roxyscott Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 THE PHAZON II SYSTEM IS READY FOR INSTALLION AND WILL BE READY FOR THE MIDDLE OF APRIL...THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE FLOWN FROM THE CEILLING GIVING THE CLUB LOTS OF MORE SPACE...ALSO OUR DYNAMIC NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM WILL GO IN THAT SAME WEEK FOR YOUR VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT...WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED AT THE ROXY. WE WILL BE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE REPLACING THE AGING SOUND SYSTEMS AND THE ''UPSTAIRS'' HIP HOP LOUNGE AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM IN THE LOUNGE IN THE REAR OF THE CLUB...I KNOW THERE ARE MANY CLUBS IN NYC THAT ARE BIGGER AND ARE MUCH MORE PLEASING TO LOOK AT...BUT WAIT TILL YOU HEAR AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN STALL FOR YOU! PLEASE VISIT WWW.PHAZONSOUND.COM FOR MORE INFO ON PHAZON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crxtacy Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 :D OH MY GAWD!!!!!!! :D I AM SO AMPED!!!! I love the system now... I know that system in Roxy is gonna be off the hook!!!!lovin it lovin it lovin itoh i can't waitexcited excited excited... new visuals too? ooohh i'm all tingly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRIAN1500 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 roxyscott,You reappear when you have something to say about Roxy. I want to know your reasoning behind the rude comments that you made in the London board last month. I think you owe everyone an explanation on why you wrote what you wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexxyh Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Originally posted by crxtacy [b OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!I AM SO AMPED!!!! I love the system now... I know that system in Roxy is gonna be off the hook!!!!lovin it lovin it lovin itoh i can't waitexcited excited excited... new visuals too? ooohh i'm all tingly! ~~~WOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! :AMPED: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karch Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 you guys have to do seriusly something about that lounge in the back. Need some kind of renovations in there badly!! I'm glad you guys have plans on it. Hope everythign turns out good. That room got potential to be bangin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowgrlnyc Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 now all they need are really good djs to spin there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicinfusion Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 thats old news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crxtacy Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Originally posted by karch you guys have to do seriusly something about that lounge in the back. Need some kind of renovations in there badly!! I'm glad you guys have plans on it. Hope everythign turns out good. That room got potential to be bangin. true dat... i know it's real small and all, the line to get in is always long as hell... mebbe extend it out over the bar and have it looking out onto the main floor... and kill some of the lights by the bars or at least dim them so we can appreciate the new visuals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayp Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Originally posted by glowgrlnyc now all they need are really good djs to spin there... touche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progressive2 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Originally posted by glowgrlnyc now all they need are really good djs to spin there... couldnt of said it better myself, this is gonna be bitter sweet, im afraid the djs wont know how to handle the power of such a system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willandslater Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 wrong website roxyscott.correct website http://www.phazonsound.com/Phazon = JBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibclubbin Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 everyone is gonna jump on me for this one why does it matter if there is a Phazon system if the sounds coming out of it are horrible?BG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willandslater Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 - a phazon sound system contains JBL components. Check out http://www.jbl.com- the sound system in a club is only as good as the sound and electrical engineers/contractors that designed and installed the sound system.- phazonsounds design and install sound systems with JBL components/software. JBL designs and installs sound systems. Many, many clubs have JBL sound systems installed. In NYC: China Club, CBGBs, Roxy, and ex-Twilo, et cetera... had/have JBL sound syetems installed. - the question all you "people who think they know sound systems" should ask yourselves is, what makes a phazon sound system better than a JBL sound system ? Is there a difference ? (What does Phazon incorporate that JBL does not ??)- sound systems are designed with many variables and particulars that have a cause and affect on the final ouput. read the following documents if you have interest in designing sound systems..http://www.jblpro.com/pub/manuals/Install_guide.pdfhttp://www.jblpro.com/pub/install/V_SP_Array_guide.pdfhttp://www.jblpro.com/pub/install/MSSPVS_Dims.