With its glass roof and stone walls, the venue presented challenging acoustics, but by carefully positioning four EX 10 speakers and adding the weight of two EX 2.5 double 15" active subs, reflections and subsequent issues of poor intelligibility were minimized. Whilst waiting for the first deliveries of EX product last month, 52nd Street's Shaun Collins had provided a temporary, larger format club system for the weekend nights. This consisted of four processed "better known brand" boxes with 15" and 2" along with four horn loaded 18s underneath, all run off Crown amplification. That in itself set a precedent for both quality and level but from the first switch on of the EX system there was a real sense that something special had happened with the music stepping up to a whole new level, say the company. Collins reports that people have stopped him in the street, as Barnsley is his home town, to ask if he was responsible for the new sound system at Lucorum. He adds: "I'd like to take the credit, but at the end of the day it's about as plug and play as you can get, George [Krampera, the system's designer] and the team have just produced another great sounding system, it's incredible for the size."
(Lee Baldock)
