SeeSound and Funktion One perform the sound of the Nikki Beach facilities in Mallorca and Ibiza

The hotel centers of Nikki Beach in Mallorca and Ibiza implement a sound system based on the technology of Funktion One and Powersoft by the hand of SeeSound.

SeeSound, in collaboration with Meliá Hoteles and the installation company Ibasa, has carried out a project jointly with Funktion One, of which it is the official distributor in Spain, to implement a sound system in the Nikki Beach centres in Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca.

When carrying out the project, it has been taken into account that the sound had to be kept concentrated inside the enclosure in order not to acoustically pollute the exterior of the land occupied by Niki Beach.

Both in the tourist center of Palma de Mallorca and ibiza, which was inaugurated this summer, it has been chosen to make the sound infrastructure integrating the speakers of Funktion One and the amplifiers of Powersoft.

In the Nikki Beach of Mallorca, a system with distributed and controlled sound has been implemented in several areas with independent digital processors and acoustic enclosures with controlled coverages have been used. Each of the zones is sounded with the type of speaker suitable for optimal coverage affecting, the minimum, adjoining areas. In the terrace area the Funktion One F81 speakers have been installed, placed in pairs to distribute sound with minimal phase problems, about three meters from the ground and oriented towards the ground with an angle of about 30º to avoid sound in other areas.

This hotel center has two beach bars, one in octagonal shape in which Funktion One F101 speakers have been chosen, and another on the beach where the chosen model has been the F55, consisting of two 5" speakers, to give presence to that area without the need for a sound pressure that causes discomfort to the neighbors or adjacent areas. The speakers are directed inward at a very low volume level.

last, in the pool have been placed the R2SH speakers of the same manufacturer. They are located at a height of 2,5 meters and oriented towards the ground with an inclination of 30º to avoid inconvenience to the neighbors. The F218 subwoofers have been placed at two points to avoid lags and affect only the desired area. The R2SH acoustic enclosure is designed to have an exceptional control of its directivity in its frequency range with a horizontal coverage of 50º and vertical coverage of 25º so that when orienting it allows to affect only the areas chosen to sound and minimize the sound emitted in the unwanted direction.

All this sound infrastructure is powered by Powersoft K2 stages and each of the 12 Zones is controlled by an XTA DC1042 digital processor for optimal response and to incorporate dedicated settings.

Sound by areas in Ibiza

In the Nikki Beach of Ibiza it has also been chosen to distribute the sound by zones and adapt it to the needs of each of them.

The restaurant has four Funktion One F81 speakers, while in the pool and bar there are six Funktion One F101 speakers, two of them facing the pool and four covering the bar, with an F118 subwoofer; and on the terrace have been placed six speakers Funktion One F101, evenly distributed to cover the entire area.

As far as the beach bars are concerned, the one on the beach has two Funktion One F55 units; and to sound the octagonal have been arranged three speakers Funktion One R2U facing the pool and central court, having as main sound a subwoofer F218. Two F101s cover the sides of this area.

All this installation is powered by Powersoft K2 and Q3002 amplifier stages, controlled by two XTA DC1042 digital processors.

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