‘Being club promoters as well as restaurateurs, sound quality is incredibly important to us – and we think that is something that is too often overlooked by restaurants and bars.’ Speaking about London’s new Beagle restaurant, Kieran Clancy has the approval of both critics and punters on his side.
Situated within a stones throw of Hoxton tube station, Beagle ‘is a statement of warm industrial urbanism’, with sweeping arches of exposed brick broken up by heavyweight features. It houses a restaurant, which is flanked by a spacious bar and daytime coffee shop. And specialises in British food, craft beers, interesting wines and seasonal cocktails. While the décor could be described as minimal, its audio package is not...
London-based audio specialist Sound Services turned to Funktion-One’s F101 speakers –part of the company’s smaller but sonically solid range of compact loudspeakers – to meet Beagle’s expectations of sound quality and design. Along with bass definition and vocal intelligibility, the F101’s imaging detail and clarity help to address the challenging reverberation in the Beagle’s interior. Each speaker has been finished in black at the restaurant’s request, for discreet visual impact.
The venue’s dual-zone configuration is controlled by a Formula Sound audio management system with remote volume and source selection in each zone for local control. This is all powered by Full Fat Audio amplification.
‘For us, sound is as important as the rest of the fit out,’ Clancy says. ‘Funktion-One was the only option in our minds. We’ve used F101s at several events and always been surprised by their output. We’re getting great feedback all the time for the incredible sound quality at Beagle.’
Beagle is ia part of an extremely productive period for Sound Services. The company has installed new Funktion-One solutions at a string of Londond venues, including Basing House, Queen of Hoxton, Birthdays in Dalston, Old Blue Last, Dukes and Dalston Supertsore’s Dance Tunnel.
‘When you look back at everything we’ve done, and I include the rental jobs in there, it’s quite amazing,’ says Sound Services Technical Director, Rich Cufley. ‘We haven’t stopped…
‘With Funktion-One, we’ve got an incredible range of products that allow us to take on a huge variety of different projects,’ he adds. ‘And no matter which speaker we specify, we know it’s going to have unrivalled sonic performance and a standout level of quality.’
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