Matched Harman solution for Mayfair restaurant
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With spectacular views over Green Park from the three-storey building on Piccadilly, it features a sound system infrastructure comprising matched Harman components, specified and installed by Penguin Media Solutions.
The three floors, swathed in an earthy combination of antique oak, bronze mirrors and aged brass, are linked visually by a spectacular pressed-oak spiral staircase, and audibly by background music, routed by BSS Soundweb, delivered by an array of JBL ceiling speakers and processed in Crown’s advanced multi-channel DCi network amplifiers. Two amp racks - one in the basement and one on the Mezzanine - are connected via BSS’ proprietary BLU-Link, with all channels fully assigned.
All Harman products were supplied by Sound Technology Ltd, the UK and Ireland distributors, and supported by Hugo Burnard, Senior Applications Engineer at Sound Technology’s Application Team.
Working to a design conceived by Tatiana and Hedonism’s Evgeny Chichvarkin, along with These White Walls studio and Lustedgreen architects, Penguin’s Director of Operations, Dylan Thompson has not only equipped the two main restaurants and basement Bar with JBL but also five private dining rooms, corridors, toilets and other service areas.
Thompson comments, “The reason we specified Harman components and went to Sound Technology was because it’s a one stop shop, and when you are dealing with such a complex and high profile operation as this you want to be sure of the synergy through the system. It has to work first time.
“In addition, JBL has a wide choice of ceiling speakers and the CT226’s sound amazing as does the Control 50S, which is the only sub we use. JBL gave us a lot of options and it was easy to conceal all the sound sources.”
The entire installation is under a master environmental control platform, with Penguin Media Solutions MD Charlie Langridge, undertaking all programming.
(Jim Evans)
