Oakland’s historic Fox Theater has entered a new era of live sound with the installation of a Meyer Sound system built around Panther line array loudspeakers.
The system replaces a Meyer Sound Lyon-based rig that had served the venue since 2016.
The upgrade was driven by Another Planet Entertainment (APE), which operates the Fox Theater as part of a portfolio of high-profile venues and festivals across the West Coast.
The system was designed and installed by Bay Area integrator UltraSound with support from Meyer Sound and in collaboration with the Fox Theater’s in-house crew. Key goals included optimising coverage under the balcony and ensuring even SPL throughout the complex space, from the front rows to the back bar.
The new system centers around 16 Panther large-format linear array loudspeakers per side in the main arrays, 12 2100-LFC low-frequency control elements, and three Ultra-X20 compact point source loudspeakers and two Ultra-X40 compact point source loudspeakers for fill coverage, all driven by four Galileo Galaxy 816 Network Platforms.
