Keiluhollin becomes the second major bowling complex to be opened in Reykjavik. Jakob Kristinsson, of ETOS, comments, "In 2006 I installed a non-Peavey system into another [bowling] venue, but now, seven years on, all three of the audio processors have broken down, so I knew I had to come up with a much more flexible solution this time round," he explains. "It quickly became clear that the only system that would tick all the boxes was Peavey's MediaMatrix: it's extremely powerful; it's reliable; and it was the only way we could guarantee perfect audio to the entire building."
To cover the venue's 20 'stereo plus subwoofer' zones, two NION n6s were deployed along with CAB 16i and CAB 16o CobraNet breakout boxes to generate 96 analogue I/O (44 inputs and 52 outputs). 20 Crest Audio CC amplifiers were used to generate the required 64kW of power.
"With NION, you have almost endless possibilities in terms of I/O expansion: you just add on a unit, which is what we did with the CABs; also, the processing power is simply fantastic; I don't know another system that could have dealt so easily with 20 stereo zones and subwoofers," he continues. "I'm also really impressed with the Crest Audio [CC] Amps. They're running really well, they don't get hot, and they also look nice, which is quite unusual for an amp."
In addition to the overall Crestron system, Kristinsson was required to supply a backup control system which included several of Peavey's flexible nTouch 180 and nTouch 60 touch screen controllers.
"I'm glad to say, the MediaMatrix nTouch series is easy to configure and very intuitive," he says, "and personally it was a great opportunity for me to get acquainted with the product."
The project was completed over a two-month period and everything went smoothly, Kristinsson says, though he admits he was a little nervous as to how things would turn out at the beginning, given the fact that it was his first NION project.
"You never quite know how it will go when you adopt a new product - it always feels like a bit of a gamble; but after putting faces to names when visiting the Peavey guys for a MediaMatrix Training Seminar, we were totally reassured," he says. "The challenge was always going to be sorting out the configuration of the system, but the Peavey team helped us program the NIONs and the support in general that they provided throughout the project was second to none."
(Jim Evans)
