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Auracast location profile: The Ropetackle Arts Centre

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/sig-ropetackle-profile/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • Bluetooth SIG
  • Bluetooth SIG (bluetooth.com)

Trade body (Bluetooth SIG marketing material; the SIG is an industry association funded by its member companies and owns the Auracast trademark)

Summary

The trademark owner's profile of a 200-seat UK arts centre that replaced a failing infrared system with a low-cost Auracast kit after loop quotes of about £10,000.

Key findings

  • Says the 200-seat community arts centre in Shoreham-by-Sea relied on an ageing infrared system that had begun to fail, with no replacement parts or spares, and whose limited coverage meant users had to sit in the centre of the auditorium.
  • States that its primary goal was to replace the failing headphones, and that when "quotes for traditional loop systems came in at around £10,000 GBP, the cost presented a significant barrier".
  • Reports that, on a recommendation and with advice from a contact installing Auracast in a nearby church, the centre ran a "low-cost trial" with a do-it-yourself kit of two broadcasters and four headphones, connected to the sound desk with XLR splitters, as a full replacement for the infrared system.
  • Says volunteers needed about five minutes to learn the Auracast headphones, users preferred them to the old lanyard receivers, coverage removed the seating limits, and two patrons had connected directly through their hearing aids; it adds that awareness of Auracast among UK hearing-aid users is still growing.
  • The Deployment section identifies the trial kit as two HomeSpot BA210v2 broadcasters and four headphones; headphone models are not stated.

Limits

Promotional material from the trademark owner, with no price for the Auracast kit, no measurements and no account of how hearing-aid users without Auracast are served: the kit described consists of broadcasters and headphones, and the page does not mention neckloops. The loop quotes are reported second-hand, without the loop design or room details. The page shows no date (copyright 2026).

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www.bluetooth.com/auracast/auracast-location-profile-the-ropetackle-arts-centre

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Bluetooth SIG. Auracast location profile: The Ropetackle Arts Centre. Bluetooth SIG (bluetooth.com). n.d. https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/auracast-location-profile-the-ropetackle-arts-centre/ (accessed 13 October 2026).

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