Baltic's River Terrace is a function room featuring an outdoor balcony that stretches out along the banks of the River Tyne. When local hospitality operator Fresh Express, who look after both on site restaurants and the buildings fantastic private hire spaces were looking to up-grade the facilities in the room, they called in Gary Nicholson of Newcastle based Rock Warehouse to ensure top notch sound and light facilities would be at the heart of the room, making it the perfect destination for a party to remember.
Trusting long time favoured brand HK Audio to deliver again, Rock Warehouse installed six IL8.1 loudspeakers from HK Audio's Installation Line, custom painted to discretely blend with the industrial décor of the venue. The IL8.1's, mounted on HK Audio's dedicated MB4 brackets, and powered by three Lab.gruppen E8:2 amplifiers, provide intelligibility at all volume levels and have been sited to cover the room seamlessly.
For higher energy occasions featuring a band or DJ, Rock Warehouse have also provided an independent HK Audio system comprising two Premium PR:O 10X mid-hi enclosures augmented by two x PR:O 210 SUB's. This configuration delivers potent performance from a very compact system, which can be easily carried in and set up at either end of the room in no time thanks to custom made patch panels which provide signal feed and system control courtesy of a Lab.gruppen IPD2400 amplifier.
(Jim Evans)
