To meet rising guest expectations for elevated entertainment and nightlife, Arch Hotel Bahrain partnered with Masterpiece and Harman Professional Solutions to deploy a full-scale audio system anchored by JBL, Crown, BSS, Soundcraft, and AKG technologies.
The upgrade supports the hotel group’s latest club concept, designed to engage a younger demographic with immersive, high-impact sound.
As a prominent player in Bahrain’s hospitality sector, Arch Hotel operates multiple properties across the region. When the brand set out to create a new club environment tailored to next-generation travelers, reliability and sonic excellence were non-negotiable. Drawing from years of experience using Harman across previous projects, the AV team, led by senior sound engineer Ajeesh KP, selected a range of Harman Pro products for the new space.
The system configuration includes 18 JBL SRX910LA line array elements supported by SRX910LA AF array frames, paired with 12 JBL SRX928S subwoofers for deep, club-ready low end. In smaller zones, the team deployed JBL VRX932LAP loudspeakers and compact PRX912 monitors, along with PRX918XLF subwoofers and Crown XTi 4002 amplifiers to round out system power. Soundcraft’s Si Expression 1 console, dbx DriveRack PA2 and VENU360 processors, and a BSS BLU-100 DSP unit were used to handle signal distribution and tuning, while AKG D5S microphones provide reliable stage performance.