The building had to undergo major internal surgery in order to meet the demands of a modern space whilst retaining the aesthetics and the feel of such an ancient structure. The sound was therefore a very important issue, hence the reason they turned to audio specialists and Peavey distributor, DNA Systems.
According to DNA Systems' Takis Tsonopoulous, the brief was very specific. "First, the system needed to be able to cope with a wide variety of live applications, from simple voice reinforcement to jazz and even rock bands; secondly, it needed to be able to handle high power playback for DJ and club nights; and thirdly we had the aesthetics of the building to consider, which meant that the system had to be physically discreet.
"Thanks to Peavey, a difficult job was made easy," he continued. "We selected a system based on the Impulse 1012 speakers. Visually the speakers look very smart with their sleek, injection-moulded cabinets. The Impulse 1012 contains a 12-inch woofer from the new Black Widow speaker series and a Constant Directivity horn with a 1.25-inch driver that uses the new RX-22 diaphragm. It's a real 'Swiss army knife' kind of speaker, able to deliver in any application, so it is always high in the sales of plastic speaker cabinets."
"For the low frequencies, we installed a subwoofer from the new PV series and in particular the PV118. Overall system control was handled by a new generation Peavey VSX 26 2-in/6-out digital loudspeaker management system.
"The result was more than satisfactory," concluded Tsonopoulous. "The speakers performed extremely well in the bar, the pairing with the subwoofer was very balanced and the final result, after hard testing by both the DJs and the sound engineers, got great reviews."
(Jim Evans)
