Not surprisingly, the technical installations including the hotel-wide audio system, had to meet the exacting specifications demanded by such a prestigious venue. Crest Audio distributors, Telesine Sound & Lighting Systems A.S., who were involved with the project from the beginning, specified and installed a Crest Audio-driven system based on Martin Audio loudspeakers and Crest Performance consoles and signal processors.
As Telesine's Firat Akin pointed out, this is a huge installation deploying a total of 72 Crest Audio amplifiers of varying types as well as six mixing consoles and 24 signal processors from Crest Performance aross 10 different zones throughout the complex.
"The customer wanted the ability for high quality audio to be able to be diffused across the entire development," noted Akin. "Some of the zones like the Atrium audio system are designed as background sound systems, but the majority, like those in the nightclub, ballroom, amphitheatre and hippodrome are full-on foreground sound systems that need to be powerful without being overwhelming, and of course, extremely high quality.
"We were able to fulfill all the clients requirements concerning power amplification, signal processing, and audio mixing from the comprehensive product range from Crest. In fact, now that Crest Performance has ventured into the loudspeaker market and makes some excellent products, we were even able to create a 100% Crest audio system for the Pier using eight LQ-12 loudspeakers along with a CPC 1223 2-way stereo three-way mono crossover and a CPQ 1215 dual 15-band graphic EQ powered by two CC 4000s and a CA 18 for a first-rate mobile set-up. For us it's a huge advantage to be able to count on just one supplier for so much of the equipment, especially when it's equipment that we are extremely familiar with, and, more importantly, in which we have complete confidence. This is an installation of which we are justly proud, and a real showcase for Crest."
(Jim Evans)
