New restaurant at theatre complex situated in Stockholm’s Royal Djurgården district equipped with venue-wide audio by Electrosound AB utilizing VR8 and VR5 compact loudspeakers as well as QR24/110 line-source columns for live performances.
A new restaurant (“Restaurant Djurgården”) at the Cirkus theatre complex in Stockholm, one of Sweden’s significant players in the entertainment and hospitality industries, has been equipped with Alcons Audio pro-ribbon loudspeakers and supporting components in a sound system project under the direction of integration firm Electrosound AB.
Cirkus first opened in 1892 to house many of the country’s prominent circus companies, and has evolved and expanded over the decades to host many different forms of entertainment, including theatre, musicals, dance, concerts, corporate events and television productions. The system provides coverage for the new restaurant’s performance stage, bar and the Ernst Rolfe VIP lounge.
“The restaurant has difficult acoustics. Half of it has a glass ceiling and all of the internal architecture is historic, and therefore protected, so there was no chance to do anything to improve the acoustics of the space,” explains Brollan Söderström, who headed up the project for Electrosound AB. “The customer trusted us to choose the right equipment and the super clear, high resolution audio of an Alcons pro-ribbon system was the best solution to overcome such a difficult room.”
Söderström specified 12 VR8 compact loudspeakers as well as 26 black and 15 white VR5 loudspeakers for the distributed audio in the restaurant, bar and VIP area, The white VR5s were manufactured using Alcons’ Architect Color Option (ACO), which allows them to be supplied in any of more than 180 colors from the European RAL color scheme. The compact size and different color finishes of the VR5s enables the system to better blend into the décor.
Meanwhile, four QR24/110 modular line-source columns and two double 15-inch BF302 mkII subwoofers were installed for the performance stage, with the audio also routed to the distributed system. Loudspeakers are powered and controlled by Sentinel3 and Sentinel10 amplified loudspeaker controllers.
“This was the first time we had installed the QR24 and we were really impressed by it,” notes Söderström. “The QR24 was the perfect choice due to its dispersion behaviour and extremely powerful and natural sound. It also has an ideal design for this quite narrow stage. The QR24 column with its special slim-design stand was unobtrusively mounted tight to the stage proscenium; A very important parameter for all architects involved in this restauration process.”
“We placed our trust in Electrosound to choose the best solution and we are really happy with their choice of Alcons,” adds Cirkus CEO Ingmari Pagenkemper. “The system has exceptional clarity, power and we are extremely pleased with the result.”