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppanils Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Originally posted by ibclubbin everyone is gonna jump on me for this one why does it matter if there is a Phazon system if the sounds coming out of it are horrible?BG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acura Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Originally posted by bigpoppanils I'm with you, Eric! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandyraver Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 anyone else notice that roxy is not on the list of clubs that are receiving or soon to receive phazon it was taken off the list months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarleo Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Watch Roxy empty out as summer unfolds as well......always seems to happen. Please just get the romparoom crew out and some REAL HOUSE in....that's all we ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehacker Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Originally posted by willandslater - a phazon sound system contains JBL components. Check out http://www.jbl.com...- the question all you "people who think they know sound systems" should ask yourselves is, what makes a phazon sound system better than a JBL sound system ? Is there a difference ? (What does Phazon incorporate that JBL does not ??)a valid point.or, it would be valid, as long as you don't personally know at least one person who works for phazon.i do.a sound system is ALSO largely Who Installs Itand more importantly HOW -- my friend who worksthere (and probably will, For Life) has discussedwith me At Length the little tricks of the tradethat are unique to phazon...a thing is not just a sum of its parts.it is also the synergy and entropy that created it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I'll believe it when I see it and hear it. The current sound system is pretty decent, but needs to be scrapped and redone. Hope that everything works out. Would be cool to see some of my favorite DJs in there. The lighting at Roxy is pretty good, i'm curious as to what you have in store. Some lazers would be nice. Instead of some dude with two laser pointers sitting in the dj booth tooling around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 If your looking at the stage and hear the speaker to the right, its busted, its sagging base is busted... They most seriously need a newer system there, but what Roxy needs to seriously do is get more people there, more free nights for ladies, the more the merrier . And the Djs are dope there have been some nice Dj's spinnin up at Roxy, above all JV represents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willandslater Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Originally posted by thehacker a valid point.or, it would be valid, as long as you don't personally know at least one person who works for phazon.i do.a sound system is ALSO largely Who Installs Itand more importantly HOW -- my friend who worksthere (and probably will, For Life) has discussedwith me At Length the little tricks of the tradethat are unique to phazon...I definitely agree. That's why I wrote "- the sound system in a club is only as good as the sound and electrical engineers/contractors that designed and installed the sound system. "Why don't you have your friend at Phazon enlighten us with some information? Maybe he can post some Phazon collateral or something. I would definitely be interested. There are alot of companies like Phazon, that re-sell JBL components and do the design/install work. I would be curious to learn what's makes Phazon different. Afterall Phazon gets the most hype out of every other vendor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayp Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 September 9, 1999 ) Company Gives Dance Club Patrons A Sound That Transcends Hearing By TED OEHMKE The pair not only run Twilo, but in the past 15 years, through their affiliated company, Phazon, they have also designed and installed sound systems in more than 200 dance clubs around the world, have contributed to five speaker-related patents and have built a reputation among many as the best sound designers in the club world. And sound, not celebrities, makes their clubs popular. Twilo is carefully calibrated by Mr. Dash to give its patrons the visceral experience of music. The result is as much about bodily sensation as it is about hearing. Mr. Dash is the technician of the pair. Working with well-known techno-music deejays like Junior Vasquez, Sasha and Carl Cox, Mr. Dash has turned Twilo into a showcase for his systems. ''It's magical because working here, you can really take people to another place,'' Mr. Cox said. ''It's a bit like creating another world or taking a trip in a spaceship.'' That's a more helpful description than the one provided by Mr. Dash. Sitting in one of Twilo's two deejay booths recently, Mr. Dash tried to put his magic into words while adjusting the system's frequencies. ''You plus the plus, minus the minus,'' he said. ''Sometimes you want to make it minus the plus. I don't want to make it too technical.'' Mr. Dash learned his trade during the Vietnam War. He had an aptitude for electronics so the Army trained him in electrical engineering. In combat, his job was to align the radio waves and microwaves that guided surface-to-air missiles. But his superiors had him doing double duty fixing their stereos. ''The stereos were always getting blown from surges caused by the generators, so for 20 bucks a pop, I'd fix them,'' he said. Spending many years after the war ''just trying to get by'' in Philadelphia, Mr. Dash also did graduate work in electrical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Dissatisfied with a job setting up hotel