M Suite finds its sweet spot with JBL

Vietnam:

KTV venue M Suite recently opened in Ho Chi Minh City featuring a JBL Professional sound system tailored to the venue’s individual room requirements. Featuring a range of small, medium, large and signature rooms, M Suite has been designed with distinct entertainment environments that progress from more intimate karaoke settings to a larger premium performance space.

With music and vocal performance at the centre of the guest experience, the audio system needed to deliver the clarity, output and low-frequency impact expected from karaoke while adapting to the different scale and layout of each room.

Taking this into account, M Suite worked with distributor Phuc Giang PGI to develop JBL systems tailored to each room type, with EON700 Series systems for the small, medium and large rooms, while the larger Signature Room features the PRX Series. PGI Pro Audio noted that the installation represents the company’s first use of JBL Professional active loudspeaker systems for a KTV project.

“The new M Suite location was looking to elevate its karaoke experience with a more powerful and engaging sound system,” explained An, M Suite project manager. “After evaluating solutions from several brands and receiving consultation from the PGI team, M Suite selected JBL Professional for its dynamic sound performance, vocal clarity and ability to deliver an immersive karaoke experience.”

The small rooms have been outfitted with two EON712 powered loudspeakers, paired with a single EON718S powered subwoofer. The compact configuration provided the primary coverage and dedicated low-frequency reinforcement required for the smaller karaoke environment without adding more loudspeakers than the room required.

Medium rooms pair two EON712 loudspeakers with two EON710 powered loudspeakers positioned to extend coverage toward the rear of the room, while a single EON718S subwoofer provides low-frequency reinforcement. The additional rear coverage allowed the system to address the longer room layout while maintaining the same EON700 Series platform used in the smaller spaces.

For the large rooms, six EON712 loudspeakers provide the additional output and coverage required across the larger listening area, while two EON718S subwoofers increase low-frequency capability for music playback and karaoke.

The Signature Room represented the largest step in the system design. PGI selected six PRX915 powered loudspeakers in a surround configuration, supported by four PRX918XLF powered subwoofers, with a Soundcraft mixer providing mixing for the room’s audio system.

According to the team, this progression from EON700 to PRX Series systems allowed PGI to address the acoustic and performance requirements of each space without overbuilding smaller rooms or limiting the larger ones. The active architecture also kept amplification integrated within the loudspeaker systems, giving PGI a common deployment approach across various configurations.

“KTV is an important entertainment market across Asia, where the audio system plays a central role in the guest experience,” said Nick Screen, vice president and general manager, Harman Professional Solutions, APAC. “At M Suite, PGI scaled the JBL Professional system according to the requirements of each room. That approach provided the vocal clarity, coverage, output and low-frequency performance needed across the venue’s different karaoke environments.”