Billed as Dubai’s largest indoor health and fitness club, the new Wellfit gym offers world-class facilities in more than 75,000sq-ft – along with sound from a Martin Audio reinforcement solution.
Located in Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC), this latest mammoth facility, situated on Level 2 of the Circle Mall, features no fewer than 200 of the British manufacturer’s loudspeakers, spanning several different ranges. It is the second such sports, health, and fitness centre in the UAE opened by operators Arada, following the successful community pilot in Sharjah in 2021.
The sound is broadcast through the main activity zones via Martin Audio’s CDD series coaxial differential dispersion loudspeakers, installed by local partner Pro Lab and specified by Pulse Middle East, who were responsible for the design and build of the venue. They are part of a full audio, visual, lighting, and content management solution.
Pro Lab has a long history of supplying Martin Audio systems, andin particular the ultra-compact CDD. ‘It was the coverage pattern in particular that drew us to CDD,’ says Pro Lab Managing Director, Rami Haber.
Since a differential dispersion horn has a trapezoidal dispersion pattern in both vertical and horizontal planes, the specified area can be covered with sound more evenly than a system with a conventional, fixed-dispersion horn.
Distributed throughout the vast space are six CDD10 and 50 CDD8, with low frequencies handled by 14 SX210 and four SX212 subwoofers.
In addition, Pro Lab and Pulse specified Martin Audio Blackline, detailing 20 Blackline X10, 32 X8B, a pair of Blackline X12B, and 18 X115B subwoofers. These are situated in the corners of the main studio.
In the ancillary retail and leisure areas, they have added a combination of 15 ACS-55T 5.25-inch passive two-way ceiling speakers, 20 ACP-55TB compact pendant ceiling speakers and 19 ACS 40TS 4-inch ultra-compact ceiling speakers—all part of Martin Audio’s Adorn series.
The loudspeakers also needed to show their versatility since they take feeds from a variety of sources including Pixilab, which controls all audio, visual, lighting (including architectural) and content, as well as computer-delivered background music, Audix mics, and other A/V sources (HDMI TX and RX).
The sound reinforcement system has met the approval of all concerned: ‘After working with many premier speaker systems previously in other gyms, the client was very happy with the coverage, performance and quality provided by Martin Audio and Pulse,’ Haber reports.
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