athens 2004

A total success:
pre-Olympic tour in Athens
From the 13th to the 16th May, planners and sound specialists from all over the world converged on Athens, the city hosting the 2004 Olympics, to inspect the sound systems in place for the games. What was most striking is that everywhere you look in Athens, you see equipment from EVI Audio
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Olympic Games 2004:
huge run on tickets
The demand for tickets for the Olympics has turned out to be greater than expected. As a result, some of the open-air arenas are being forced to expand their seating capacity — but not their audio systems…
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All options open:
Temporary installations for the Athens Olympics
Many of the competition arenas for the Olympics in Athens will be dismantled after the Games. The sound reinforcement designers are installing temporary sound systems but nonetheless no compromises are being accepted in terms of quality and reliability
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Olympic Games 2004:
Olympic Gallop with Electro-Voice
An Electro-Voice sound reinforcement system is already in place in the Olympic Equestrian Center in Athens. Omikron Control S.A. cleared all the installation hurdles with ease
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The Olympics in Athens:
Broadcasters rely on Telex tools
As was the case at the Sydney Olympics, most of the major broadcasting networks covering the Games in Athens were using tools from RTS/Telex. In the control rooms, too, of Athens Olympics Broadcasting (AOB), the nerve centre of the entire operation, two large RTS/Telex matrices formed the core of the system
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