCC's Athletics Hall and Gymnasium, a multi-use facility used for games, practices, classes, and other events, was recently treated to a new sound system to replace its aging 1970s era system. The design-build project was handled by Blackwood, NJ-based JD Sound and Video, and features Community Professional's R-Series loudspeakers and iBOX subwoofers.
"The original system, which was installed in the early 1970s, featured some of Community's first hand-moulded horns," explains JD Sound's Joe DiSabatino. "When the college decided to put in a new system, they went around listening to other schools' systems and were once again convinced that Community had the best solution."
The distributed system is comprised of 20 R.5COAX two-way loudspeakers, painted black to blend in with the venue's dark beamed ceiling. The R.5s are hung in pairs, with one loudspeaker covering a portion of the bleachers and the other directed to the main floor. A pair of iBOX i215LVS subwoofers hung left and right along a central beam provide powerful bottom end. The system is powered by Crown CTS and CDI amplification, with a Rane RPM2 DSP unit providing system drive and processing.
"The room has a folding wall that can divide it in half," says DiSabatino, "and the system can be configured to route any sound source to either side of the system for maximum flexibility."
