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The VIP area is available for private parties
The main danceﬂoor
coaxial technology, which offers optimum acoustical coverage in deliver excellent response and are extremely compact.”
near ﬁeld listening and further. To accompany the speakers, SC Management installed four APG
Vaudez said: “I’d had the opportunity to hear them (the SMX15’s) TB115S k-horn touring subwoofers. The power to size ratio of
in a variety of club environments, which was why I was keen to the TB115S’s is exceptional and that’s why they were chosen for
put them into Les Planches, but the results were even better than this project. They are built with one 15-inch woofer inside. It was
we had anticipated. The SMX15 is a truly high quality, top of the also important to choose subs which limit sound spillage as Les
range loudspeaker for club sound. The power to size ratio is very Planches is located underneath a set of residential apartments.
impressive, and the SPL you can achieve from this tiny box has to TB115S’s were chosen because they don’t produce frequencies
be heard to be believed. I’ve listened to a lot of loudspeakers in that are too low and they transmit sounds by solids so will not
my time, but in terms of power, sonic quality, performance and disturb the neighbours. To make doubly sure the sound would not
handling, the SMX15 is simply matchless. It’s phenomenal! For high escape, the whole venue was acoustically treated and the pillars
level applications, the SMX15 is the loudspeaker par excellence.” around the danceﬂoor and the ceiling have also been clad to keep
Back to back with the SMX15’s and facing outwards are APG the sound inside the club.
MC216 2-way micro speakers. The MC216’s form an outer ring, Elsewhere in the venue APG DS8 2-way dispersion speakers, APG
which is responsible for giving the impression of a personalised SUB138P compact subs, an APG DMS26 general management
sound system for each individual booth surrounding the system have been installed. The entire venue is powered by Lab.
danceﬂoor area. Though it is in fact the music of the main gruppen ampliﬁers, three C48.8’s, the second largest ampliﬁer in
system, the MC216’s relay the sound into the outer areas in a the C Series family, delivering an impressive 1200W per channel at
smooth transition. Gourcuff wanted the coverage to be the same 4 ohms, and one C88.4, the most powerful single frame, 4-channel
everywhere in the club, to provide homogeneous, smooth and installation ampliﬁer to date, which delivers up to 2200W per
seamless sound. Delay alignment is used for the speakers further channel at 2 ohms.
out in the venue. Vaudez said: “We opted for MC2s as we’ve To complement the state-of-the-art sound system in the 700-
already used them with great success in a club environment – they capacity venue, is a combination of LEDs, lasers, strobes and
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