Besední dům is the home of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Situated in the heart of the city's old town, it is used for orchestral rehearsals, recordings and performances.
It was built in 1865-68 by the architect Teofil Hansen who also designed the great Musikverein in Vienna and it shares many of the features of that great hall including, most notably, a fabulous acoustic.
See the following list for technical equipment specifications.
Microphones
DPA 4006 (omnidirectional) x 2
DPA 3056 (stereo kit) x 1
DPA 4011 (cardiod) x 2
Schoeps MK2S (omnidirectional) x 2
Schoeps MK21 (wide cardiod) x 2
Schoeps MK4 (cardiod) x 2
all Schoeps capsules are on CMC6 bodies
Stands & Mounting
Manfrotto 004B x 4
K&M 21021 x 4
K&M 'ordinary' x 2
K&M 'short' x 1
K&M stereo bar - wide, 5 position x 3
K&M stereo bar - variable x 4
various mounting accessories (thread adaptors, spring clips, etc)
Cables
HST microphone cable, 20m x 10
StarQuad microphone cable, 10m x 10
all microphone cable black with coloured XLR rings for identification
Sommer 26 / 6 multicore, 35m x 1
Studiospares 8-way multicore, 25m x 1
Mixing Console
Yamaha DM1000 with Meterbridge x 1
Card Slot 1: ADAT card (16ch)
Card Slot 2: available / blank
Monitoring
B&W Nautilus 805 loudspeakers x 1 pair
Rotel 1072 amplifier x 1
Sennheiser HD600 open-back headphones x 1
Beyer-Dynamic DT770 closed-back headphones x1
Recorders
Merging Technology's Pyramix system x 1
v. 6.0 with Masscore 48
Mykerinos Card: MB-1
Daughter Card: ADAT (16ch + monitor jack)
Fostex CD-R x 1
Outboard
TC Electronics M3000 reverb x 1
Sonifex Redbox HD-6 headphone amplifier x 1
Talkback System x 1
(Monacor Paging Amplifier & passive speaker)