NORTHRIDGE, California – It’s not a rumor: Philadelphia’s brand-new
Rumor nightclub is a 10,000-square-foot venue featuring two dance
floors, multiple oversized bars, private catering facilities and
more—including a private VIP room called the Vault. Patrons can enjoy
music from Rumor’s multiple sound systems, which include a variety of
HARMAN’s
JBL loudspeakers powered by
Crown amplifiers, and controlled
with BSS processing and HiQnet London Architect™ software.
“We needed to provide sound for a number of spaces that
differed greatly in their sound reinforcement requirements,” noted Ian
Hoffer of Aurora Sound and Light Design, which specializes in
nightclub system design. “The Vault is an elegant, high-end room with
velvet walls. One of the bar areas has a VIP cove at the end that
needed audio. There’s an oval-shaped dance room that presented some
challenges, and even the bathroom hallway had its particular
acoustical requirements.”
The system in the Vault includes four JBL AC28 compact 2-way
loudspeakers and two ASB6115 15-inch subwoofers. “This combination gave
us all the sound coverage we needed without overly intruding into the
space,” said Hoffer. “We used two Crown Macro-Tech i Series MA-5000i
amplifiers to drive this system. The velvet walls in The Vault were put
there as part of the room décor, not for acoustic reasons, but they
actually provide a great acoustic environment.”
The Lev Room is an oval shaped dance floor with a DJ booth at
one end. “We found by installing two JBL AM7215 high-power, 15-inch,
2-way, full-range speakers and two ASB6125 dual-15-inch subs gave us
powerful sound with plenty of impact, yet without creating any
acoustic problems that might have occurred considering the room’s oval
shape,” Hoffer noted. “The DJ booth is equipped with two SRX712M
2-way, 12-inch stage monitors, which happen to work perfectly in this
application, along with an ASB6115 subwoofer. The combination of the
SRX712M monitors and ASB6115 sub in the DJ booth work perfectly
together.”
To avoid any dead spots in the club, Hoffer chose six JBL
Control®Contractor 322CT in-ceiling speakers and two ASB6125 subwoofers
in the VIP cove at the end of the 40-foot long bar, and four Control
47LP in-ceiling speakers in the bathroom hallway. “We installed the
Control 47LP speakers there so people could still hear what was going on
in the main rooms while they were in the hallway,” Hoffer added. “The
bar is quite striking, by the way, because it’s illuminated and
constantly changes colors.” A Crown CTs Series CTs 3000 amp powers the
VIP cove and hallway speakers.
“We used the Control 47LP and 322C in-ceiling speakers because I
feel you get a fuller sound from them than from competitive models,”
stated Hoffer. “They were easy to install with no mounting issues at
all.”
All the audio signals for Rumor’s sound system are handled by a
BSS BLU-160 signal processor with digital audio bus capability,
augmented by four BLU-BOB2 breakout box output expanders. Control is
provided by the BSS London Architect programming interface and HARMAN
HiQnet software. “I had never used the JBL ASB subwoofers before this
project – and I was very impressed with them,” said Hoffer. “Thanks to
the London Architect setup and configuration macro for the ASB subs,
we were able to get a great sound from them.”
“Everyone at Rumor is happy with the project,” Hoffer
concluded. “The Vault is the newest and most popular Thursday night
venue in Philadelphia and Rumor has been getting nothing but rave
reviews.”
HARMAN (
www.harman.com)
designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and
infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional
markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG, Harman Kardon,
Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson. The Company is admired by
audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading
professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than
25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio
and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 12,500
people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales
of $4.0 billion for twelve months ending September 30, 2011
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