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Void's X Really Matters at New London Club

Void Acoustics, designer and manufacturer of advanced professional audio systems for the installed and live sound markets, has announced that it has supplied its Air Motion, Airten, Axsys and Mycro loudspeaker systems for new London club, Matter. Part of the Fabric empire, the club is scheduled to open its doors during September within the O2 Arena complex. Involving over 30 Void loudspeakers, including two custom-designed bass enclosures - the Axsys X, a 2 x 18" multiple resonant chamber design, and the diminutive 2 x 12" Mycro X - Void's systems are being installed in Matter's VIP area, which features a dance floor and seven private-entertainment booths.

Two pairs of Void's signature Air Motion triple-horn mid/highs are being deployed for the dance floor, together with four Axsys X subs, plus Airten twin-cowl units as infills and as DJ monitors. Each of the seven booths are being equipped with an Airten unit and a Mycro X, which has been specially designed as a perfect under-seat fit within the dimensions of the booth furniture. A particularly innovative design, the Mycro X includes two 12" drivers in the cabinet volume normally occupied by one driver, increasing the sub's power handling to some 1500W.

Dave Parry, of sound and lighting design company Most Technical, and who was also responsible for the installation at Fabric in London, commented: "Having previously seen Void's loudspeakers at PLASA, I had been impressed with their visual design, and was equally impressed by the sound once we'd arranged a demonstration. Matter is a very special venue, and we didn't want to specify conventional loudspeakers for the VIP area - its whole up-market vibe called for something much more dramatic, with the look being very important. Void has applied custom finishes to the loudspeakers for us, and they look amazing! Fortunately, Void's products sound every bit as good as they look, and were an obvious choice. At Most Technical, we specialise in high-quality, immersive sound systems, with the emphasis very much on the music - Void's loudspeakers fit our ethos perfectly.

"The upstairs VIP area at Matter gave us some design challenges, but the final sound design is fairly straightforward, using a triple-horn Air Motion at each corner of the dance floor, plus the big subs. There are also around 15 of Void's Airten units providing additional distributed coverage - as fills and in the booths. Together with the output from the Mycro X subs, the club has massive amounts of power available for this area, but with consistent high-level quality wherever you go - a seamless result throughout. We're very pleased with both the aesthetics and musical delivery of the system, and Matter's VIP area is the first of many projects that we hope to be working on with Void."

Alex Skan, director of Void Acoustics, commented: "This is a significant project for Void, and an important new club for London. We are delighted to be involved, and pleased that the flexibility of having our own manufacturing facility enabled us to develop two loudspeaker designs specifically for the project, with custom finishes to suit the club's interior design. The Mycro X redefines the term 'powerful compact' and represents something of a breakthrough in generating high-level low frequency performance from small enclosures."

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Void's X Really Matters at New London Club

10th September 2008

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