Category: Martin Audio

Chop Hits Barbecue is a barbecue restaurant in Shinmachi, Osaka, with a reputation for authenticity on a par with the southern United States. Here you can also enjoy background music provided by Martin Audio loudspeakers.

So popular is Chop Hits Barbecue that it has already been recommended in many gourmet guidebooks since its opening. The overall atmosphere is augmented by four Martin Audio ADORN A40, with two-zone volume control, enabling the operators to minimise any sound leakage from the speakers facing onto the street.

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Located in the vibrant West Loop neighbourhood, Nobu Hotel Chicago combines the essence of the Windy City with the spirit of Nobu. Innovative architecture and 115 stylishly-appointed rooms and suites seamlessly blend old-world Japanese influences with ultra-modern design. The Nobu Restaurant is at the heart of the hotel, opening out onto Randolph’s famed Restaurant Row.

Technology had to contribute to the guest experience, and sound was no exception. Nobu Hotel Chicago partnered with Martin Audio’s team of experts for audiovisual and AV low structured cabling. Encompass AV gave the team an opportunity to flex their design, acoustics, audio visual infrastructure, and overall hospitality strengths and sound performance.

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Situated in Ho Chi Minh City’s central entertainment area of District 1, the Arena Mix lounge is part of the high-end Khe Group businesses, founded by Tong Dong Khue.

After he finished studying in Singapore, Mr. Tong Dong returned to Vietnam to invest in the entertainment industry in general, and nightlife in particular. Arena Mix set out to focus on the customer experience, from food and drink, to quality sound.

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Situated in the Melbourne’s east, the community at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church was being crowded out by a suburb fast-tracked for urban growth.

Needing to relocate to a quieter location with room to expand, they became aware that a short distance down the road the St. James Uniting Church, with its striking mid-century early modern architecture, was looking to sell.

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The Kaho Theater in Iizuka City, Fukuoka, has survived many difficulties since the original building appeared in1922 and along the way this playhouse has been designated a Japanese national registered tangiblecultural property.

The predecessor of the current Kaho Theatre, Nakaza, was originally opened as an entertainment place for people working in coal mines in the Chikuho region. Mainly traditional drama, Kabuki, standup comedy, juggling and silent films were performed during that era.

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Martin Audio has announced that it has now started shipping the ADORN series ceiling loudspeakers to the APAC territories. The extension to the popular new installation series, which brings class-leading performance, reliability and value to a wide range of installations, was first announced back in February this year.

Along with the ceiling speakers—an area of the commercial sound installation sector in which Martin Audio has always excelled—is the availability of the company’s first ever pendant speaker, which comes in black or white as standard.

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Martin Audio has announced the availability of its first ever iOS app, XP Connect, for control and streaming for its popular self-powered portable series, BlacklineX Powered.

When BlacklineX Powered launched, users were able to access the built-in three-channel mixer and onboard Bluetooth streaming by utilising the rotary panel controls on the back of the loudspeakers. Now all of that functionality is brought to life in an intuitive, colourful app making it more convenient for the user.

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The Seoul Foundation for Arts & Culture (SFAC) recently commissioned the installation of a Martin Audio MLA Mini /MSX loudspeaker array in its new Youth Arts Centre. Funded by donations, the facility has been designed for young people in the Korean capital to fulfil their artistic potential, and put them in touch with other creative hubs around the world via the internet.

Founded in 2003, the Foundation had been seeking to create Seoul as a platform where diverse values of culture and art could be expressed, and The Youth Arts Centre was created as part of this activity. The facility itself had originally been donated by a private school foundation named Wonsuk.

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Martin Audio has been supporting the PLASA led #WeMakeEvents campaign which highlights the plight of the UK live events industry and the desperate need for additional Government support to this highly technical and specialised sector. The campaign culminated with a spectacular day of action with up to 5,000 people lining the banks and bridges of the River Thames to raise awareness of the crisis with politicians and the wider public.

The live events industry was the first to be impacted by the global shutdown as a result of the pandemic and will be the last to return to work. It can only exist when large scale gatherings can be held safely, which is simply not possible until sometime next year and even then, the future is uncertain.

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Martin Audio is proud to support the #WeMakeEvents Red Alert campaign in support of the UK live event sector which urgently needs government support to survive the COVID-19 crisis.

The events sector employs over 1,000,000 highly skilled people in the UK, all of whom have had no work for the past four months with little likelihood of restarting until Spring. The aim is to have financial support extended for the people and companies in this sector until they can return to work.

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