Offering a spectacular vista across Darling Harbor, the Hard Rock Café Sydney has quickly established itself as a favorite waterfront destination for entertainment and dining. The 500+ capacity venue includes a lounge bar, outdoor balcony dining area, and a live performance area. The Hard Rock Café chain continues to d
Offering a spectacular vista across Darling Harbor, the Hard Rock Café Sydney has quickly established itself as a favorite waterfront destination for entertainment and dining. The 500+ capacity venue includes a lounge bar, outdoor balcony dining area, and a live performance area. The Hard Rock Café chain continues to depend on reinforced back ground music, foreground and live Professional Audio systems to ensure its' patrons remain in an upbeat mood.
The original Pro Audio system was deemed unsatisfactory to the needs of the Sydney outlet and so VisionX were called upon to install a digital solution designed by principal ICT consultant Mal Barnes from Umow Lai. “The venue required 8 zones of sound distribution and control, which was ideal as the PLENA matrix comes with an 8x8 DSP mixer and loudspeaker processor with fixed DSP architecture, making it easier for the contractor to achieve a consistent result.” To ensure a powerful sound reinforcement, the VisionX team installed a sound system consisting of Electro-Voice loudspeakers, amps and subwoofers.
Owing to the long operations hours of the venue, the VisionX team were restricted to refitting the resultant Bosch/Electro-Voice sound system within one week during nights once the final patrons had departed. Fortunately, with its single-cable approach, PLENA Matrix provided efficient and quick system setup. Wireless remote control is offered via an App downloadable to IOS mobile devices including an iPad and iPhone. In a venue that boasts a Save the World mural, intelligent energy management boosts its' credentials in which Bosch motion detectors enhance amplifiers with Auto-Standby mode when zones are inactive.
Until recently, such a refit would have been very challenging - but not anymore”, concluded Mr. Barnes. “In addition, the PLENA Matrix system is fully programmable and the staff here can be flexible with the zones. For price conscious installations, the savings in long term power consumption and initial installation costs are attractive benefits to any owner or manager.”