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Sound Division bags Louis Vuitton
store launch
London’s jet set rubbed shoulders with the
rich and famous at an exclusive party thrown by
leather specialists Louis Vuitton to celebrate
the launch of their fifth London store at the
Royal Exchange in Cornhill. Three hundred guests
packed the venue over two floors to get on with
the serious business of having a good time. Entertainment
specialists Sound Division provided the audio
system and DJ control equipment.
According to Sound Division's
Chris Baxter who designed the sound system, the
brief was fairly straightforward – to provide
a compact yet powerful sound system with DJ control
that would be capable of making itself heard over
the noise of 300 people. “We had a slight
problem during set-up in the form of a continual
earth loop coming from the venue’s power
supply. However, once we’d sorted that out
we achieved a tidy, precise install over two floors.
The upstairs feed was very discreet with just
a couple of ElectroVoice Sx80’s (our favourites!)
powered by a PSL VE500 amplifier and a Spirit
mixer. Downstairs, which was where the DJ was
situated, we went for the more powerful Sx300s
powered by a C-Audio ST600 amp. We also supplied
a couple of SL1210 turntables MkIII, a Denon 1800
CD player and a JBL G2 powered monitor for the
DJ plus, at his request, an Allen & Heath
X:one62 mixer, which seems to be a very popular
choice at the moment.”
May 2003 |
