The Expirat music venue brand, an open-format music club/live music venue located in a warehouse within the Halele Carol complex in Bucharest, Romania, has upgraded sound reinforcement on its terrace courtesy of Martin Audio ADORN loudspeakers recently installed by Paradigma Teknik, the company’s long-serving partners in the country.
The terrace hosts DJ sets, acoustic live acts and various community-based happenings taking place during the summer months. It complements the venue’s main Sala Compresoarelor that serves as a larger live music and dance club, equipped with a Martin Audio W8LM mini line array system a few years ago by Paradigma Teknik.
With a capacity for about 200 people, the terrace had been making do with a largely improvised system. But due to satisfaction with the W8LM system and relationship with Paradigma Teknik, owners Andrei Șoșa and his wife Raluca sought an improvement within a tight budget, mindful of the impact the pandemic has had on the leisure and hospitality industry.
Thus Paradigma project manager, Daniel Albu, together with systems engineer Alexandru Serb, recommended Martin Audio’s new ADORN series, and specifically the A55. They specified 12 enclosures, which are all wall mounted along with six SX110 (1 x 10-inch) slimline subwoofers that boost the low end. The matched system is under the management of a dedicated DX0.5 controller and powered by a Martin Audio VIA2004 4-channel amplifier (for A55’s) and an existing MA3.0.
According to Albu and Serb, “We proposed ADORN as it was the perfect compromise between budget and performance, and being discreet it was also a good fit.” They add that the tight system control ensured minimum spillage into the busy neighborhood while ensuring good coverage and SPL on the terrace itself.
The owners are satisfied with the result of the new installation: “It’s really a huge upgrade for us in terms of coverage and power, while managing to keep the sound enclosed within the venue’s confines in respect of our neighbors. The whole outdoor area seems alive now in terms of sound, which suits all the venue’s purposes, whether auditions, DJ sets or intimate acoustic performances. This installation consolidated our long-lasting belief that Martin Audio is the best option in terms of sound for our venue.”
In fact, they’ve now commissioned Paradigma to provide a similar system on the terrace of their Vama Veche venue, which will include 16 A55 enclosures and eight SX110 subs.
