City Rock, a sophisticated lounge bar/restaurant in the Parisian suburb of Cergy Pontoise, is the latest nightspot to benefit from a high quality APG sound system powered exclusively by Lab.gruppen’s C Series dedicated installation amplifiers.
The system was designed and specified by Pierre-Yves Seddiki of AMPI, a systems contracting company based just south of Paris. He designed a multi-zone distributed system based on APG’s Micro Axial Series, also a dedicated installation range, and Lab.gruppen’s C Series amplifiers. Like the C Series amplifiers, APG’s Micro Axial range offers an exceptional power/size ratio as well as very high quality sound reinforcement for applications where space is at a premium and minimum visual intrusion is required.
City Rock comprises three distinct zones, each of which required its own sound system to suit the particular environment. The first zone is designed like a high class, luxurious New York loft with decor to match. Here the emphasis is on creating a calm and tranquil atmosphere for customers to dine in comfort. AMPI therefore specified a total of eight MX1 loudspeakers, which offer a broad dispersion pattern in a compact format to provide an even “wash” of sound throughout the area that remains intelligible without being intrusive.
The second zone, Le BAROQUE, is more of a club lounge and has its own mobile DJ system. This area of the club can be made completely independent of the rest and can therefore be hired out for private parties. AMPI opted for ten MX2 2-way loudspeakers with low frequency reinforcement from APG’s compact SUB138P, an ideal solution for environments where the SPL has to be optimised in accordance to the space available.
The third space is the main bar, which also hosts the dance floor. The bar itself boasts twelve MX1 loudspeakers and another MX2 for the transition between the bar and the dance floor, whilst the dance floor itself is equipped with four powerful yet compact MX4 2-way full range loudspeakers with bass reinforcement in the form of an APG TB115S subwoofer. An additional MX2 acts as DJ monitor. The entire loudspeaker network is powered exclusively by a combination of C Series amplifiers from Lab.gruppen; a combination of C 48:4, C 10:8X and C 10:4X amplifiers which offer high channel density and rock solid performance in a compact package.
According to Pierre-Yves Seddiki, the client is more than happy with the results. “I’ve been working with APG for a long time, and this sort of installation is typical of what I can achieve using their products. They were the ones who recommended that I use Lab.gruppen amplifiers, and I am more than happy with the results. Lab.gruppen makes extremely high class and high quality products, and the combination with APG is truly stunning. My company motto is ‘Quality, Service and Results’. It’s what I expect to deliver to my clients, and it’s most certainly what they’ve got here at City Rock. I shall definitely be using this combination again.”