With a choice of music heavily influenced by the UK club scene, the audio system needed to be versatile and high quality, in order to complement the rest of the facilities, and XTA's DP series processors were the choice of local audio specialists Reference Audio.
"The décor features heavy drapes and furniture everywhere," says Reference Audio's Brent Davenport. "Our brief was that we could not fly any loudspeakers above the dance floor. Everything had to be in a place that was not invasive to the overall appearance of the club. We specified the XTA DP428 because we needed to balance four zones in the main area and, furthermore, to separately process and control the main system and a further sub system installed in the separate VIP room."
The DP428 controls an AD Systems compact line array in each room, driven by Lab Gruppen amps. "The installation itself was straightforward, mainly performed by a local installation company under my project management," says Brent. "The most complex part from my point of view was that the system is controlled as six separate areas, which needed to be individually set up."
Brent used XTA's control software, Audiocore, to set up the system, using a wireless link from a laptop computer. "It's a tool which we use on a daily basis and is an indispensable part of our equipment inventory," continues Brent. "And the DP428 has been a huge success. Together they have produced a sound system with outstanding reproduction quality."
(Lee Baldock)
