MINNEAPOLIS — Working with Anthony James Partners, Parsons Electric installed more than 100 JBL loudspeakers within Williams Arena, a.k.a. “The Barn,” the 14,625-capacity home of the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers men’s and women’s basketball teams. “We had a reverberation time of about seven seconds,” noted Parsons Electric’s Tim Habedank. “The shape of Williams lent itself to a line array system because the hanging points were far enough away from the seating that we needed speakers that would cover a large area,” Habedank added. “Williams has three seating levels, so we were able to direct the boxes to the different levels as needed.” Parsons Electric installed eight line arrays, each comprised of six JBL VRX- 932LA-1 Constant Curvature loudspeakers, along with two additional arrays of four VRX932LA-1 loudspeakers each for court coverage. The system also features four subwoofer clusters, each with three JBL ASB6128 subs, while 20 Control 30 loudspeakers are installed for upper balcony fill with 48 Control 29AV loudspeakers for lower balcony fill. In addition, Parsons Electronic separated the VRX system into three zones—one for each level—so each zone can be controlled discretely with a touchpanel. “For events that don’t require the full system, the top two levels of speakers can be turned of if only the lower level speakers are required,” Habedank said. “Or the top level can be turned of if only the lower and middle levels need to be reached. The system is easily configurable depending on the requirements of each event.”