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Stout’s Irish Pub Expands With Symetrix (Video)

Growing brand adds third location off Park Avenue with support from Starview Satellite and Radius AEC with xOut 12 Dante expander.

Founded in 2005, Irish pub Stout’s Madison Square Garden location expanded to the city’s Wall Street District with Stout FiDi in 2015. Most recently, Stout continued its growth with Stout NYC Grand Central, a bustling bar and restaurant just off Park Avenue.

Richard Trombitas of Cardone, Solomon Associates, New York, worked together with AV contractors Starview Satellite (Rego Park, New York) to implement a sound system for the new venue based on Symetrix DSP.

Stout NYC Grand Central’s layout covers two floors, with a front bar, main dining area and central bar downstairs, and a second bar, dining area, and private party room upstairs. The open floor plan presented some challenges in distributing sound adequately.

“We divided the restaurant into six discrete zones, controlled by two ARC-2e interfaces,” Trombitas reveals. “We have a total of 14 inputs into the system. Using a selection of very directional speakers and Symetrix DSP, we were able to create several overlapping ‘micro-environments’ within the different areas.” The entire system is controlled by a single Symetrix Radius AEC unit with an xOut 12 Dante expander.

Symetrix has long been the DSP of choice for Starview Satellite, confirms president John Paturno. “We’ve been using Symetrix on pretty much every project for the past six years. It’s dependable, it’s easy to set up, and the sound quality is second to none. We’re very proud of the work we do with Symetrix.”

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