According to Sound Division's Chris Baxter who designed the sound system, the brief was fairly straightforward - to provide a compact, yet powerful, sound system with DJ control that would be capable of making itself heard over the noise of 300 people. "We had a slight problem during set-up in the form of a continual earth loop coming from the venue’s power supply. However, once we’d sorted that out, we achieved a tidy, precise install over two floors. The upstairs feed was very discreet with just a couple of Electro-Voice Sx80s powered by a PSL VE500 amplifier and a Spirit mixer. Downstairs, which was where the DJ was situated, we went for the more powerful Sx300s powered by a C-Audio ST600 amp. We also supplied a couple of SL1210 turntables MkIII, a Denon 1800 CD player and a JBL G2 powered monitor for the DJ plus, at his request, an Allen & Heath X:one 62 mixer, which seems to be a very popular choice at the moment."
(Ruth Rossington)
