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What they have
produced is an upscale, all-day chameleon venue
which trades from 11am until 11pm (midweek), 1am
Thursday and 2am at weekends.
ESL were asked to
carry out the technological integration in view of
their success in converting Quilter's into the
Ivory Rooms in Billericay. "They were the ideal
company for the job," credits Burrell.
The highly-charged
dancefloor, which really comes to life after 9pm,is
probably in deference to Douglas Quirk's disco
past, and is highlighted by an electric drop-down
screen onto which Sky Sports HD (and other content)
is beamed by Mitsubishi hi-def projectors. There
are also six 42in Samsung screens distributed
around the 300-capacity venue, as well as three
20in Relisys displays behind the bar all fed from
the Kaleidovision KL2 audio/video system (running
MP3 music and their own MPEG2 graphics
system).
Taking daytime
feeds from the Kaleidovision along with a Denon
DN-D4500 twin CD/MP3 player, Marantz DVD and
terrestrial/satellite sources are multiples of RCF
Acustica C3108 300W loudspeakers (with 8in woofer)
processed via the BSS Soundweb Lite SW-3088 DSP.
These are complemented by two ground-stacked S4012
(single 12in) subs, with a pair of white (175W) RCF
Monitor 55's acting as rear-fills. The system is
powered from an Allen & Heath XONE:62 stationed
in the DJ booth, while the video sources are
switched via a Procon 8 x 8 matrix.
Says Mike Glover,
"We favoured the RCF system for this application
because it is sensitively-priced and the new
Acustica range is voiced extremely well in
particular the 8in model."
Plazma general
manager Alistair Burrell explains that the venue
was originally two buildings, which have been
combined to create a micro nightclub. "We have
deliberately identified an Over 25's crowd, with an
elaborate DJ and music system, offering dance
nights as well as karaoke and live cabaret," he
says.
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