Cafe Andaluz Chooses 1 SOUND for its 7th location
Cafe Andaluz with custom Cannon C4is
Scottish hospitality operator The DRG has opened a seventh tapas restaurant, Cafe Andaluz, in the Stockbridge neighbourhood of Edinburgh. Coinciding with the opening with the 21st anniversary of the first Cafe Andaluz, The DRG, Director Tony Conetta wanted this venue to be extra special…
Interior designer Jelena Kerr and DesignLSM, were entrusted with bringing to life the Moorish and Andalusian inspired interior, while Nadar Shahzad of Blue Audio was tasked with providing a complementary audio system to play out a bespoke flamenco-tinged accompaniment to the venue’s dining experience.
Audio quality and aesthetics were of equal importance in the project, so the choice of loudspeakers was crucial. It was somewhat fortuitous that when the project landed with Blue Audio, who were in discussion with CUK Group to become one of the first 1 Sound partners in the UK.
“When I saw the mood boards produced for the interiors of the new restaurant, I knew that the 1 SOUND Cannon series would be the ideal match due to their compact size and the customisation options available,” Shahzad says.
A demo of the 1 SOUND products at CUK Group’s East Kilbride facility convinced Conetta that they would provide the audio quality he wanted for the venue, while visual samples of the loudspeakers and different finishes available ensured Kerr and her team were satisfied that the loudspeakers would fit with the aesthetics.
The system subsequently deployed comprises the smallest Cannon C4i loudspeaker finished in off-white paint with a gold fabric grille; compact WSUB45 subwoofers were carefully concealed out of view to extend the LF response.
Another first for Blue Audio was their use of Powersoft’s Dynamic Music Distribution (DMD) ecosystem as a complete amplification, routing and control solution. Two Powersoft Mezzo 604AD amplifiers are networked along with a WM Touch 4.3-inch wall controller and a Bluetooth wall plate for local audio input.
“The decision to use DMD was based on a couple of different factors,” Conetta says. “First was the simplicity of being able to set up the complete audio and control system using a single piece of software, Powersoft’s ArmoníaPlus. Second, we had limited rack space available and with the two Mezzo amplifiers only taking up a total of 1U of rack space when mounted side-by-side, this was a big saving over a traditional solution using a separate zone mixer with different amplifiers for my tops, subs and 100V line speakers.”
Products Used: C4i, WSUB45, Powersoft Mezzo 604AD amplifiers
Installation By: Blue Audio Ltd
UK 1 SOUND Distributor: CUK Group, https://www.cuk-group.com/
