Audio applications
Fohhn Audio Solutions
FOHHNSports

Stadiums & Sports

Bowl coverage with even SPL from the front row to the upper tier — and no roof reflections.

Capacity
5k – 60k
Even SPL
± 3 dB
Rating
IP-rated
The acoustic challenge
  • Roof structures reflect energy back into the bowl and destroy intelligibility.
  • Front row and upper tier are wildly different distances from the same source.
  • Systems must double as life-safety announcement infrastructure.
The CaesarTechs engineering approach
  • Independent beams per seating tier from a single steered array position.
  • Level shading so the front rows are not punished to reach the top tier.
  • Weather-rated enclosures with redundant network paths.
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Recommended system

The stack we would specify for this environment.

Loudspeaker families
Focus Venue · Focus Modular
Amplification & DSP
System Amplifier DI-8.2000
Beam steering strategy
Tier-by-tier steered beams
Even bowl

Tight SPL window across every tier.

Safety-ready

Designed alongside mass-notification requirements.

Durable

IP-rated hardware for open-air bowls.

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Integration scope
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Mounted on roof trusses, catwalks and ring beams

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Coordinated with the scoreboard, broadcast and evacuation systems

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Structural and wind loading documented for the engineer

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Visual reference

How it looks in the space.

Stadiums & Sports audio integration reference 1
Stadiums & Sports audio integration reference 2
Stadiums & Sports audio integration reference 3
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Acoustic telemetry

The numbers behind the design.

Reverberation decay · RT60 3.2s
0 dB-60 dB
STI (predicted)
0.68
Direct / reverb
46%
SPL variance
± 5.5 dB
Throw distance
55 m
Vertical dispersion
Beam angle
-14°
Opening
10°
Mount height
18 m
Steering
Digital
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Signal chain

Microphones, UC codecs, media players and the emergency interface arrive on a redundant network layer with priority routing.

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Zone planner

Select the zones in your sports project.

Zones selected
3
Beam channels
5
Amplifier estimate
2 × DI-8.2000
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Coverage simulator

Pre-loaded with typical sports room data.

Adjust the room, steer the beam and export a branded coverage study for your project file.

Select the space
Scale

Multiple seating tiers, long distances and crowd noise. Several arrays with independent beams per zone.

ViewCovered 56/196 · marginal 14
14.0 m40.6 m
Conventional loudspeaker — same room
14.0 m40.6 m70 m × 46 m × 24 m · Stadium / arenaDesign simulation — estimated coverage, not a measurement

Click any listening position to move the virtual listener · drag the array to change mounting height · every value is a design estimate until site measurement.

Room geometry · Stadium / arena

Showing the parameters that matter most for a stadium. Switch to “Build my room” for the full geometry set.

LayersSeats covered 7/14 · drag the array, beam handle or listener
Conventional loudspeaker

Fixed vertical dispersion sprays energy at ceilings and rear walls. Reflections smear consonants.

Fohhn Beam Steering
11m22m33m44m55m-14°6.5m82 dB · 34m

Drag the array to set mounting height, drag the handle to steer, drag anywhere to move the listener.

Live acoustic telemetry
1 beam10° coverageRT60 3.2s45 dB(A)Beam locked
0 m55 mSteered line source — 3 dB / doublingConventional — 6 dB / doubling
STI gain
+57
D/R
9.0 dB
Uniformity
±2 dB
Coverage profile along the audience
Front to rear · 55 m · 1 beam at -14° / 10°
84 dB
81 dB
80 dB
78 dB
77 dB
84 dB
83 dB
82 dB
82 dB
82 dB
81 dB
81 dB
73 dB
73 dB
0 m28 m55 m
Beam steered Conventional
Front-to-rear variation
±5.4 dB
Conventional variation
±10.8 dB
Rear headroom over noise
+28 dB
Array mouth / ceiling
6.5 m of 18 m
Suggested family
Focus Venue / Focus Modular
Amplification
System Amplifier DI-8.1000

Steered energy holds level across the seating plane instead of falling away behind the first rows — indicative design estimate, not a measurement.

Live audition · hear the configuration

Real programme material — a recorded announcement, a music bed or a pink-noise test signal — played through the current room, beam and noise settings.

Audition idle
Direct / reverberant
+6.0 dB
Room decay in ear
3.2 s RT60
Noise floor
45 dB(A)

Beam on the listener at 34 m — direct sound stays forward of the room tail, articulation holds at STI 0.85. Indicative sound design simulation, not a measurement or a Fohhn recording.

Dolby surround test

Channel-by-channel identification for a 5.1 / Atmos room. Tap any speaker to fire that channel, or run the full sweep.

Listener

Output routing is detected on first playback.

Live simulation
Conventional STI
0.28
Beam steered STI
0.85
Direct / reverberant
9.0 dB
Suggested family
Focus Venue / Focus Modular
SPL at listener
82 dB
Headroom over noise
+37 dB

Beam locked on the listener — approx. +57 points of speech-intelligibility improvement versus a conventional system in the same room.

Drag inside the steered room to move the listener. Indicative simulation — not a measurement of a specific project.

Engineering study · project record
Engineering notes · auto-generated, editable

Design simulation — estimated performance until site measurement

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Typical project profile
Multi-purpose arena
Tier-split steered coverage
Open-air stadium
IP-rated long-throw system with redundancy
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Delivery program
PHASE 01
Acoustic survey

Site measurement of RT60, noise floor and geometry against the architect's model.

PHASE 02
Coverage modelling

Beam plots per zone with predicted STI and SPL maps issued as a report.

PHASE 03
Design & BOM

Loudspeaker schedule, amplifier count, cabling and containment drawn in CAD.

PHASE 04
Supply & staging

Equipment pre-configured and load-tested in the CaesarTechs facility.

PHASE 05
Installation

Mounting details coordinated with the fit-out contractor and MEP package.

PHASE 06
Commissioning & handover

On-site tuning, as-built documentation, operator training and remote monitoring.

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Engineering questions

We model the room in acoustic software and issue beam plots with predicted STI for every zone of the sports space before a single bracket is ordered.

Yes. Beams are steered digitally, so re-tuning after a fit-out change is a software session — no ladders, no re-rigging.

Slim column profiles in custom finishes, flush or recessed where the architecture allows. Most clients see nothing at first glance.

The DSP core supports prioritised emergency broadcast paths and supervised monitoring alongside the everyday program audio.

CaesarTechs provides remote monitoring, firmware management and an SLA-backed response with local engineers.

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Other audio environments
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Let's design the audio for your sports project.

Share your drawings and we will return a coverage plan, a bill of materials and a commissioning scope.

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