Luis Lojo, an independent sound engineer and system designer based in the New York area, was contracted to design and install the store's new loudspeaker setup. After reviewing products from a variety of manufacturers, Lojo and the Touring Company Store management ultimately selected a system drawn primarily from D.A.S. Audio's Variant catalogue.
The new sound reinforcement system consists of six Variant 25A powered, two-way, mid-high line array elements, two Variant 18A powered subwoofers, and ten D.A.S. Audio CL-6TB 2-way, passive, full range ceiling loudspeakers that are powered by a D.A.S. Audio CSA-600T power amplifier. The loudspeaker system is used for both live performance and background music/paging applications.
"The Touring Company Store has a special atmosphere that really feels like you're back stage at a concert," Lojo reports. "For this reason, management wanted the sound system to resemble the line array setups that are frequently used in big concert settings. The retail space, itself, is rather long and narrow, with a stage along the length of the room, but not quite situated in the middle.
"I knew that a large line array system would be overkill and too cost prohibitive, but upon examining the D.A.S. Variant system, I felt this would be the perfect fit. Being a line array system, the Variant loudspeakers had the right look and the fact that the equipment is designed specifically for permanent installations made it ideal."
(Jim Evans)
