Locally-based company, Clarity in Sound, Light & Vision recommended a new Martin AQ system to be distributed throughout the venue, run in conjunction with some of the existing equipment.
Says Mapp, "Everything here revolves around quality. We like to invest in quality equipment and the Martin Audio system is highly versatile, sounding superb whatever we put through it."
The ground floor is divided into split zones, the sound routed via a Cloud zoner. Clarity's Stuart Graham, who also worked closely with interior designer James Hall to install Pulsar Chroma LED lighting in the bar areas, adds, "Paul Mapp wanted to move his venue more upmarket and wanted stylish looking loudspeakers that could be fed from the DJ on weekend nights, or deliver a transparent background sound from programme CD sources." As a result he installed Martin Audio Blackline F10's upstairs and Pulsar Chromapanels in the ceiling grid, with bottle washers and Aero tubes highlighting the bar.
Downstairs a pair of flown AQ10's prove more than adequate for a venue with a maximum capacity (over two floors) of 320. A powerful AQ212 (2 x 12in) takes care of the low frequencies, while around the periphery four AQ8's provide ambient level sound with the benefit of being managed by a pair of Martin Audio's AQX controllers.
(Jim Evans)
