Venue-wide sound reinforcement at the newly-opened Hard Rock Cafe in Verona, Italy is powered by amplifiers from LEA Professional in a multi-zone system implemented by AV integration firm Marini Music Service, which is also located in Verona.
The system delivers music to all main restaurant dining areas, the memorabilia museum, and the outdoor patio area, with the amplifiers also handling the cafe’s stage, which is used for special announcements, presentations, and live music performances. Marini Music Service partner and sound engineer Davide Gaiardoni served as the lead system designer for the project.
The audio team at Marini Music Service selected a set of five LEA Professional Dante Connect Series amplifiers, four 354D amplifiers, and one 704D amplifier to power all eight of the restaurant’s audio zones, including the seven background music zones and the live stage.
“LEA Professional gave us everything we could want from an amplifier,” says Gaiardoni. “The quality of sound, the SPL headroom, the user interface, the IoT connectivity; everything combined to create a truly magical experience worthy of this iconic venue.”
The Dante Connect Series is also offers built-in cloud connectivity that can be used for remote amplifier control, monitoring, diagnostics, notifications, and more from nearly any smart device. “LEA’s cloud platform is fantastic; we can log in remotely and see if there are any issues and address them immediately,” Gaiardoni notes. “This capability gave us and the restaurant management team a lot of reassurance and confidence that if anything went wrong, it could be fixed in a click.
“Everyone at Marini Music was excited to work on this project, and the results have been excellent. LEA’s built-in technologies made the installation very smooth, and we look forward to designing and installing many more systems around the Connect Series amplifiers.”
