Sound Division bags Louis Vuitton store launch
London’s jet set rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous at an exclusive party thrown by leather specialists Louis Vuitton to celebrate the launch of their fifth London store at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill. Three hundred guests packed the venue over two floors to get on with the serious business of having a good time. Entertainment specialists Sound Division provided the audio system and DJ control equipment.
According to Sound Division's Chris Baxter who designed the sound system, the brief was fairly straightforward – to provide a compact yet powerful sound system with DJ control that would be capable of making itself heard over the noise of 300 people. “We had a slight problem during set-up in the form of a continual earth loop coming from the venue’s power supply. However, once we’d sorted that out we achieved a tidy, precise install over two floors. The upstairs feed was very discreet with just a couple of ElectroVoice Sx80’s (our favourites!) powered by a PSL VE500 amplifier and a Spirit mixer. Downstairs, which was where the DJ was situated, we went for the more powerful Sx300s powered by a C-Audio ST600 amp. We also supplied a couple of SL1210 turntables MkIII, a Denon 1800 CD player and a JBL G2 powered monitor for the DJ plus, at his request, an Allen & Heath X:one62 mixer, which seems to be a very popular choice at the moment.”
May 2003