Following its a US$100m redesign, Caesar’s Palace nightclub Pure has reopened its doors as Omnia. The multi-room venue features rooftop garden terrace that overlooks the Las Vegas Strip, and required a sound system that could pump music while keeping the sound from spilling onto the street below. The club turned to UK-based systems integrator AudioTek International for a solution, and AudioTek turned to Renkus-Heinz…

‘The system is outdoors, and large hotels are within 200 yards, so we had to minimise off-site noise,’ AudioTek’s Chris Kmiec confirms. ‘We specified a Renkus-Heinz IC Live system because it not only provided clean, clear audio, it also enabled us to precisely steer the sound to cover the L-shaped terrace and not beyond.’

The system comprises eight Renkus-Heinz Iconyx ICL-R column arrays surrounding the patio. The IC Live arrays use Rhaon II control to digitally define and aim as many as four separate beams of sound from each array. The Iconyx slim, low-profile design also blends into Omnia’s décor. A Renkus-Heinz IC118S-R subwoofer provides low-frequency reinforcement.

‘Since this is an outdoor system, all of the loudspeaker enclosures are weatherised,’ Kmiec notes. An option for most Renkus-Heinz products, ‘weatherising’ includes standard moisture protection measures and a weatherproof, ventilated housing for each loudspeaker’s rear-mounted amplifier/DSP module. This keeps the elements out while allowing air to flow through the unit. ‘Weatherising is one of the most popular customisation options we offer,’ says Renkus-Heinz VP of Sales & Marketing, Rik Kirby. ‘Adding weather resistance involves a combination of well proven techniques and materials, so extra costs are minimized, as is delivery time to the customer.’

This was the first time Kmiec had used an Iconyx system: ‘I’ve used other Renkus-Heinz systems and have always been impressed. For Omnia, I was looking for a steerable array that was relatively small yet had punch. The IC Live sounds great and is a lot more powerful than you’d expect for its size. It had everything we needed.’

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