Jands supplies Harman solution for The Oaks
Published: ASIA
AUSTRALIA: Jands recently supplied equipment from JBL, Crown and BSS for an installation by InSound at The Oaks hotel in Sydney. The venue is in the stages of completing an AUD$4 million refurbishment, which included a new A/V system for the hotel’s Bar & Grill, as well as the 1936 Bar.
‘Previously this area of the venue was serviced by JBL Contractor speakers but the owners wanted to increase the sound output,’ explained Bruce Ensor, managing director of InSound. ‘We’ve installed 16 JBL AC18/26 compact two-way speakers and four JBL AC16 ultra compact speakers, plus four of the new JBL ASB6112 passive subwoofers which are hidden in the seating. It gives us mass coverage of the whole place and as to the sound quality – well, the owners have a smile on their faces so it must be pretty good! I certainly think it is.’
A Soundweb London BSS Blu-160 network signal processor is controlled via a computer in the office so that each individual pair of speakers can be set to different volume levels, different treble or bass. Staff can control the system via iPads, and eventually the entire hotel will run on Blu-Link.
‘We upgraded all of the speakers and the amplification and it’s performing very, very well,’ commented Mr Ensor on the 1936 Bar. ‘We’ve gone from one subwoofer with a 12-inch driver to two JBL ASB6118 subwoofers with 18-inch drivers. We moved the existing JBL speakers down the end of the room where the seating is situated and then installed four JBL AM5212 speakers to service the area that gets turned into a dance floor. A couple of Crown CTS amplifiers power the system. On Friday and Saturday nights it is packed.’
The upstairs function room now has eight JBL AC18/26 compact loudspeakers and two JBL ASB6112 passive subwoofers with Soundweb London BSS Blu-120 signal processing and Crown CTS amplifiers.