Working in close collaboration with designer Devon Turnbull of Ojas Speakers, Jason Ojeda of Global Audio recently created a one of a kind high-powered audiophile sound system for community-based hospitality and performance space, Public Records.
Public Records is described by co-owner Francis Harris as “a hospitality establishment with exceptional curated music and live performances.”
To create the sound system for the space, Ojeda explains, “We’d been in extensive discussions with the owners who were looking for a true 2-channel audiophile system on steroids with amazing sound staging and imaging and enough horse power to cover a full on nightclub. We decided to build a system using the theory of older components and designs like Altec Lansing but updating those components with modern drivers, amplifiers and signal processing. In the main sound room, we installed a four cornered stack system, each consisting of two Void Acoustics Nexus XL subwoofers, one custom Ojas Quad 15 slot-loaded enclosure, one Altec 1505B Multi-Cell horn and one Faital super-tweeter. The amplification for the main room is a Void Bias V9, Void Bias Q2 and a Void Bias D1 with a pair of BGW VXi3.3 amps and BSS signal processing.”
Ojeda continues: “For the DJ monitors and booth, we have two Void Acoustic Stasys 4 and a Venu 215 subwoofer, four Pioneer CDJ Nexus 2000 NX2 players, four Technics SL 1200 MK2 turntables, a custom DJ Mixer by Isonoe and a custom DJ console by Global Audio Systems and Harry Theocharidis. In the Bar Room, we have four corner stacks, two with replica Altec 816 midbass boxes built by Devon and four with a Void Acoustics Venu 115 subwoofer and four Ojas cabinets with a 500hz horn and Altec HF driver, all powered by a Crown Macrotech 5002, a BGW 750G and a BGW 100B with analog crossovers and EQ. For the outside area, there’s one Ashley signal processor with six Void Acoustics Cyclone 55 speakers. The DJ setup for the Bar Room includes two Pioneer CDJ Nexus 2000 NX2, two Technics SL 1200 MK2, a DJ mixer by Isonoe and the same custom DJ console as the main sound room.”
