Iceland – Spanning all three floors of a beautifully restored Icelandic heritage house originally built in 1907, Reykjavík’s new Japanese restaurant Shiro comprises a main restaurant dining room, attic floor Teppanyaki restaurant, private Karaoke room and basement bar, all equipped with NEXO ID Series sound installed by local AV technology specialists Exton.
“We worked closely with the architects to design a system that would meet the necessary performance criteria for the available budget and, critically, make the lowest possible visual impact in each of the four individual spaces” reports Exton Sound consultant / technician Asaf Tzur.
“In the main restaurant, five ultra-compact NEXO ID14s are completely invisible mounted above a Barrisol’s micro perforated stretched fabric ceiling which is almost completely acoustically transparent, with a pair of IDS108 subs hidden in the seating.
“In the attic Teppanyaki restaurant, four ID14 and two IDS108 subs are all attached to beams above a hanging ceiling feature, while a pair of ID24s are wall mounted and supplemented by a single IDS108 sub in the karaoke room.”
Although small, the basement ‘Seventeen’ bar also features DJ sets, necessitating a sound system with the potency to deliver a nightclub vibe when called upon.
“We installed four NEXO ID24s with two IDS110 subs in the bar, along with a fifth ID24 as a DJ monitor,” says Asaf.
With pristine audio quality a prerequisite, the Exton team installed a Bluesound Professional four zones B400S streamer to deliver high-definition audio in each of the four rooms, with network control from Q-SYS providing straightforward operation of the system for restaurant staff.
Amplification and processing comes from a rack of just five of NEXO’s ultra-compact, four-channel Powered TD Controllers.
“The NEXO ID Series is our go-to solution for applications in which the sound system must be heard but not necessarily seen” says Asaf in conclusion. “The installation at Shiro proves once again the exceptional levels of performance available from these very compact speakers.”
