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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Audio-Technica SpectraPulse® UWB Wireless Microphone System Chosen
for NYPD Headquarters Auditorium
— Massive amounts of RF and microwave interference make the New York City Police
Department’s headquarters in downtown Manhattan a difficult environment for a wireless
microphone system, but an A-T SpectraPulse® system solved all of the interference issues —
GOVCOMM 13, WASHINGTON, D.C., December 4, 2013 — The New York City Police
Department’s headquarters building in downtown Manhattan is understandably a challenging
RF environment. Inside, the 500-plus-seat auditorium is used for all manner of presentations
using wireless microphones, as well as video teleconferencing, for applications that can range
from officer graduations and assemblies to large-scale counter-terrorism strategy and
information exchanges with other police and security agencies around the world. As good as
the sound components in the auditorium are, the existing wireless microphone systems had
been experiencing RF interference, feedback and other problems as a result of being mounted
on a pair of movable podiums. These are necessary to make the auditorium as flexible as
possible, but it made the wireless audio system vulnerable. The solution was the installation of
a SpectraPulse® Ultra Wideband (UWB) Wireless Microphone System from Audio-Technica
(booth 222), a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 50 years. The system, which
incorporates four drm141 Digital Receiver Modules, one aci707 Audio Control Interface, one
rcu104 Receiver Coordinator Unit, two mtu201 XLR Desk Stand Transmitters, and two
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ES915ML MicroLine® condenser gooseneck microphones, completely solved the RF
interference and feedback issues the auditorium had been experiencing. The SpectraPulse
system was installed by longtime A-T users Monte Bros. Sound Systems of Dobbs Ferry,
NY.
Steve Minozzi, Co-Director of Monte Bros. Sound Systems, says the A-T SpectraPulse
technology cleanly addressed what he called a “wireless nightmare.” “The problem is too much
interference, just too much going on in the building, and it’s in lower Manhattan, which is
already a crowded RF area, so we weren’t able to get a clean dependable signal from the
previous wireless system installed there,” he explains. “So we went to the SpectraPulse, which
is UWB – ultra wide band transmission by packets – which is not subject to interference. And
considering the sensitive information that the NYPD may be discussing, the SpectraPulse’s
high level of data encryption was an added plus.”
Despite the dense RF environment around and within the auditorium, and the large steel
beams used in its construction that can also hinder RF communications, the SpectraPulse
system came through, thanks to the Ultra Wideband technology at the heart of SpectraPulse
that avoids the RF interference issues associated with conventional VHF, UHF and 2.4 GHz
wireless systems. Further, since no frequency coordination is required for all 14 channels to
operate simultaneously, SpectraPulse is easy to both set up and operate. “There was literally
nothing else that could have addressed this as well as the SpectraPulse system,” says
Minozzi.
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Celebrating over 50 years of audio excellence worldwide, Audio-Technica is a leading
innovator in transducer technology, renowned for the design and manufacture of microphones,
wireless microphones, headphones, mixers, and electronics for the audio industry.
—For more information on the complete range of Audio-Technica products, contact
Karen Emerson, Audio-Technica U.S., Inc., 1221 Commerce Drive, Stow, OH 44224.
Tel: (330) 686-2600; Fax: (330) 688-3752; Web: www.audio-technica.com
Audio-Technica is exhibiting at booth 222 at GovComm 13 in Washington, D.C.
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