No Static recently installed an Ashly Audio ne8250.70pe combined eight-channel network amplifier and Protea™ DSP at The Street, a restaurant in Honolulu owned by famous chef Michael Mina.
“We’ve been working with the Mina Group for a while now and in fact recently did an installation at StripSteak Waikiki in the same area as The Street,” said Eugene Gordon, CEO of No Static AV. “The Street is unique. They’ve placed many concepts under one roof – a ramen noodle bar, a strictly-vegetarian counter, an Italian counter, a shaved-ice specialty shop, and more. Everyone gets their food and then sits together in the common seating areas. The Mina Group is now familiar with the kind of systems we build, and they (like us) have come to appreciate Ashly’s rock-solid reliability and easy user interfaces. We don’t have to go through any kind of sales pitch with them; we just say ‘Ashly amp and control’ and they know it’ll be good.”
Inputs to the system range from a music player in the rack to several input pockets on the floor at strategic locations. The input jacks can be used by small bands or DJs, while output zones include the Tiki bar, the beer & wine bar, some counters in the restaurants, and the restrooms.
The Ashly ne8250.70pe performs all input processing, logic and user control routing, and loudspeaker conditioning, plus multiple of QSC pendant loudspeakers and QSC in-ceiling loudspeakers provide the output.
“Since we’re in California and the restaurant is in Hawaii, reliability is paramount,” Gordon said. “Ashly’s gear is extremely reliable, so that gives me a lot of comfort. However, if anything were to go wrong, the fact that everything is contained within the ne8250.70pe chassis makes it easy for me to program a new unit here in Burbank, ship it to Hawaii, and have them swap it out. No problem. On top of that, Ashly’s five-year warranty gives them peace of mind. Of course, Ashly can safely offer that kind of protection because their gear has such a low failure rate.”
Gordon also created a custom user control app for the iPad by using the Ashly Remote App.
“They love the iPad user control,” Gordon said. “They can control source selection and volume in all of the zones. It’s perfectly intuitive. We also gave them two Ashly WR-5 wall mounted controls to serve as backup in case their network goes down.”
