Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience

One of the true perks of attending the CEDIA show are the incredible demo rooms setup by manufacturers and technology companies. Following a highly successful debut at the 2015 CEDIA home technology show, Alcons Audio returns again in 2016, with their popular Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience. This year, Alcons showcased their high end C-series home cinema system. The demo room is a joint collaboration between Alcons, Barco Residential, Dreamscreen and Trinnov. The goal of the Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience is for visitors to experience the company’s ability to deliver Hi-Fi sound at concert sound pressure levels in any size application.

The audio system, co-designed by residential integrator Cineramax of Miami, FL., is set-up as a 9.1.8 channel immersive surround configuration, comprising three Alcons Cinema Series CR3 Screen System three-way, pro-ribbon systems as L-C-R screen channels, plus fourteen CRMS pro-ribbon surround systems for the top, side, rear and overhead surrounds. Two ultra-slim 21” CB211  subwoofers will be used as LF extensions.

The system is driven by 24 channels of Sentinel amplified loudspeaker controllers, with ‘lossless’ digital feed of an AES3 96kHz signal by a Trinnov Altitude 32 processor. This also connects the media player with a Barco Athena DCI projector with up to 4500 lumens output, projecting on DreamScreen/ScreenAcoustics Ultra-HD acoustically-transparent screen fabric.

The Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience was a popular room at last year’s CEDIA show. Let’s see if they’ve made it bigger and better this year.

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