Located near the center of the Kenyan capital, the new five-star Kwetu Nairobi is a Curio Collection by Hilton hotel that’s equipped with several audio systems designed and deployed by UK-based Audio Feed working with integrators Frontier Audio Africa that utilize a range of MC² Audio Delta amplifiers. Some of the MC² amplifiers driving the audio at the new five-star Kwetu Nairobi hotel in Kenya.

“We have a longstanding relationship with MC² Audio and have used MC² and partner company XTA’s amplifiers for the majority of our work over the last 15 years or so,” says Oz Jefferies of Audio Feed. “The reliability and durability of the units simply can’t be questioned — their Dante compatibility, particularly on an install of this size and complexity, is also highly desirable.”

Almost 150 Martin Audio ADORN series commercial audio ceiling/pendant loudspeakers are installed throughout the hotel in areas that include reception, restaurants, bars, bathrooms, gym, corridors, walkways, relaxation areas, meeting rooms, barber shop, spa facilities, lifts, staircases and courtyard. These are all driven driven by nine MC² Delta 20 four-channel Dante-enabled amplifiers.

For the hotel’s entertainment spaces, including its rooftop bar, conservatory, tropical garden, pool areas and atrium, Audio Feed specified a variety of Funktion One loudspeakers powered by two MC² Delta 80 DSP, three Delta 40 DSP and a Delta 20 4-channel Dante-enabled amplifiers.

A Biamp Tesira Server-IO processor was installed to handle complex routing between spaces, utilizing the bidirectional Dante capabilities of the MC² amplifiers.

Jefferies: “We’d already supplied a number of projects in Kenya, notably when we installed club systems comprising Funktion One and MC², first at Alchemist and then at Muze in Nairobi, which is now listed as one of the world’s top 100 nightclubs. We’d worked with Frontier Audio Africa from the very beginning, including involvement in some training with their team. Frontier’s work at Kwetu – a project which they procured by virtue of their excellent reputation – was exceptional, and we look forward to powering many more installations in the region with MC²’s ultra-dependable hardware.”

Joe Sirha of Frontier Audio Africa concludes, “We are enlivened to have installed the MC² Delta Series range of processing amps to power the 200+ speakers, spread across the entire hotel. They are really efficient and allow for crystal-clear audio.”

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