The latest addition to the international Supperclub® group of dining and entertainment establishments recently opened in Hollywood, California. The venue features a flown, custom, five-way EAW® line array system that covers the dance floor and a smaller EAW system installed in the bar area. In addition, four EAW MicroWedges provide monitoring for DJs and guest music artists. Four EAW UX8800 four-channel digital signal processors manage the speaker systems, which are powered by Lab.gruppen amplification.

Sound designer and contractor Michael Lacina of San Francisco-based JK Sound specified a line array with substantial headroom in order to provide distortion-free coverage throughout the room and also to ensure longevity. “There are 16 compression drivers, 16 mid-range, 32 low-mid and 16 mid-bass drivers in the array, plus eight 21-inch drivers,” he notes. “A system that is going to be driven at dance club levels without any distortion, and a system that is going to run until 4 a.m. with zero maintenance issues, just has to be massive.”

Supperclub Los Angeles is located in the historic Vogue Theatre, a former movie house built…

USAG Schinnen provides Army base operations services to joint, interagency and international communities in support of America. The base, which hosts various events throughout the year called upon XYMIO, a renowned Holland-based EAW sound company, to provide a mobile sound system for events taking place at the base. 

“USAG Schinnen was looking for an easy-to-use system that offered a high-powered solution without sacrificing sound,” stated Paul Pelen of XYMIO. “They needed a system that was extremely powerful yet versatile enough to accommodate multiple venues and applications.”

XYMIO provided a JFL system that included six JFL210′s and two JFL118′s powered by Lab.gruppen amplification. The compact size combined with the easy rigging and great audio quality exceeded their expecations.

 
 
 
“We utilzed our NEW audio system for our Native American Heritage celebration event, with about 100 participants. Everything worked perfect.”

The N-Sid-Sen Camp and Conference Center is a 270-acre multi-use facility on the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene in Northern Idaho. The venue offers a wide variety of settings for activities, including sports fields, a ropes course, basketball and volleyball courts and an outdoor chapel. Recently, Pat Lambert of Lambert Audio Engineering was asked to spec a P.A. system for the new Stillwater Welcome Center located at N-Sid-Sen, and he selected loudspeakers and DSP from EAW®, a world leader in audio system solutions.

“The facility does not have trained audio techs on site, so I knew it was crucial that I provide an extremely flexible and easy-to-operate system. EAW’s DX1208 DSP Matrix Mixer fit the bill perfectly,” stated Lambert. A combination of EAW VR51 Full-Range Loudspeakers and VRS12 Compact Subwoofers was used for the main room while a number of EAW SMS4 Surface Mount Loudspeakers, powered by two EAW CXA80 Power Amplifiers, were used…

The owners of The Opera, a nightclub located in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, recently turned to EAW® for a complete sound system upgrade. Regional EAW distributor ProAktiv Systems supplied the EAW loudspeaker systems and Powersoft amplification, which is now installed in the main theater and VIP areas throughout The Opera.

The clubbing experience at The Opera is enhanced by daily “Cirque Nouveau” performances featuring acrobatic and circus troupes high above the main floor in the three-story, 10,000-square-foot theater. The main stage regularly features performances by dance, gymnastic and martial artists. In addition, the club frequently showcases recording artists, bands, DJs and video DJs.

The main audio system in the theater, which is modeled after grand European opera houses, comprises four EAW MK5396 two-way full range compact installation loudspeakers. The four-inch voice coil, 15-inch drivers are complemented by four SB1002 dual-18-inch high-output subwoofers installed at floor level. Two MK2326 compact installation loudspeakers and a pair of VRS18 subwoofers supply under-balcony fill and delay. The main EAW system is powered by a combination of Powersoft K3 and K8 amplifiers…

 
Singapore-based ProAktiv Systems supplied and installed an EAW® speaker system with Powersoft amplification at the Elements Club and Lounge in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia.

The club area, where the music is typically a mix of hip-hop, house and funk, features a pair of EAW Avalon Series DC2 three-way loudspeakers horizontally mounted above the raised dance floor. Four SB1002 dual-18-inch subwoofers provide additional low frequency coverage down to a floor-shaking 28 Hz. Powersoft Digam LD3004, D2002 and K3 amplifiers provide the power to the club sound system. Two ultra-compact EAW UB82e loudspeakers powered by a Powersoft LD2004 amplifier ensure even coverage to the DJ and VIP areas.

