SIRKKA, Finland – The Kylpylahotelli Levintunturi spa and hotel features 220 guest rooms across 10 hotel buildings with restaurants, cafes, clubs, a bowling facility and, of course, its namesake spa. Electro Waves Oy, an installer of audio, lighting and water systems, provided the sound reinforcement system that was needed to fulfill the property's needs.
"The new D.A.S. Audio loudspeaker systems are designed to provide ambience (thunder and lightning, music and nature sounds) throughout the spa," noted Jyti Alander, sales director for Electro Waves Oy, who led the project. "In the bowling area, the system is intended for loud background music that creates an upbeat atmosphere. Additionally, there are paging capabilities and, of course, the system handles emergency evacuation notification tasks."
Alander installed D.A.S. Audio Variant 112A powered, two-way, full-range enclosures and the Variant 18A powered subwoofers, which are specifically designed for the installation market.
The spa's flown Variant enclosures were chosen in part for their ability to easily blend into the environment. The system includes eight Variant 112As split into two clusters, while two Variant 18A subwoofers handle low-frequency.
The bowling area contains eight Variant 112A loudspeakers – one in each bowling track – plus two Variant 18A subwoofers, which reside in the room's central pillar.
The audio system is mixed by a ClearOne PSR1212 digital matrix mixer, which handles digital signal processing and audio routing responsibilities. An AMX NI-3000 NetLinx 8in/8out integrated controller is connected to the system.
Alander credited the loudspeakers for ease of installation and tuning, and also for their dispersion characteristics and coverage. "When combined with the LED lighting and digital video effects that we also deployed, the ambience is really quite striking. It's the perfect place to escape to for some much needed R&R."
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