Nairobi hotel gets the five-star audio treatment
Nairobi hotel gets the five-star audio treatment
The five-star Kwetu Nairobi hotel recently opened featuring an extensive remit of audio from MC², Martin Audio and Funktion-One. The solution was supplied by Audio Feed, which worked closely with integrators Frontier Audio Africa to deliver the systems. The venue is a Curio Collection by Hilton Hotel and offers wide-ranging facilities to cater for guests and businesses alike, with over 100 guest rooms and 10 meeting rooms, a fitness centre, bars, restaurants and entertainment spaces.
Audio Feed’s Oz Jefferies noted that the project deployed a range of MC² Delta amplification, with and without DSP, throughout. “We have a longstanding relationship with MC² Audio and have used MC² and partner company XTA’s amplifiers for the majority of our work over the last 15 years or so,” he said. “The reliability and durability of the units simply can’t be questioned – their Dante compatibility, particularly on an install of this size and complexity, is also highly desirable.”
Throughout the hotel, almost 150 Martin Audio ADORN series ceiling pendant speakers have been installed in areas including the reception, restaurants, bars, bathrooms, gym, corridors, walkways, relaxation areas, meeting rooms, barber shop, spa facilities, lifts, staircases and courtyard. Nine MC² Delta 20 four-channel Dante-enabled amplifiers drive the speakers.
Powering sound in the entertainment spaces including the rooftop bar, conservatory, tropical garden, pool areas and atrium are a variety of Funktion-One loudspeakers powered by two MC² Delta 80 DSP, three Delta 40 DSP and one Delta 20 four-channel Dante-enabled amplifiers.
To handle complex routing between spaces, a Biamp Tesira Server-IO processors was installed, utilising the bidirectional Dante capabilities of the MC² Delta DSP amplifiers.
“Frontier’s work at Kwetu, a project which they procured by virtue of their excellent reputation, was exceptional and we look forward to powering many more installations in the region with MC²’s ultra-dependable hardware,” concluded Jefferies.
Joe Sirha of Frontier Audio Africa remarked: “We are enlivened to have installed the MC² Delta Series range of processing amps to power the 200+ speakers, spread across the entire hotel. They are really efficient and allow for crystal-clear audio.”
