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Tectons & T&M Provide Power Solution at the Palace
The venue owners, Lynnet Leisure Group were implementing the Palace’s first upgrade in the 16 years since the 2,500-capacity venue first opened and needed to elevate the vast complex of nightclubs, feeder bars, VIP rooms, restaurant and banqueting area into the first division.
Having successfully tendered for the audio contract, Bryce Keachie’s company turned to the dependability of German engineering in the form of a combination Camco Tecton and t&m Systems products — both brands distributed in the UK by Fuzion plc.
He says he was assisted in his decision by a visit to last September’s PLASA Show — when he was gearing up for the project. Bryce arrived in London accompanied by Lynnet Leisure’s general manager, Craig Amner. “It enabled me to see all the different amplifier choices under one roof,” he said. “In the end my decision was a driven by a combination of the inherent reliability of the German products and the assurance of the back-up I would receive from Fuzion. On a pound-per-watt basis they are extremely competetitive.”
Another factor, he says, is that the Tectons are impedance-optimised for superior performance.
Amp racks are located on all floors of the three-storey construction. The main dance activity takes place at the top where Oxygen’s vibrant new sound and light interior is fed from the adjacent Loop bar and powereed by a combination ot five Tecton 24.4’s, two 22.2’s, two 32.2’s and a 28.2 — supported by a t&m Systems Performance SA 600 Pro, which offers a cost-effective alternative further down the scale. The middle floor sees a further pair each of the t&m Performance SA 450 and SA 600 Pro driving the surround sound PA with a pair of Tecton 24.4’s running the stage system.
The ground level Bus Stop bar (so named because it is situated opposite the bus terminus) is gearing up for all-day operation and the system on this floor will be powered by a pair each of t&m Performance SA800 Pro and SA 600 Pro’s.
Keachie Electronics have been installing venues across Scotland’s central belt since 1979 — and when the final phase of Hamilton Palace completes in September, following its £1.5 million fit-out, it will extend a long line of high profile venues for which Bryce Keachie’s company has been responsible for.
In the meantime Lynnet Leisure’s property company (Lynnham Properties) plan to develop the art-deco former Vogue cinema, adjacent to Hamilton Palace, into a further late night entertainment mecca.
25th July 2005
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