Chasing Rabbits is an elevated nightlife and entertainment venue that debuted within the Solaris Plaza in
Vail, Colorado. The Solaris Group asked Rockwell Group, an interdisciplinary architecture and design group, to
bring to life the exciting storytelling experience of Chasing Rabbits. The 13,000-square-foot concept comprises four
spaces—the Restaurant, the Library, Moon Rabbit an intimate speakeasy cocktail bar featuring live jazz and
international DJs, and Rabbit Hole a sophisticated arcade with karaoke during the week and renowned DJs on the
weekends. “The interior has been conceived as a maze-like series of distinct experiences that unfold as you move
throughout, where you are ‘chasing’ the rabbit to another world,” said Rockwell Group partner Shawn Sullivan in a
Hospitality Design article. Anthem Productions was contracted to take on the entire venue’s installed audio
integration and choose 1 SOUND for all of the rooms.

The Restaurant utilized the smallest model in the Cannon Series, the C4i which has a 4-inch coaxial and is
special for its extended low-frenquency down to 100 Hz with high-fidelity sound quality. The C4i’s were distributed
throughout the restaurant utilizing the C-Clamp to mount to the walls and ceilings. For bass, 1 SOUND’s Floor
Subwoofer FSUB45’s, were distributed underneath the booths, resulting in a consistent distributed sound design and
hidden subwoofers for easy listening in the space.

The Library, a more elevated dining room for special reservations or versatile space used for private events,
utilized Cannon C4is and Tower LCC44 because of their controlled narrow on the vertical but wide horizontal
dispersion pattern and also because of their SPL output in the case of private parties. These loudspeakers were
hidden on the bookshelves in the room. SUB310s were used for bass coverage.

MoonRabbit, a sophisticated intimate cocktail lounge with weekly live jazz nights and word-class
international DJs, utilized Tower LCC44’s that were mounted and aimed with the Tower Wall Bracket and SUB310s
hidden in the room. Chasing Rabbits also invested in a portable Contour System that is used as a PA in Moon Rabbit
for DJ performances and that is shared for headlining DJ monitors that perform in Rabbit Hole. “From our Live Jazz
nights in the Moon Rabbit to our DJs in the Rabbit Hole, Lou [Founder & Designer of 1 SOUND] and Angelo [CEO
of Anthem Productions] have created a uniquely detailed integration concept for an emotional audiophile experience
that inspires our guests and musical artists,” says Todd Scheurich, Director of AV and IT for the Solaris Plaza, while
commenting on the loudspeakers audio quality and the heard experience of the audio design.

As for the Rabbit Hole, the livelier space in Chasing Rabbits that features an arcade, the Solaris Group has
gone through a few evolutions discussing with 1 SOUND and Anthem. At first, the goal behind the audio design
was to engage high energy bar environment focusing on background music and hosting DJ sets, “Within hours of
commissioning and tuning this initial buildout in the Rabbit Hole with Tower LCC44’s and SUB310’s, that instantly
set us apart from every business with “music” in the Vail Valley,” states Scheurich. After the quick success of this
bar, Anthem, and 1 SOUND presented upgrading the sound system to support hosting bigger parties and to have an
impressive system for the newly earned opportunity to host performances by headliner DJs. “Sure enough, after the
first ski season, we took their lead and made the upgrade to Contour CT28’s and SUB2112’s.” continued Scheurich.
When the venue had their first headlining DJ, John Summit, book to perform, Anthem made sure to level up the DJ
monitors to a portable CT28 and SUB215 Contour system, in the expectation that this wouldn’t be the last big event.
This portable system doubles in the cocktail lounge, Moon Rabbit, so it has custom red grilles to match and can be
easily transported into that space for weekly DJs.

The main challenge in designing the audio for Chasing Rabbits was due to the four main rooms all having
independent feels and goals while being situated close in proximity to each other and being connected by short
hallways that were meant to transition an attendee into each new space. The audio design had to consider the
positioning of loudspeakers and their dispersion patterns so that unwanted sound didn’t bleed into outside spaces as
well as their sonic quality and tonality to create a smooth transition as attendees are likely to experience more than
one space in a night. Anthem and 1 SOUND even spent time doing acoustical measurements and designing for the
auditory experience of people walking through the hallways that were meant to transition people into each space.

“Angelo has the innate ability to foresee ownership expectations and explain the technical integration
details that developers and designers do not visually or conceptually understand when building an entertainment venue dedicated to an auditory experience,” said Scheurich, “Integrating world-class audiophile technology and
one-off entertainment architecture is the hardest concept to coordinate with designers and architects. We have been
able to push through those detailed design evolutions with Rockwell, 1 SOUND, and Anthem.” The overall success
is due in part to the open communication and collaboration between all parties during the design process and even
after, enabling the most intentional experience for visitors, “I find myself giving a storytelling tour to guests and
artists surrounding the 1 SOUND platform and how each room in the venue was crafted for specific audio
engagement to the soul,” explained Scheurich.

“The Chasing Rabbits in-house team is constantly asking me about the system and why it sounds so
amazingly different from any other venue they go to for concerts and shows.” Scheurich continues, “Anthem and 1
SOUND have beyond succeeded in their mission with us, and the Solaris Group is proud to show it off at Chasing
Rabbits! The Rabbit Hole at Chasing Rabbits is rapidly becoming a venue that artists are asking to play in. The guest
experience and feedback has been exceptional.”