Avalon Transforms Cowboys Orlando Club System
Cowboys Orlando nightclub recently took its high-end dance sound reinforcement system to another level with the addition of EAW Avalon Series loudspeakers that are expressly designed to meet the challenges of providing premium club sound quality.
The Orlando, Florida club, currently marking more than 37 years of continuous operation, features traditional and progressive country music in addition to house music that’s especially popular with the “All Ages” clientele on Friday nights. A huge dance floor occupies the back half of the club, which offers a capacity in excess of 1,000.
Cowboys Orlando Owner Steve Sullivan has been hands-on in transitioning his sound system from a live format to DJ/dance, working closely with RAW Media Teknologies of nearby Winter Garden. Sullivan’s selection of EAW Avalon Series loudspeakers served as the culmination of this effort, which saw him travel to the company’s Whitinsville, Massachusetts headquarters at his own expense to get a first-hand demonstration of several viable loudspeaker candidates.
Following the demo, both Sullivan and RAW Media Principal Mike Frazee decided that the Avalon Series was best-suited for this application. “I really liked what I heard with Avalon in general, and in particular the sound signature of the DC4,” Sullivan notes. (Steve and Mike are pictured above left.)
The club’s 60-foot by 30-foot dance floor space has a significant drop in ceiling height near the halfway point. As such, Frazee determined that coverage in the higher portion would best be achieved with larger Avalon DC2 loudspeakers, and the lower area optimally served by smaller DC4 loudspeakers
Both models offer dispersion that “opens up” quickly, insuring that even the closest dancers/listeners are receiving optimized full-range output. “The DC4’s open up a little quicker, making them perfect for the more condensed space.
“We took advantage of the handy back angle of the cabinets to tuck them up into the ceiling as tightly as possible,” Frazee adds.
Sullivan also elected to go with EAW SB528 subwoofers, which are loaded with dual 18-inch-woofers. Four of these subs are posted on the deck (packed two and two) within the higher ceiling zone and two more supporting the lower zone. The system is topped off – literally – with two EAW Avalon DCT1 dedicated supertweeter arrays, centrally mounted at the higher ceiling.
“We feel that since we’ve put in the Avalon Series, we’ve taken care of a very important piece of our puzzle,” Sullivan concludes. “We’re really pleased, and the people on the dance floor are dancing with an enthusiasm we haven’t seen in quite a while.”