FEATURES: INSTALLATION
thing I’ve learned from this job is
management, which was quite a
steep learning curve, and how to
communicate with and educate the
end user, teaching them how to use
the systems once they were up and
running. This included training for
the A-T radio mics and goosenecks.
I’m quite con dent that they are fully
able to use all the systems we’ve
installed.’
More than 1,000 LAX HCT series
ceiling speakers have been installed
throughout the hotel’s themed
restaurants, corridors, bars and
conference rooms. In addition, both
ballrooms have been installed with
L-Acoustics KARAi modular line
source speakers, with a left-right
hang of six per-side in each room.
In addition, the larger ballroom is
also installed with 24 L-Acoustics
12XTi high performance coaxial
loudspeakers. A total of 30 AudioTechnica U857 cardioid condenser
quick-mount gooseneck mics
are also being used in the larger
ballrooms.
The Ruifeng team was also
responsible for the installation of
Audio-Technica wireless microphone
systems in the ballrooms and the 26
multipurpose meeting rooms. Most of
these rooms are of a similar size and
can accommodate around 30 people;
however one is a smaller, more
luxurious VIP meeting room designed
for just 10 delegates.
‘Audio-Technica has a good
relationship with Ruifeng, and they
use a lot of our products for their
installations,’ says Freddie Wong,
Audio-Technica’s director, sales
and marketing, Greater China.
The relationship between the two
companies was cemented during the
Beijing Olympic Games, for which
Inside one of the multifunction rooms
The Audio-Technica and LAX teams in one of
the multipurpose meeting rooms
Ruifeng and LAX were awarded
a number of contracts for xed
installation projects. This was further
strengthened during the Asian
Games, and the companies now work
together on installations in stadia,
schools and for government projects.
Each room uses Audio-Technica
ATW-2120a Frequency-agile True
Diversity UHF wireless systems, with
a combination of U857QM, ES937aH
and ES935ML6 gooseneck mics and
AT8668S anti-shock mic stands for
each system. Representatives from
Audio-Technica in Japan travelled to
the hotel earlier this year and were
impressed with what they saw. ‘It
was a good opportunity to see such
a large, multiple use of our systems,’
says Yuki Otomo, from the company’s
pro audio product planning team.
‘The amazing thing is that they all
work simultaneously. There are a lot
of meeting rooms in the venue and
they are using many of the systems
at the same time. To design a system
which is able to work together is not
easy, so I was impressed with how
they have done this.’
‘From previous experience
of working with our brand, the
technicians at Ruifeng recognised
that Audio-Technica mics are very
suitable for conference rooms in
terms of sensitivity and directivity,’
says Mr Wong. ‘They are very exible;
in other words it’s not critical where
you place the mics inside a room.
The setup allocates six goosenecks
to each of the meeting rooms, which
can be used by one person or several
sharing it. However, additional
mics can be moved from the other
rooms to join the system if more
are required. Rooms are usually
set up in classroom style, with the
six units placed in the front row for
the speakers, but again the system
allows a great deal of exibility if this
con guration needs to be different.’
The meeting rooms have now been
open for several months, and by all
accounts business has already been
brisk. All of the rooms are in regular
use, and business events have
included a 1,000-delegate AGM for
US pharmaceutical giant P zer.
Ruifeng also installed other areas of
the hotel with sound reinforcement
equipment, including Electro-Voice
Evid C12.2 ceiling speakers in the
entrance porch of the convention
centre, eight in the entrance of the
larger ballroom and 16 in the smaller
ballroom. Enewave loudspeakers
have been used for the hotel lobby,
with a system of eight Lark 8
loudspeakers, four VS8 loudspeakers
and four Lark LS15 subwoofers.
The ballroom ready for a function
Having spent six months overseeing
systems integration at the Hengqin
Bay Hotel, Mr Wang is now doing the
same at two more hotels which will
also serve the resort. ‘I’ve learned
a lot from this project and am sure
these new skills will help with the
other two buildings,’ he says.
Once the International Ocean
Resort is fully open later this year,
China will boast a leisure and
business destination the likes of
which the world has never seen.
www.audio-technica.com.hk
www.laxpro.net
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