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Royal Albert Hall unveils £2 million sound system upgrade
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 3 April 2019
London’s Royal Albert Hall has unveiled a new £2 million speaker system, which aims to make the quality of sound in the auditorium exactly the same wherever you sit.
Comprising 465 new speakers and nearly a mile of cable, the new set up is the largest single-room speaker system in the world and took six months of overnight shifts to install. It’s the first update to the venue’s sound system since acoustic ‘mushrooms’ were placed over the ceiling of the dome in 1969 to combat echo.
“Regardless of how much you paid for a ticket, you deserve to hear a great performance”, says Steve Jones of audio company D&B Audiotechnik, which built the new system. “These changes really democratise the sound”.
Although the new sound system was first heard in action at the recent Teenage Cancer Trust shows, the final bits of work on it all were completed yesterday. It will now be officially unveiled at this Sunday’s Olivier Awards.
