Yamaha Delivers Big Beats For Fitness Freaks

VondelGym is owned by a five man consortium, including Dutch television host Arie Boomsma. The first centre opened on Overtoom in Amsterdam two years ago and has proved such a success that a second one has recently opened across the city on Wibautstraat.

Opened in December 2016, the new 1100m2 facility is in the basement of an office building and has been fitted out with the latest fitness equipment for up to 120 people at a time. To help inspire participants to work themselves hard, the owners wanted an audio system that could play hip-hop music at high volumes and with plenty of bass. Experienced live sound engineer Stan van Ettikhoven was approached to see if his installation company, Rock 'n’ Roll Engineering, could help?

Stan suggested a Yamaha Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) system, comprising 21 full-range VXS8 loudspeakers distributed throughout the space, with a compact HS8S subwoofer by the boxing ring in the centre. Powered by XMV4280 and XMV8280 amplifiers, managed by an MTX3 matrix mixer/processor and controlled via two DCP1v4s and one DCP4s panels, it delivers all the volume, power and clarity required. A microphone was also installed in the boxing ring for presentations, training and instruction.

“The system is really impressive and very suitable for hip-hop,” says VondelGym co-owner Marvin Michel. “Wherever you are you get stereo sound and the low frequencies produced by the HS8S are spread evenly throughout the gym. The HS8S is particularly impressive, considering how small it is.”

One challenge of the installation was to minimise the low frequency vibrations that could travel through the building to the offices on the floor above. Stan solved this by installing custom rubber fixings between the loudspeaker brackets and the walls. He also used the MTX3 to create a separate audio zone near the gym’s entrance bar, where the system volume can be lower if required.

“We are really pleased with the Yamaha system,” says Marvin. “We are so impressed with it that we have asked Stan to install a similar system at our first gym. The system there is only two years old, but the Yamaha solution is so much better.”

VXS 시리즈

VXS 시리즈 라인업은 특정 사용 환경에 대한 최적의 모델을 선택 할 수 있도록 두 개의 풀 레인지 모델과 두 개의 서브 우퍼를 갖추고 있습니다. 필요한 경우, 강한 저음역을 요구하는 장소에 서브 우퍼를 결합할 수 있습니다.

XMV 시리즈

XMV 시리즈 멀티 채널 파워 앰프에는 D등급 효율성과

MTX Series

다양한 상업 공간에서 요구되는 사운드 시스템을 간단하게 실현하는 신호 프로세서입니다.

HS 시리즈

PX8 파워 앰프로 구동되는 6개의 화이트 VXS5W 스피커는 숨겨진 HS8S 파워드 서브우퍼가 보완하는 이글루 주변의 특수 절단된 알코브에 설치되었습니다. 이렇게 하면 Ice Symphonium에 시각적 초점을 끌어모아 서라운드 시스템이 효과적으로 사라집니다. Steinberg UR824 오디오 인터페이스는 Yamaha 시스템을 오디오 사운드 스케이프를 호스팅하는 PC와 대화식 인터페이스를 위한 VST 라이브러리에 연결합니다.