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Topic: Collusieum -Oslo Shown On Learning Channel
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Ari Nordström
Master Film Handler
Posts: 283
From: Göteborg, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-03-2000 05:38 PM
They have a pair of Victoria 8 projectors equipped with everything from mag heads to DTS (70mm, too, and they've even used the equipment on occasion), SRD, and SDDS. The processor is a CP500, and there is a Dolby MPU with the CP200 colour scheme (a leftover from a CP200; they switched two years ago). There is a huge stack of QSC power amps, and, of course, the customary THX box (the Colosseum is supposed to be the world's largest THX auditorium).Incidentally, until two years ago, they had a pair of DP70's, and while I have heard mostly good things about the V8, the switch is still a mystery to me. The auditorium is circular and more than 50 metres in diameter. The screen is heavily curved and about 25 metres wide. The dome you mentioned is quite high, but I'm afraid I don't have any numbers to offer there. The speakers are JBL: five 5674's and six 4645C's behind the screen, and at least thirty of what looked like 8340's to handle the surrounds. I could be wrong about the number of subwoofers, though. The auditorium is big enough to warrant two more... It's the only theatre I know of that uses the JBL three-way speakers, BTW. When we were about to renew our equipment, one of the contractors we considered listed the Colosseum as their most important merit and told me about the 5674's. They wanted us to have those, too, but in the end we went for the slightly smaller JBL line...
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Ari Nordström
Master Film Handler
Posts: 283
From: Göteborg, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-04-2000 02:16 PM
In Stockholm, there is a wonderful old theatre named Astoria. The place is huge and used to run lots and lots of 70mm features. And until a year or so ago, they had a CP200 with all kinds of AUX racks, 70mm capacity, everything. The equipment was not new, but well proven and worked just fine.But then, for some reason they switched to a CP500, and SOLD THE MPU...! I know this for a fact since we bought that MPU when we renewed our sound. You explain this; I can't. This thing with the popularity of the CP500 is a bit weird. I tried to convince our management to get a CP200 if at all possible, but was quickly voted down. Everybody was against me in this from the management to the tech (who should know better). Not that I don't like the CP500; I do, but there are things that it just won't do.
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