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New York Venue Reopens with Danley Sound Labs Sound Reinforcement System

Christian Wissmuller by Christian Wissmuller
October 4, 2018
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The venue My Father’s Place in Roslyn on Long Island has reopened and is relying on a forward-thinking Danley Sound Labs sound reinforcement system.

The new My Father’s Place is located in the ballroom of the Roslyn Hotel, down the street from the original location. The original owner, Michael “Eppy” Epstein, is joined by two other music industry veterans, Alex Ewen and Dan Kellachan, as co-principals of the new venture.

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“We’re not your average club owners,” said Ewen. “We were very systematic about getting the perfect sound reinforcement system for our new room. Its acoustics are excellent, so we were really looking for a system that would complement the room. We didn’t need a system that would fix problems.”

The trio invited numerous loudspeaker manufacturers and system integrators in to demo their best products and to discuss their best ideas for making them work in the space.

“We kept getting offered line arrays and zone systems,” Ewen said. “I rejected both approaches. Line arrays have all kinds of interference between the boxes that sounds terrible and makes it impossible to provide consistent EQ across the entire room. A zoned system isn’t really appropriate for a live music venue. I wanted something horn-loaded because horn-loaded boxes have consistent sound and tight pattern control, but I wasn’t aware of any manufacturers who were making horn-loaded loudspeakers that sounded hi-fi.”

Frustrated with the answers they were getting, the owners reached out to Ewen’s trusted sound man of forty-plus years, Alan Thompson, co-founder of MetroSound.

“Eppy is obviously old-school and was not looking for super processing to fix problems,” Thompson said. “He just wanted a great sounding speaker. Tom Danley is a true genius who has developed horn-based systems that do not sound like horns but have an audiophile quality you rarely find with touring systems. The Danley SH69 has two 12-inch woofers and six -inch mids that wrap around the horn, and a 1-inch driver at the horn throat, so it is a new twist on an old concept.” To offer proof-of-concept, Thompson contacted Bill Danilczyk at Eastern Stage Productions in Long Island to help demo a Danley system with program music, a live female vocalist, and a live guitarist. “It was a full day of testing,” Thompson said. “Bill also brought other gear as well, so we could do a direct comparison with other manufacturers.”

“It was clear that the room wanted the Danley speakers,” Ewen said. “Our decision was made!” To offer a uniform SPL from front to back, Thompson had the unconventional idea of putting a Danley SH69 in each corner of the room. “I was skeptical until we tried it,” Ewen continued. “Over 90% of the room is sweet spot, and my friend and producer David Eng commented it sounded as intimate as headphones in the center of the room.” A single Danley SH95 provides front fill, and two Danley CS30 subwoofers round out the low-end from custom-built cavities within the stage. Given the bass boost afforded the full-range SH69s from their corner-mounted positions, the CS30s provide a musical low-end accent. A pair of four-channel Danley DNA 10k4 amplifiers with integrated DSP power the boxes.”

“The new system sounds fantastic,” Ewen said. “The room’s nice, natural reverb works with the sound, and there is no comb filtering and no dead spots.” Epstein added, “For me, this is not about nostalgia, it is about unfinished business on my part. There are great young bands and singer-songwriters out there who need a place to play, and the music industry is broken. Kids are scrambling trying to find a way to get noticed, but you still need to play live in a good club. I want to be there for this generation… and the next one too.”

 

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