Cairos Ruby Tuesday installs APart sound system
Published: MEA
EGYPT: The new branch of the Ruby Tuesday restaurant chain, located next to the Nile in one of Cairo’s most luxurious areas for dining, opened for business at the end of May complete with a sound system made up entirely of APart equipment.
The system was designed and installed by Waveburg AVL, the installation arm of the Syncrotek Group in the Middle East.
The system at Ruby Tuesday consists of 24 APart CM 20T ceiling speakers, three CM 6 E ceiling speakers, an MA 200 mixing amplifier, one PA 240 power amplifier, and one BGM 3000 CD/tuner. All the cables for the installation were supplied by Sommer Cables.
Waveburg became involved in the project in November 2009 and performed a site survey the following month. Following two weeks of design and simulation the system itself was installed by a team of three people in three days in February 2010.
The owner of the restaurant was looking for a dynamic range in the low level and initially wanted to go with a satellite system from Bose. This idea was based on the manufacturer’s reputation in the consumer field. However, the level of coverage required made a satellite system inappropriate and Waveburg suggested a point source solution as the alternative.
The installer used a site demonstration of the point source solution at a Cilantro Coffee Shop, one of its biggest customers, to persuade Ruby Tuesday to take this route. The 80-branch Cilantro chain had swapped from a Bose system to one from APart at all its outlets, impressing the owner of Ruby Tuesday enough to opt for a similar APart solution.
The end result has impressed the owner, managers and customers at Ruby Tuesday, with the particular highlight being the even sound distribution.