While it is now a chic 1950s-style restaurant, the Pink Cadillac used to be a Moscow garage. Now centred on a genuine Caddy, it was the room boundaries that attracted the attention of AE Consulting. ‘We faced a real challenge,’ says AE Consulting Director General, Alexander Evstratov. ‘To complete the fifties ambience, the owners wanted music at authentic sound levels, [so] the need for clear sound was paramount.'

This required remodelling the room acoustics neutralise reverberation and other acoustic artefacts, and was achieved with ‘...the lightest of touches, architecturally speaking’.

‘...we solved [the reverberation issue] with the interior designers, selecting specific materials for the décor and adding epoxy foam behind the most troublesome areas,’ Evstratov  explains. ‘For music we turned to sound reinforcement specialists from Aris, in particular project manager, Denis Kolomiets. We have worked with Aris on many projects – they repeatedly recommend d&b audiotechnik sound systems and we know they love this brand.

‘We have always had good results with d&b, even in the most difficult of rooms – Pink Cadillac was no different. An acoustic model in the d&b ArrayCalc simulation software with the d&b T-Series loudspeakers in the room looked perfect. The final design used T10 loudspeakers with T-Subs flown in array. When we then saw just how compact the T-Series is we knew our client would be delighted, and they were.

‘It simply would not do to ignore the low end when trying to evoke that fifties musical experience, so subs were essential. Alexander and his team did such a good job on the acoustics that, when the system was tuned to the room, it really let the T-Subs breathe. The positioning of the performance stage made it possible to put every seat in the room within the direct field of T10s, further enhancing the listening experience.’