Inside HKC Vodka Bar.
UK - Wharfedale loudspeakers have been used throughout a new vodka bar, which has opened on one of Portsmouth's main drinking circuits. Peter Young, who built up the successful Hong Kong Charlies restaurant chain, came out of retirement in order to open HKC Vodka Bar on the site of the former Madisons Restaurant. Young wanted a multi-room sound system to match his multi-flavoured vodkas, and Ben Cleary at local suppliers, Portsmouth Sound & Light, remembers: "The inquiry for an integrated system came out of the blue."

The venue is divided into four essential sound zones - the main bar, middle lounge, back lounge and pool bar - and Young wanted to be able to route CD, DVD and satellite sources - with an auxiliary input allowing a Karaoke DJ to plumb into the system. Four Wharfedale 3190s are mounted on Powerdrive brackets in the main bar, the 350W speakers are purpose-designed for bars and restaurants. These are complemented by four of the two-way ported Programme 52s in the raised middle lounge, providing a wide frequency range, coupled with high power handling. PSL then specified eight Wharfedale Programme 1 polypropylene compact installation speakers to be divided evenly between the back lounge and pool bar. To complete the atmosphere the company fitted plasma screens and LED lighting, supplied by the owner.

Cleary says that Wharfedale systems are proving increasingly popular with his clients on the south coast - and recently supplied Sam Adeniji with Wharfedale VS10s and VS18SB subs for installation in his V Bar.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)


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