Barton had planned to install the sound system on a shoestring budget until an inquisitive Ross Sharples, MD of Rossco, put his nose around the door during the site development to see what was going on.
"He convinced me that upgrading the quality of the sound system would pay dividends -and thank goodness I listened," says Barton, in his 400-capacity venue, with neon illuminated white façade.
Sharples runs Martin Audio touring boxes in his rental stock, but turned to the exquisitely designed, fast-fit AQ architectural boxes in this instance, distributing eight QSC-powered AQ6's throughout the main bar and chillout lounge, while revving up the power in the nightclub with four AQ10's. All are XTA-processed, and these will be followed by a pair of recessed AQ212 (2 x 12) subs in the near future.
The sound system is fed by DJ's from Technics decks and Denon DN-D4500 twin rackmount CD's, and there will be further audio feeds from the incoming video projector (plasma displays will satisfy customers not wishing to miss a minute of the World Cup) and background music from a multidisc player.
Having spent £225,000 on this project Barton is not about to rest on his laurels. He already has a first floor earmarked for restaurant conversion at a later stage and believes that this could be the first in a succession of 'Ivory' operations.
Styled to be architecturally unobtrusive, the horn-loaded AQ Series was specifically designed to meet the evolving needs of high performance sound installation in a wide range of applications.
(Chris Henry)
