The dancefloor in TJ's main room now features four JBL AM6212/95 bi-amped speakers, complete with high-powered ASB6128 subs. The AM6212 is the most powerful of three types of speakers in the AE range. A major feature, and one of the enclosure's many innovative points, is its very low profile - a slim and elegant physical shape and size which make it an ideal solution for fitting into small spaces unobtrusively.
The sizing has been made possible because the enclosures have rotatable waveguides, enabling them to be just as easily be mounted horizontally as vertically. The AM6212s are powerful - in fact, TJ's owner David Brown was initially sceptical that they would be up to the job, but once fired up, he had no qualms. Arbiter also supplied Accord with a dbx480 Drive Rack for system control parameters including EQ, crossovers and a selection of Powersoft amplifiers - including a D1502, a Digam 5000 and a Digam 7000. The entire club's amplification is now contained in a neat 3U of rack space.
The sound design was created by Arbiter's Dan Eades, who analyzed the room and then programmed and set up the system using Smaart software. TJ's manager Andy Malyon is delighted with the sonic results: "Lots of customers have commented on how great it sounds since we had the system installed - and you can't get better endorsement than that!"
TJ's is an intimate 375 capacity, independently-owned club, that has been in business for the last 20 years and is one of the best-known venues in the area. Musical policy embraces a wide range of styles with a current emphasis on mainstream dance and general house.
(Ruth Rossington)
