Billed as the ‘most famous Wirtshaus in the world’, the large Festsaal in Munich’s Hofbräuhaus recently saw Johnny Logan, Günter Sigl & Band, the Paul Daly Band perform together with Munich’s Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter to raise money for the Munich homeless. Managing the sound for this special concert were M7 owner Stefan Linnerer and rk Light & Sound’s Ralph Kirchbeck.
To offer suitable sound reinforcement for the 700 guests in the room, Kirchbeck relied on dBTechnologies’ VIO L210m, which the company has just added to its rental package.
‘This was the first time that we took care of the sound reinforcement in the venerable Hofbräuhaus Festsaal,’ Kirchbeck says. ‘We also used our newly acquired VIO L210 system for the first time, and the job went very smoothly. We could manage the rather difficult acoustic conditions in the Festsaal by a thorough calculation with Ease Focus 3 and measuring with Smaart 8.
‘Naturally, we adjusted and operated the full system with the Auroranet control tool. The responses we received after the show were very positive. The Lord Mayor of Munich himself, Dieter Reiter, gave us the best feedback for the event. Plus the all the other artists and technicians were also very satisfied.’
In total, rk Light & Sound used two hangs of eight VIO L210 modules as the main array, for a uniform sounding up to the back row. Supporting equipment were four VIO X205 (60° x 60°) as near fill and two VIO X12 as out fill for other areas. Four VIO Subs in front of the stage provided the bass foundation.
‘To accompany another well-known sound reinforcement brand that we have on offer, we were looking for an additional system that was both economical and powerful,’ Ralph Kirchbeck explains. ‘The economic benefits refer to the lower acquisition costs for us as a rental company and the attractive rental prices for our customers. Besides the system’s cost-effectiveness, it impressed with its performance. What struck us most, among other things, were the sound characteristics, the transmission behaviour, the scalability and the simple operation.’
