Renkus-Heinz ICLive boosts Java ballroom
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The 11-storey hospital encompasses 11,000sq.m with beds for up to 350 patients. The hospital deployed steerable loudspeakers from Renkus-Heinz in their ballroom to deliver highly intelligible audio for medical seminars.
The hospital turned to PT Kairos Multi Jaya, Renkus-Heinz’s Indonesian distributor together with PT DKSI, for help outfitting the audio system in the ballroom. They recommended Renkus-Heinz’s ICLive X Series of steerable arrays to meet the hospital’s goals of even coverage and high intelligibility. The ICLive X Series provides complete customisation of room coverage through individually steerable beams, and the loudspeakers’ high directivity made them the best choice for the hospital’s ballroom.
“There was no acoustic treatment in the ballroom, so the reverberation was considerable. Complicating matters further was that one wall consisted almost entirely of windows,” said Damaran Kristanto, system designer with Kairos Multi Jaya. “We chose ICLive X to direct sound to the audience and avoid areas without acoustic treatment. The loudspeakers are also slim and very easy to install, and the SPL was high enough that delay loudspeakers were not required.”
Kairos Multi Jaya installed two arrays in the ballroom, each comprised of one ICLX and one ICLXL. Four ICLX-118S subwoofers rounded out the system.
The hospital staff was thrilled with the audio performance. Meetings and seminars are intelligible throughout the ballroom, even for participants sitting towards the back. The full-range response of ICLive X paired with subwoofers was also an excellent choice for social gatherings in the ballroom involving live and recorded music.
“We’ll continue using ICLive X for challenging acoustic environments like the hospital’s ballroom,” said Kristanto. “The system works brilliantly, and we haven’t received any complaints. The beam steering is second to none for reverberant spaces.”
