EAWs Avalon Series installed in fourth VDP Club
Published: MEA
SOUTH AFRICA: The recently opened Clapham Gold in Johannesburg is the fourth of VDP Group’s nightspots to choose the EAW Avalon system as its main music system.
The sound system was designed and installed by Johannesburg-based Surgesound, and follows the Manhattan Club in Johannesburg and the Clapham Grand in Durban in using the same Avalon Series components with the same system configuration.
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 speakers serve the clubs reception area, and four Avalon Series SMS5 surface mount cabinets provide sound for the outdoor bar are and are again controlled by an EAW UX8800 DSP with proprietary EAW focusing technology.
‘The EAW Avalon series components have provided consistently exceptional performance at all of the VDP venues. We are happy with the way the system has performed in all the clubs,’ stated Andrew Rowan, founder of Surgesound. ‘The system in this configuration, used in Clapham Gold, has become a standard in most VDP Group venues. It’s a powerful, reliable and sophisticated system that delivers on its promise superbly.’
Guy Baranyay of VDP noted: ‘The EAW system is performing magnificently. Within the club environment it is generally very difficult to attain the utopia of soul shaking power on the dance floor combined with quality/fidelity of sound in the more social areas of the club. It’s incredible to see the EAW system meet this ideal. It’s very pleasing to see customers talking to one another with ease around the bars and tables before shouting out the latest tunes on the dance floor moments later.’