With both its indoor and outdoor pool areas as well as general communal spaces addressed by a new audio system, the popular Álftaneslaug swimming pool in Garðabær, Iceland, has become the latest exercise and relaxation destination to use a Symetrix processing system.

The installation – which was designed by Bjarni Friðriksson in collaboration with Reykjavík-based systems supplier Pfaff hf – uses a Zone Mix 761 fixed-architecture DSP in combination with ARC-SW4e wall panels, for flexible mixing and paging across the multi-zone site.

With a team featuring Sales Manager Bragi Kort, long-term Symetrix user Pfaff hf was also responsible for installing the new equipment: ‘The Zone Mix 761’s plug-and-play design and its high input and output count made this an ideal choice for the project,’ says Kort. ‘Along with the ARC-SW4 wall panels – which provide very straightforward control over source selection and preset triggering – Álftaneslaug now has a highly effective paging configuration covering multiple zones.’

The installation also includes equipment loudspeakers APart Audio, Soundtube and Tannoy, and the Kort reports the pool’s operator is ‘very happy with the easy operation of the system – I think they regard it as idiot proof’.

Increasingly finding its way into theme parks, entertainment venues and other high-density public spaces, the Zone Mix 761 adds ARC-Web browser-based interfacing capability to the functionality of its predecessor, the Zone Mix 760.

‘The 761 is popular because it’s optimised for the specification of zone mixing and paging, and features a beautiful and intuitive user interface,’ says Mark Ullrich, Symetrix International Sales Manager. ‘Year after year, we’re seeing marked growth even with a relatively mature product which really goes to underline the enduring popularity of this solution.’

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