Kensington Royal Garden Hotel, UK

Venue: Royal Garden Hotel
Location: London, UK
Venue-type: Hotel function rooms
Loudspeaker system:
12 x TCS-30
?? x TQ-425SP

London-based Turbosound dealer and installer, B&H Production Systems, has completed an overhaul of the sound system within the main banqueting suites of Kensington's Royal Garden Hotel.

The Royal Garden is the only five-star hotel in Kensington, and prides itself on the quality of the services it offers. Once it had become apparent that the quality of sound for the privately-hired function areas was diminishing, AV technician, Michael Chadwick, invited tenders.

B&H's solution revolved around the state-of-the-art TCS-30 loudspeakers. Twelve of the small and discreet cabinets were placed around the 400-capacity space, to form a configuration of optimised flexibility - allowing the focus of the room to almost anywhere to suit a myriad of different functions. A Crestron control system enables the new Turbosound self-powered TQ-425SP sub-bass units to be patched in for heavier duty music requirements.

Chadwick commented, "The original design brief set out that the main room would need to be split into two on occasions to suit the functions for which the hotel caters. John Ellis from B&H has exceeded our original expectations by a long shot - and at an extremely competitive price.

"The Royal Garden now boasts the most sophisticated sound system in central London - we know that because since the installation, we've compared it against others - and there is no competition."

John Ellis added, "Turbosound's TCS-30's, like the other speakers in the range, give excellent coverage - in fact, one of the main selling points of this design was the seamless sound. The TCS-30 is a very versatile speaker - the dual 5" low-frequency drivers negate the need for extra bass in most instances and the 1" compression driver is great for speech as well as music playback."