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When it came to the audio upgrade at Pryzm, operator Luminar once again turned to a familiar face in the form of CVA. The Surrey-based audio solutions company was approached by Eric May, Luminar’s Head of Club Development to look at the proposed plans and devise a solution that would give maximum impact within time and budget. Jon Constable headed up the CVA team. Explaining the brief he said: “A system that integrated well with the existing infrastructure and gave the venue the audio performance that Pryzm and Velocity would require in terms of quality and reliability was required.” In the main room at Pryzm, Opus, Jon simply repositioned the existing six horizontally loaded CVA One Voice 15/2 mid/top loudspeakers in accordance with the new layout. “Working with the CVA One Voice 118 bass cabinets, it’s a very powerful main room system. It also allows for a noticeable drop of from dancefloor to peripheral areas,” continued Jon. “Adapting a system in an existing venue without it looking that way is always more challenging than starting from scratch, especially when the room is part of a multi-room venue. We managed to achieve this successfully without the need to disrupt other areas.” Elsewhere in Velocity - sitting alongside the SGM LD-5 LED domes - there are eight CVA One Voice 8/1 loudspeakers for the dancefloor area supplemented by four CVA One Voice 115 subwoofers
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to provide the bass element of the system. Jon utilised some of the existing kit for the peripheral areas. DJs at Pryzm have access to two Pioneer CDJ-900 mulitplayers and one Pionner DJM-900 mixer, while processing is taken care of by BSS and amplification by QSC. The upgrade of Luminar venues is set to continue in the UK, with future Pryzms in Leeds and Brighton next in line.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION LIGHTING 100 x SGM LD-5 LED dome sound 6 x CVA One Voice 15/2 mid/top loudspeaker; 8 x CVA One Voice 118 bass cabinet; 8 x CVA One Voice 8/1 loudspeaker; 4 x CVA One Voice 115 subwoofer; 2 x Pioneer CDJ-900 mulitplayer; 1 x Pionner DJM-900 mixer; BSS processors; QSC amplifiers pryzm.co.uk/bristol