The unusual décor of the venue, which consists of a restaurant and a club, suggests the interior of an Irish church - complete with a mock organ, statues of angels, choir stalls, and a mock pulpit. Klein opted for a decentralized sound reinforcement concept, in accordance with the wishes of the Doyle family, who now run a total of seven Irish Pubs throughout Europe.
After careful testing, Klein opted for a mixture of different VariLine loudspeakers (VL62, VL262 and VL122) from Dynacord, plus FX20 subwoofers. "With these systems, we were able to achieve homogeneous sound throughout the entire location," says Klein, adding that, at a level of just 95 dBA, "a real party atmosphere" fills the club.
At the heart of the installation is the N8000 audio matrix from Electro-Voice, which manages 16 inputs and outputs via touch screen, including the club's DJ desk with its VJ options, its computer system (on which several gigabytes of MP3 titles are stored), its various SAT receivers, and the Dynacord CMS mixer installed in the stage area for independent control by the musicians themselves. The touch screen can also be used to select from any number of presets. To power the VariLine loudspeakers, 10 Dynacord CL1600 and CL2000 power amplifiers were chosen.
(Jim Evans)
