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can move from one area of a room that is serviced by Res 2’s, to another part which has F88’s, and the sound remains constant. Some places you go from one area to another and it’s like you’ve gone into a different venue.” This is demonstrated perfectly at the next venue we visit. One Up is part of the Boutique 7 Hotel, which is located in the Tecom area - opposite Dubai Media City. It is a bar with multiple rooms, offering lounge socialising, sports entertainment and more energetic pursuits. The main room is kitted out with two Pioneer CDJ-900 CD decks and a DJM-900 DJ mixer, as well as a small stage that accommodates live vocal performances. This stage has two F101 speakers flown above it, while the opposite corners are each adorned with a Funktion One F81 speaker, which, despite its size, is capable of impressive results. The 8-inch and 1-inch drivers offer 90° dispersion and 100W of RMS power. A Funktion One F218 bass enclosure - with two 18-inch drivers - reinforces the lower frequency response with large quantities of tight, punchy bass. Elsewhere in One Up, another six F81’s have been installed. Amplification is handled by an F40Q, an F60Q and a QSC RMX1450 amplifier, with processing from an X04 management system and zoning through a Formula Sound ZMR-243 mixer. One Up’s Entertainment Manager, Tony Smith, explains: “We decided on Funktion One because we’d heard good things about it. We listened to it in other venues in Dubai, and it produces a really good sound. We’re really happy with it. We trust what these guys say and the quality of the product speaks for itself. “We’ve got the smallest system because it’s just a bar, but the quality is the same. It doesn’t matter if it’s a big cabinet or a small cabinet. I don’t know what the components inside those boxes are, but they must be something special.” General Manager of Boutique 7, Vyas Jayabhanu, comments: “We want to go a little more urban, a little more different, hence we
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created a very earthy kind of bar, with soft, mellow colours and lots of metal work. Basically, a handcrafted bar - we didn’t buy anything off the shelf, which is what makes it unique. “Personally, I had never heard of Funktion One before. I had gone to a club and heard a system that was amazing, and the DJ happened to be a friend of mine. I asked him, and he explained what it was and that Funktion One offered custom speakers, built to your venue. So I got in touch with Andrew, he came down to size up the place, and gave me a design. I was under the impression it was going to be too small, because usually people come and they say, ‘put 20 speakers or put 50 speakers to optimise the sound’. So, when Andrew said, ‘you need four speakers’, I was shocked, I thought he wasn’t being serious. But then when I heard the sound it really changed my view. Funktion One is a very good sound system - I will use it in all my clubs.” One of those clubs will be in the basement of Boutique 7. Named B2, the new venue is due to open in early 2012 and will boast a significant Funktion One configuration. The following day, we headed to Horizon, which is part of the Habtoor Grand Beach Resort. It is the first of two outdoor venues that we visited that day, both of them presenting the same challenge. Ramadan took place during August 2011, which offered an (almost) ideal opportunity to fit out venues, because no licensed venues are open during that period. As it fell this year, it also offered some very high temperatures and plenty of humidity, which didn’t affect the air conditioned interiors of Dubai, but made outdoor working conditions extremely challenging. The scenic surroundings of Horizon received an audio configuration comprising four horizontally flown Funktion One Resolution 1 enclosures and a F212 Minibass. DJ monitoring duties are handled by two F81’s. Like the other venues, a combination of F40Q and F60Q amplifiers, and an X04 loudspeaker management system,
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