Christie®, a leader in creating and sharing the world’s best visual and
audio experiences, celebrated its 400thChristie Vive Audio™ cinema sound system installation with Showtime
Cinemas in Taiwan.
Christie Vive Audio features
efficient ribbon driver technology and a unique parabolic line array design in
a single compact cabinet to deliver exceptionally even coverage throughout any auditorium.
Christie is demonstrating its technological leadership with a brilliant
showcase of complete cinema solutions at CineAsia
2016, taking place at the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre, December 6-8.
In conjunction with Taiwanese
partner, Dacoms Technology, Showtime Cinemas purchased the 400th installation
of the Christie Vive Audio cinema sound system to complement their 17
auditoriums in the upcoming Taichung Showtime Cinemas in Taichung, Taiwan. The cinemas
will feature speakers from the Christie Vive Audio LA Series along with a Christie RGB Laser Projection System with enhanced wavelength diversification
(EWD), plus Christie CP2215, Christie CP2220, and Christie CP2230 DLP digital cinema projectors. The Showtime
Cinemas installation is the largest of any Christie customer in the Asia
Pacific region.
Willy Liao, General Manager,
Showtime Cinemas, said, “As one of the leading cinema chains in Taiwan, we have
constantly endeavored to offer the best visual and audio experience to our
patrons. Christie Vive Audio, with its unique design and amazing acoustics, perfectly
suits our needs. We’re delighted to be among the leading exhibitors in the
region to deploy state-of-the-art audio and visual solutions from Christie in
our latest cineplex in Taichung for our guests to enjoy a spectacular movie experience. ”
“Since the first components began
shipping in 2014, we have expanded the Christie Vive Audio system product
lineup to include a wide-range of speakers, amplifiers and audio-videos
processors. As the creative community pushes the envelope to deliver the most
realistic audio experience possible to moviegoers, we’ve developed these
Christie Vive audio products specifically to help production teams achieve
their creative objectives and exhibitors meet performance challenges,” said
Patrick Artiaga, director of Business Development, Christie Audio. Artiaga
added Christie Vive Audio solutions are compatible with the leading immersive
and surround audio formats in the market, including Dolby Atmos® and Auro 11.1.
Dazzling
Lineup of Christie Vive Audio at CineAsia 2016
A CineAsia 2016 highlight at the
Christie booth (#201) is Christie Vive Audio, the world’s first audio system
featuring Christie’s innovative wall and ceiling surround speakers, which
are powered by unique, ribbon-driver technology in a parabolic line array
design, purposely built for the cinema environment. Products showcased for
audio demonstrations in Christie’s booth include the LS1 line source
loudspeakers, LS2S surround
speakers and S218 subwoofer.
The Christie Vive Audio system provides a hyper-accurate audio experience and
unlocks the full dynamic range of DCI digital cinema audio and supports leading
formats such as Dolby Atmos, 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound. Featuring planar
ribbon driver technology with its low distortion and superior transient
response characteristics, the LS Series screen channels are single-enclosure
designs ideal for most 7.1 and 5.1 distributed sound applications. Christie
Vive Audio system continues to establish its reputation worldwide as the next
standard in immersive sound for cinema.
Customers Rave About Christie Vive Audio
Earlier this year, Mocha Chai
Laboratories (MCL),
Singapore’s first fully integrated digital film lab, installed the Christie
Vive Audio cinema sound system in its state-of-the-art dubbing theater to
provide the best possible cinematic audio capabilities for post-production
tasks.
Yee-Wei Chai, founder and
managing director, MCL, said: “As a post-production studio, audio quality and
performance are of paramount importance to us, so that filmmakers can fully
realize their goals in sound design. Christie Vive Audio, with its innovative
ribbon driver technology, enables us to achieve just that. We’re very impressed
by its clarity and how it delivered the audio details. We are also proud to be
the first dubbing stage in Singapore to install Christie Vive Audio, and the
first in the world to obtain Dolby Atmos certification for the most faithful
and accurate reproduction of immersive cinema audio formats.”
In October,
Cinemas
Procinal La Ceja became Colombia’s first
multiplex to adopt the Christie Vive Audio sound system. The new multiplex has
also equipped all its screens with Christie Solaria™ projectors, making it the
first all-Christie entertainment complex in Columbia.
To ensure an optimum experience
for spectators, the audio was a truly critical factor for Cinemas Procinal. The
company was looking for the best solution and that’s when Christie Vive Audio
made its appearance: “After having studied the design, configuration and
functioning of Vive Audio, we quickly realized that the capacity, quality and
dimension of sound that this technology can deliver was exactly what we were
after,” explained Juan Carlos Mayungo, managing and financial director of
Cinemas Procinal.
He went on to add: “It’s obvious
just how many hours of work and testing the Christie team dedicated to the Vive
Audio system. Our longstanding relationship with Christie meant that we were
already aware of the reliability of its projectors, so we decided to take the
next step and go for its cinema sound system.” The connection between Cinemas
Procinal and Christie goes back a long way and in fact more than half of its
roughly 150 screens throughout the country are equipped with the brand’s
projectors.
Specifically, Cinemas Procinal
has equipped its theaters at La Ceja with the Vive Audio LS Series with 7.1
distributed sound applications, including
LS1 screen channel loudspeakers,
LS1S surround loudspeakers,
S118 subwoofers, as well as a variety of
CDA Series Class D amplifiers.
In June this year, Christie
signed an agreement with
Odeon Multicines for the Spanish cinema chain to install
Christie Solaria projectors, including Christie RGB laser cinema projectors,
and Christie Vive Audio sound systems throughout its 12 screen multiplex at the
Sambil Outlet shopping mall in Madrid.
Luis Carlos Millán López, owner
of Odeon Multicines, explained: “Our goal is to introduce the latest
technological advances that will guarantee our spectators the very best sound
and image. All 12 screens will feature Dolby Atmos sound management and
Christie Vive Audio speakers and amps, which will make Odeon Multicines Sambil
Outlet the only multiplex in Spain and the second in Europe with all screens
fitted out with these two immersive and emotive sound technologies. Christie
Vive Audio Class D amplifiers, line array speakers, subwoofers, surround sound
and ceiling mounted speakers will be used throughout to unlock DCI potential
for Dolby Atmos so that every cinema seat is the best seat for sound. The end
result will be an exceptional cinema sound experience with stunning power and
performance.”
In April,
Village Cines Recoleta became Argentina's first cinema to install
the innovative Christie Vive Audio sound system. The Village Cines Recoleta
Hall 6 auditorium also includes the groundbreaking Dolby Atmos sound technology
to provide the best cinematic experience.
“Village Cines is always on the
cutting-edge of new cinema technology,” said Diego Bachiller, commercial
manager at Village Cines. “We want our customers to live a unique experience
when visiting our cinemas and we know that Vive Audio maximizes that
possibility with its clear and precise sound, being the perfect complement for
Dolby Atmos.”
