Tateside crafts K-array system for Lilibet’s

[UK] The birthplace of Queen Elizabeth II and named in honour of the young Queen’s childhood nickname, Lilibet’s, at No.17 Bruton Street in London, features ‘a refined menu of seafood and an equally elegant interior’.
Tateside were responsible for the design and implementation of a complete background audio system based on K-array’s Vyper family of loudspeakers. Lilibet’s is just one of more than a dozen high-end hospitality spaces in this neighbourhood that trust in K-array’s audio solutions.
“Working in collaboration with the consultant and local distributors 2BHeard, the scope was to design and install an elegant, yet discreet, distributed background audio system that would respect the prestigious nature of the venue,” says Joby Morris, project manager at Tateside. “The design did not require high SPL DJ playback, like something you’d find in a club system; it was more about creating a high-fidelity sound that would complement the atmosphere across the ground-floor restaurant level, yet with enough headroom to support live musicians.”
K-array’s Pure Array Technology (PAT) was one of the key motivations behind the selection of their Vyper series loudspeakers. “K-array offers that perfect balance between performance and form-factor,” continues Morris. “To ensure an efficient installation and accurate coverage, we first plotted the system into K-array’s K-Framework software to fine-tune the configuration, which helped greatly with our planning and keeping time on-site to a minimum.” 2B Heard also provided support during this design phase, undertaking acoustic simulations to ensure the best possible audio coverage.
A total of 14 Vyper KV25 are installed throughout the ground-floor dining room, with 12 Rumble KU26 subwoofers. Two Kommander KA18 amplifiers power the wall-mounted Vypers, whilst a Kommander KA28 drives the subs. “We tried to get as close as possible to a 1-1 ratio of subwoofers and loudspeaker elements, ensuring a single point of reference and low-end frequency extension throughout the 100-plus capacity restaurant,” remarks Morris. “The dispersion angles of the Vypers are narrow in the vertical field and have the ability to throw audio effectively, ensuring complete coverage to all tables.”
All loudspeakers are mounted along the perimeter walls, with subwoofers hidden beneath banquettes or within joinery. Each Vyper unit is finished in a custom RAL colour. Additionally, Tateside supplied a range of DPA and Sennheiser instrument microphones to cater for live musicians.
K-array’s K-Monitor software allows for remote access and monitoring of the system, providing logging of the amps and the ability for Tateside to run system health checks or make adjustments on the fly.
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