sound systems that played elevator music, Mr. Dash started working on equipment for a New York nightclub called the Paradise Garage, where Phil Smith was one of the owners. Famous for its powerful sound system, the Garage closed in 1985, but Mr. Smith and Mr. Dash paired up to open the Sound Factory one year later. Mr. Smith told Mr. Dash to ''do whatever he wanted'' at Sound Factory. What emerged was a system that set the standard for high-end club sound, and other club owners wanted the pair to build their systems as well. So Sound Factory became, literally, that. ''During the week, we'd build speakers and other components,'' Mr. Smith said, ''and on weekends we'd sweep away the sawdust and make it a club.'' After changes in ownership, Sound Factory reopened as Twilo in 1995. ''People are still promoting their clubs in England by claiming their system is as good as the one at Sound Factory,'' said Tim Fielding, part-owner of a London nightclub called The End. Though The End is a showcase for a competing English sound company, Thunder Ridge, Mr. Fielding tips his hat to Mr. Dash. ''They may not know his name,'' he said, ''but people in the club world know that the guy who developed that system is a genius.'' Mr. Dash and Mr. Smith are currently working on three new systems, one for a club in Sydney, Australia, and two for clubs in Britain. ''Our systems are strictly for a type of dance music known as techno or trance music,'' Mr. Smith said. ''That's all we've ever focused on, and that's why we've become popular.'' Popular, but not cheap. The average system costs $170,000. Phazon was recently awarded a $500,000 contract to design and install the sound system for a London club called Home. ''Whether we do a club or not depends on the vibe they have, what kind of deejays they are booking and the budget they're going to give us,'' Mr. Smith said. The first step is to analyze the room. While conductors have been known to walk around a room clapping to measure reverberation, Mr. Dash sets off an electronic device called a bomb, which produces and then measures an array of sounds. That data, along with detailed information about the room's surfaces, is plugged into a program that produces a color scheme of the room's acoustical values. Much the way a doctor might analyze a CAT scan, Mr. Dash looks over the report and decides what is best for that room. Dark areas on the screen indicate problems -- excessive reverberation in one corner or uneven sound distribution. A pink screen means that all 3,000 patrons of Twilo should experience the sound in the same way. Map in hand, Mr. Dash then calculates which speakers are best for the room and designs them on a CAD program. A contract factory in Philadelphia then uses high-tech computerized saws to make them. ''Getting those missiles to hit their targets was a hell of a lot easier than getting a room to sound right,'' Mr. Dash said. Mr. Dash's aim was on display on a recent Friday night at Twilo. When the needle is put on a record by Sasha, the deejay, the sound is immediately sent to a back room, where a bank of equalizers and computer processors break it down into bass, mid-range and high-range frequencies. Digital signal-processing chips that have modified by Mr. Dash to clean any unintended noise from the track. Since bass sounds tend to reverberate longer than treble sounds, a time-alignment program feeds them to the amplifiers at minutely different speeds, insuring that they will arrive at the listener's ear at the same moment. Sampling from three turntables, Sasha uses a mixer to control not only which frequencies are emphasized but also the area of the room the sound goes to. As if to demonstrate, Sasha silences the room around 3 A.M. As the crowd quiets, people hear a high-pitched chirp. Faintly at first in one corner, the invisible electronic bird, controlled by Sasha, circles the room. Piece by piece, layers of different sounds are added that seem to interact with the bird. In the course of three or four minutes, the entire room of 120 speakers is filled with the visceral and aural equivalent of a raging thunderstorm. Without pause, that collage of sound becomes a driving dance beat -- the intense peak music that the twenty-something patrons came to experience. ''Without a doubt, the Twilo system is the best sound system in the world,'' Sasha said. ''It's like a Lambourghini in constant need of tuning. But when it's in fine shape, nothing can compare to it. I have no idea how he does it, but Steve makes sure this thing works great.'' An experiment is pushing the dance club further into computerization. ''One of the things Steve is working on now is a joystick,'' said Mr. Smith, imitating the joystick action with his hands. ''So Junior Vasquez can move sounds around the room better. It works, too.'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehacker Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 just to add a note about dash's experience with digital signal processors in the military for so many years and still now for his sound systems... he often does all the programming HIMSELF. that's mainly what i was driving at - the engine that RUNS those factory-standard jbl components is, in fact, entirely proprietary, and are the custom brainchild of dash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willandslater Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 great info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teklord310 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 stop it you are making me cry.Great article, the man is one of a kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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