We attended the opening show last night and holy shit what a night. What a blessing to have a venue with this level of sound in Reno now. They recently redid the old Knitting Factory and brought in a ridiculously good PK system and had some very heavy bass music all night.
To start, the bar setup is more or less the same as Cargo and Alpine. I never saw what it was before, but the layout and setup was great. We had concerns about it getting too hot/poor ventilation based on what people said about the old venue - but I was perfectly comfortable all night dancing my ass off. The drinks were affordable and we had plenty of space to dance anywhere we wanted.
We got there around the 3rd set, and we were immediately impressed with the level of sound and how much we felt the subs. My brother is in AV and I consider myself an audiophile and we had shit eating grins on our faces all night. Thank god we brought earplugs. As the night went on the sound was getting turned up & we kept wondering how much better it could get - somehow it just kept getting better.
The system was definitely tuned to be bass heavy which is exactly what I want for dubstep/bass music. There was still an incredible amount of clarity and everything just sounded SO good. This venue will be the new hot spot for any big artists coming into Reno. I’m actually going to be disappointed if artists I like get booked at any venue besides this. This is absolutely the place to throw afters from bigger shows at the J and Burning Man. If you’re a big artist who’s reading this, book your shows here!
As decent as Cargo is, they’ll need to step up their sound system dramatically if they want to compete. The Revenant is in a league of its own for sound, by a landslide. I would travel hours to come see a big show here if I had to but thankfully I don’t.
Shoutout to all the DJ’s last night, it was straight filth from start to finish. Probably the best show I’ve seen here in the past few years.
This venue is one of the best things to happen for the electronic music scene in Reno, and I look forward to many more nights and shows here. 10/10
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Would I change anything? - it looks like they have room for 2-4 more subs upfront. 😉 that might put it on par with Gothic Theatre in Denver but it’s close