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JET Nightclub Takes Off With EAW Avalon Series Loudspeakers
Press Release
2006-08-10

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The new JET Nightclub at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas offers a sound reinforcement system featuring EAW Avalon Series loudspeakers, which were specifically designed to meet the high demands of premium nightclub sound. Within a 15,000-square-foot space, JET is outfitted with high-end entertainment technology in each of its three distinct rooms, which are discretely fed hip-hop, rock and house music. As he’s done with numerous cutting-edge club sound designs, John Lyons, president of design/build firm John Lyons Systems, chose to head the JET system with EAW Avalon Series loudspeakers, which he originally co-designed with the EAW engineering team.

In light of unique sonic challenges presented at JET, the two entities again teamed up on a hybrid custom loudspeaker design called the Avalon DCX. Specifically, the DCX marries elements of standard Avalon DC1 and DC2 models with EAW's revolutionary Concentric Summation Array (CSA) technology that employs several patented concepts - including precise low- to mid-pattern control matching and the Radial Phase Plug - to deliver symmetrical off-axis response that’s extremely smooth and predictable in both vertical and horizontal planes. The DCX also offers a new enclosure shape and grille.

At JET, a total of six DCX boxes are flown alongside the main dance floor, accompanied by eight EAW Avalon DCS2 dual-12-inch-loaded subwoofers that provide pulsing low-frequency energy. Built into soffits, the DSC2 subwoofers are arranged in banks of four that are positioned on each long side of the dance floor.

Off the dance floor, 36 EAW custom JL12 custom 12-inch coaxial ceiling loudspeakers are installed over the two bar areas to provide distributed coverage in the main room, and they’re also used as the main PA in both of the club’s side rooms. The main room DJ booth monitoring system includes two Avalon DC4s and an EAW SB250 subwoofer, as well as a new Mackie d.2 DJ mixer.

JET joins an impressive Las Vegas nightclub roster that also feature Lyons-designed systems headed by Avalon Series loudspeakers, including Light and Caramel at the Bellagio, TAO at the Venetian and Body English at the Hard Rock Hotel.

About EAW

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW), a LOUD Technologies Inc. brand, is the worldwide technological and market leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance professional loudspeaker systems. EAW speakers are found in high-end sound reinforcement applications including sporting arenas, churches and nightclubs, and on major musical tours. For more information visit: www.eaw.com.

EAW is a registered trademark of LOUD Technologies Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information please contact: Eastern Acoustic Works • 1 Main Street • Whitinsville, MA 01588 • Phone: (508) 234-6158 • Fax: (508) 234-8251 • Internet: www.eaw.com