Arena di Verona
Holy Week and the Pope's visit
Religious holidays in Italy are often the occasion for larger events. Holy Week in particular, with the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Christ, is one of the most important days in the Catholic Church. To mark this occasion, the Via Crucis, or Stations of the Cross, was staged in the Arena di Verona with the title "Justice and Peace". The Pope visited shortly afterwards.
A total of 24x K.M.E. QL 906 with 4x K.M.E. QLB 118 distributed over 4 stacks were used to provide sound for the Stations of the Cross performance. The excellent, homogeneous sound distribution for the 5,000 spectators received particular praise. Many thanks to E. Mazzi and his team from MeQuadro Show Service for the successful performance.
Arena di Verona Products used
Line Source Element QL 906 90° x 6°
The 2-way line source unit QL 906 is equipped with two 1“ drivers coupled to a waveformer and two 8“ neodymium speakers combined with outstanding AQF acoustic filters. This filters, compounds of reticulated aminoplastic foams, dampen standing waves inside the speaker system and cancel parasetical side-lobars within the working direction, creating a wide while smooth horizontal dispersion and a perfect vertical scalability.
High Power Subwoofer QLB 118 X Flying Version
The direct-radiating high-performance subwoofer is equipped with a new developed 18” subwoofer with tetra coil & dual voice coil. The tunnel design of the bass reflex casing has been optimized to minimize air flow noise. These innovations distinctly increase the sound and reproduction quality. Hence the QLB 118 X sound tight and feature a proper impulse response without loosing the deep bass reproduction of a 18“ subwoofer. It is recommended as a universal subwoofer for creating powerful bass arrays in combination with the line array and hybrid elements of the PANO series. Its mechanical construction provides the KME typical stability. Functional details set new standards – perfectly placed handles, stacking elements and the QLB 118X with the integrated Quick Release Hardware system which enables flying and groundstacking in combination with the PANO line array elements.
