Time Out Market Optimizes Coverage and Sound Quality with Martin Audio

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earNETWORKS has recently designed sound systems for the newly opened Time Out Markets in Miami, New York, and Boston consisting of Martin Audio CDD, SX subs, O-Line arrays, and Ceiling Series speakers to provide uniform coverage and exceptional audio quality.

Time Out Market is a food and cultural market bringing the best of the city under one roof: its best chefs, drinks, and cultural experiences. The first Time Out Market opened in Lisbon in 2014, and the popular format is now coming to other cities around the world.

Time Out Market is rooted in the heritage of Time Out -- a magazine created in London in 1968 to inspire and enable people to explore and enjoy the best of the city. Since then, Time Out editors have been writing about the best food, drink, and cultural experiences worldwide. Today, a global team of local expert journalists is curating the best things to do in 327 cities in 58 countries across websites, magazines, social media, and live events. Now this curation is brought to life at Time Out Market.

Asked about the project, earNETWORKS' Kurt Schlossberg replies: "We were asked to design an audio system that could operate throughout the day under various conditions providing background music during the day, cocktail music during the early evening, and a foreground system that could support performances from DJs and bands.

"Our goals when we designed the system," Schlossberg continues, "were for highly articulate vocal reproduction that's neither muddy nor diffuse, very natural sounding music running through a wide variety of current and classic genres, and a very contemporary sound for DJs. So we needed a very broad-based speaker system to cover all of the genres, moods, and sonic levels. Given all that, Martin Audio offered the best possibilities on every level."

Overall, earNETWORKS has deployed Martin Audio CDD8s, CDD12s, SX112, SX212 subs, and O-Line micro line arrays in all three venues. Time Out Market Miami, a single floor 18,000-sq.-ft. space, has 24 CDD8s, two CDD12s, three SX212s, two SX112s, and four O-Line line array modules along with Martin Audio C6.8T and C8.1T Ceiling Series speakers for the bathrooms, hallways, and other ancillary spaces. The CDD speakers are mounted approximately 10' off the ground at intervals around the room. Three SX212s run the length of the space and two SX112s are used as sub support for the O-Line arrays deployed for DJ and live band performances as well as reinforcement for the video wall.

Time Out Market Boston, a single floor 25,000-sq.-ft. space, includes 36 CDD8s, eight CDD12, 11 SX112s, and four O-Line cabinets while Time Out Market New York, a double floor 21,000-sq.-ft. space, has 72 CDD8s, three SX112s, and six SX212s.

Asked about the client's response to the new systems, he concludes; "they are really happy. So far, the venues have been operating in all formats and everything has been flawless. CDD's have an extremely wide range and are very articulate through the full frequency range with smooth uniform coverage throughout the venues. The sound is amazing wherever you are in the space."

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