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of satisfying a club environment so we specifi ed a full JBL, Crown and BSS system. Like with most projects the brief changed slightly from initial discussions and there are always hurdles to overcome along the way but we managed to stay within the initial guidelines proposed.” Due to its sleek pendant shaped design, the JBL Control 65 P/T compact full-range loudspeaker was specifi ed for SPiN Dubai and Glen explained why: “A lot of architects and interior designers are becoming more conscious of sound systems as they don’t want large black boxes messing up their design. In the same breath a lot of loudspeaker manufacturers are becoming more conscious of design and the look of their boxes. The JBL Control 65 P/T is a bit ‘prettier’ than other loudspeakers available on the market thanks to its teardrop shape. The majority of the ceiling is black at SPiN, which has allowed us to discreetly hang the loudspeakers from the ceiling using a single wire.” SPiN Dubai features eight JBL Control 47HC high ceiling loudspeakers, which feature a narrow 75º coverage pattern making it ideal for use in highly reverberant spaces and high ceiling applications such as SPiN, which features a glass wall down one side of the building, naturally causing reverb issues for the GSL team. This focused pattern of the loudspeakers helps to minimise sound refl ection from the room surfaces as well as time arrival anomalies from adjacent loudspeakers, resulting in improved speech intelligibility. Also installed at SPiN are two JBL Control 24CT Micro in-ceiling loudspeakers, two JBL AM5212/64 two-way, loudspeakers, four JBL AM5215/95, full range loudspeakers, four JBL Control 25AV loudspeakers, and two JBL PRX618S- XLF subwoofers providing the bass, all powered by two Crown CT 8150 amplifi ers and two Crown XTi4002 amplifi ers. Processing is taken care of by a BSS Soundweb London BLU-100 digital signal processor and a BSS Soundweb London BLU BOB2 output expander, while a BSS Soundweb London BLU-8V2 programmable zone controller looks after the eight different zones at SPiN. “Overall we’re very happy with the way the system sounds at SPiN,” said Glen. “We would have liked a bit more power in there, but then the venue at that time didn’t have the budget to invest extra expense into the system. The JBL loudspeakers we’ve used are from the mid
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to high end of the market and are the right choice for the venue. If we had put more power in there and gone louder then we would have also faced more reverb issues.” As the ping-pong tables are the main focus of the venue, intelligent lighting has been kept to a minimum at SPiN, as Dani explained: “We’re a ping-pong parlour that turns into a nightclub later on. We’re not trying to be anything else and the lighting has been put in to specifi cally focus on the tables. We are also completely UV ready to give that ‘Thai Full Moon Party’ feel on certain nights - using black lights and glow in the dark ping-pong balls so guests can play in almost completely black surroundings.” There are just four American DJ Vizi Beam 5R moving heads installed at SPiN Dubai, providing a nightclub atmosphere, these are controlled by an American DJ DMX lighting controller. For Glen, working on a prestigious brand such as SPiN provides GSL with the opportunity to work on a project completely different to the usual Dubai offering, telling mondo*dr: “Dubai hasn’t seen a club like this before and it really is a breath of fresh air for the area and to have a brand as big as SPiN come over here is great, we’re really proud of how the project went and are defi nitely using it as a point of reference.”
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SOUND 12 x JBL Control 65 P/T compact
full range pendant
loudspeaker; 8 x JBL Control 47 HC loudspeaker; 2 x JBL AM5212/64 loudspeaker; 2 x JBL PRX618S-XLF loudspeaker; 2 x JBL control 24CT Micro ceiling loudspeaker; 4 x JBL Control 25AV loudspeaker; 4 x JBL AM5215/95 loudspeaker; 2 x Crown XTi4002 amplifier; 2 x Crown CT 8150 amplifier; 1 x BSS BLU- 100 digital processor; 1 x BSS Soundweb London BLU-8V2 programmable zone controller; 1 x BSS Soundweb London BLU BOB2; 2 x Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus CD player; 1 x Pioneer DJM- 900 Nexus mixer; Mackie monitors
LIGHTING
American DJ Vizi Beam 5R moving head; 1 x American DJ 512 lighting controller
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