CGA Integration has worked with Le Manoir for a number of years, developing a relationship originally through audio-visual maintenance within the 32-room, listed hotel. Chris Gunton's company is now the chosen contractor for new works. The meeting room installation follows a contract to provide a new IP television network throughout the hotel bedrooms as well as complete suite automation including DDA compliance.
Gunton explains: "We as a company deal with the most prestigious and forward-thinking hotels: those who are not afraid of cutting-edge. Nine times out of 10, what they actually want is something well-presented and very, very reliable. Our main work comprises proven technology applied properly: we continue to successfully build our reputation on this - and it works.
"The Cloud range of equipment is reliable. We use a lot of it because it adds so much value to the work we do. It's a fantastic building block that you know will do exactly what you expect it to do - all day, every day. I opted for the DCM-1 and the CDR-1 combination in this application because the digital displays make the control so simple for the end user."
The AV installation is designed to be discreet, with the equipment invisible unless in use. The Cloud DCM-1 controls the zoning of La Belle Epoque, which is essentially one large room, which can be split into two smaller spaces. The amplifier drives four Amina SoundUnseen loudspeakers which are plastered in-wall into the ceiling - a method sympathetic to the aesthetic and highly-listed status of the hotel.
Further inputs into the Cloud DCM-1 include separate CD and DVD players, as well as a Sennheiser EW 135 G2 radio microphone. A retractable, ceiling-concealed projection screen appears to fulfil any visual requirements, working in conjunction with a Sanyo LCD video projector, which is brought in as necessary on its custom mount and, as with all the equipment, is controlled from the discreet Cloud CDR-1 wall panels.
Gurval Durand, deputy general manager of Le Manoir, comments: "The DCM-1 digital mixer from Cloud is the ideal audio solution for our newly refurbished La Belle Epoque dining and function room. Due to the dual purpose nature of the room we required a mixer with discreet and simple wall-mounted controls that provides audio to two separate areas, when the room is divided, or a single large room. We are very pleased with the system and would like to thank Cloud and CGA Integration on an excellent job."
(Jim Evans)
