Turbosound installations

Lonsdale House

Venue: Lonsdale House
Location: London, UK
Venue-type: Bar/Restaurant
Loudspeaker system:
QLight series
TCS series

Billed as one of London's most exciting new venues, Lonsdale House recently opened in Notting Hill.

With a sumptuous yet modern design by Fusion architects, and handpicked management team including Henry Besant and Dick Bradsell, the building has been acoustically designed and engineered to create what is described as a "full and absorbing sound". The Sound Division Group was selected to handle the a/v installation, with owner Charles Breedan being very clear about what he wanted from the system:

"I'm a huge fan of the restaurant Momo, and I love everything about it. Indeed, I chose the architects partly on the basis of the work they had done there, and the same goes for the audio visual contractor. The Sound Division Group was responsible for the installation at Momo, which I greatly admire, so they seemed to be the natural choice to supply the audio for Lonsdale House."

The specification was for a high-class, sophisticated audio system capable of delivering top quality background music throughout the venue, with the ability to

zone to specific areas. The system also needed to be powerful enough to make a seamless transition from an unobtrusive background music system to a much more up-front club-style system, as the situation demands. To that end, the Sound Division Group's David Graham specified a Crown-powered Turbosound system throughout, based on the QLight™ range of compact loudspeakers with TSC compact sub-woofers, controlled via two BSS Soundweb devices.

David Graham explains the set-up: "The venue is spread over three floors, and we've treated each area as a separate entity. The system is designed utilising CAT5 cabling throughout, so that any music source can be routed to any area. It's extremely flexible, yet works very well as a whole if that is what is required. Most of the time the system is just purring, but we've made sure that there is plenty of headroom, so it can roar with the best of them! Charles (Breedan) wanted a powerful yet discreet sound system for Lonsdale House in keeping with the quality of the brand and the image he has created. I think we've achieved that very successfully, and the client is delighted."

Four TQ-310 loudspeakers are deployed on the ground floor in the main bar and restaurant, with a further four TQ-230 loudspeakers in each of the lounge areas on the ground and first floors. The DJ area is also extremely well equipped with and Allen & Heath Xone 62 mixer, Technics turntables and Pioneer CD players. The Sound Division Group has also supplied a large video screen and Sanyo projector to complete the AV package in the upstairs lounge bar area.

	Lonsdale House

	Venue: Lonsdale House Location: London, UK Venue-type: Bar/Restaurant Loudspeaker system: QLight series TCS series

	Billed as one of London's most exciting new venues, Lonsdale House recently opened in Notting Hill. With a sumptuous yet modern design by Fusion architects, and handpicked management team including Henry Besant and Dick Bradsell, the building has been acoustically designed and engineered to create what is described as a "full and absorbing sound". The Sound Division Group was selected to handle the a/v installation, with owner Charles Breedan being very clear about what he wanted from the system: "I'm a huge fan of the restaurant Momo, and I love everything about it. Indeed, I chose the architects partly on the basis of the work they had done there, and the same goes for the audio visual contractor. The Sound Division Group was responsible for the installation at Momo, which I greatly admire, so they seemed to be the natural choice to supply the audio for Lonsdale House." The specification was for a high-class, sophisticated audio system capable of delivering top quality background music throughout the venue, with the ability to zone to specific areas. The system also needed to be powerful enough to make a seamless transition from an unobtrusive background music system to a much more up-front club-style system, as the situation demands. To that end, the Sound Division Group's David Graham specified a Crown-powered Turbosound system throughout, based on the QLight™ range of compact loudspeakers with TSC compact sub-woofers, controlled via two BSS Soundweb devices. David Graham explains the set-up: "The venue is spread over three floors, and we've treated each area as a separate entity. The system is designed utilising CAT5 cabling throughout, so that any music source can be routed to any area. It's extremely flexible, yet works very well as a whole if that is what is required. Most of the time the system is just purring, but we've made sure that there is plenty of headroom, so it can roar with the best of them! Charles (Breedan) wanted a powerful yet discreet sound system for Lonsdale House in keeping with the quality of the brand and the image he has created. I think we've achieved that very successfully, and the client is delighted." Four TQ-310 loudspeakers are deployed on the ground floor in the main bar and restaurant, with a further four TQ-230 loudspeakers in each of the lounge areas on the ground and first floors. The DJ area is also extremely well equipped with and Allen & Heath Xone 62 mixer, Technics turntables and Pioneer CD players. The Sound Division Group has also supplied a large video screen and Sanyo projector to complete the AV package in the upstairs lounge bar area.