Chandan Mahtani, Managing Director for ProAktiv Systems, stated, “This is the only club in Cambodia that can boast to be the best in the country. The owner did not compromise on the décor or the sound and lighting system. He had visited TAO in Vegas some years ago and wanted something similar for his club.”

continue reading »

 Atlanta-based New Birth Missionary Baptist Church recently renovated its $50 million, 7,500-seat sanctuary and opened a sister church in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Design team chose EAW® loudspeakers to fulfill the demand for state-of-the-art sound systems. Chief Engineer Mitch Donner and Production Manager Melvin Wood led the church’s own production team in the design and installation of the entire system with the assistance from Roy Drukenmiller of Rock “N” Road and EAW Southeastern Representative, Quest Marketing’s’ Jim Greene.

“We have had good success with EAW in many of the systems we’ve done for the church,” notes Donner. “We’ve looked at other loudspeaker options, and nothing really compares to the performance we get from the EAW speakers, especially for a building of this size.”

The P.A. system in the Atlanta arena-style location consists of three EAW KF760 Long-Throw Line Array Modules and four EAW KF761 Short Throw Line-Array Modules in a flown line array on both sides of the stage, with three KF760s and four KF761s for the center array, completing an L-C-R main P.A. system. There are sixteen EAW SB1000z Large Format Subwoofers placed eight per side. Donner chose six EAW JF80z…

The World Cup has put South Africa high on the world’s must-watch list, and the capital city’s nightclub scene is up to the task, thanks to the VDP Group’s club designs and great sound from EAW®’s incredible Avalon Series. The newest jewel in VDP’s global crown is Clapham Gold, which opened earlier this year in Johannesburg. The sound system, designed and installed by Johannesburg-based Surgesound, is the fourth of VDP’s South African locations to use the same Avalon Series components in the same system configuration. Other VDP Clubs include the Manhattan Club in Johannesburg and the Clapham Grand in Durban.

The sound system consists of four EAW Avalon Series DCS2 Bent Horn Dance Subwoofers and four Avalon Series DC4 Medium-Format Dance Club Loudspeakers in the dance floor area, powered by Lab.gruppen C-Series and FP+ Series amplifiers with all processing handled by EAW’s UX8800. Four CIS400 Ceiling Loudspeakers serve the club’s reception area, and four Avalon Series SMS5 Surface Mount Loudspeakers provide sound for the outdoor bar are and are controlled by a EAW UX8800 Digital Signal Processor with proprietary…

 New York’s Major League Soccer team, the New York Red Bulls, finally have a place to call home. The new Red Bull Arena, in Harrison, New Jersey, was completed on March 20, 2010, and features outstanding sound, thanks to EAW®, a world leader in audio system solutions.

The arena features a European design, with a canopy that encircles the entire two-tiered seating area. The first row seats are approximately 21 feet from the touchlines, while the following rows are steeply raked, creating an intimate experience for fans that are closer to the playing field than in traditional U.S. soccer stadiums.

“This is the only soccer stadium of its kind in the United States,” states Brian Elwell, Project Manager for Acoustic Dimensions. A catwalk that follows the path of the canopy made access to the hang points easier, but the proximity of the canopy to the seats created coverage challenges for the P.A. system design. The closer speakers were located to seating areas, the less dispersion that each speaker could deliver. At the same time,…

Famed jazz venue Yoshi’s most recent venture, in San Francisco’s Fillmore Heritage Center, carries on the tradition begun by Founder Yoshi Akiba and her partners Kaz Kajimura and Hiroyuki Hori in 1973, when they opened a tiny sushi restaurant and jazz club in Berkeley. The new location is a 28,000-square-foot, two-story, state-of-the-art venue that features the best of local, national and international jazz artists, with seating for 417 in the jazz club and nearly 371 in the restaurant and lounge. In order to keep the intimacy that helped make the original Yoshi’s so popular, JK Sound, the Bay Area sound systems company that co-designed and installed the new venue’s P.A. system, turned to EAW®‘s Strategic Engineering Group to do critical custom modifications to the EAW AX396 3-Way Full-Range Installation Speaker, thereby rendering a new model dubbed the EAW AX-SY 3-Way Full-Range Installation Loudspeaker. Once again, the Strategic Engineering Group came through, assuring that…