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The room

Public Records brings several different listening environments together in Brooklyn. The Nursery adds an outdoor setting for live performances and DJ events; its system is documented separately from the indoor rooms.

From the venue

Photos and video from the original publisher.

Public Records · from InstagramView original post ↗

Photos and video from the original publisher.

Public Records · from InstagramView original post ↗

Several distinct installs, not one rack. Indoor Sound Room (OJAS / Global Audio Systems): Void Nexus XL sub stacks, OJAS quad-15 slot-loaded midbass, Altec 1505B multicells and Faital super-tweeters, Void/BGW/BSS amplification and processing, four Technics SL-1200MK2 and four CDJ-2000NXS2 on a custom Isonoe mixer. Bar Room: replica Altec 816 midbass, OJAS cabinets with 500 Hz horns and Altec HF, Void Venu 115 subs, Crown/BGW analogue amps, two 1200MK2 and two CDJ-2000NXS2. Outdoor Nursery: OJAS × NNNN fully horn-loaded four-way.

A later Atrium chapter flies six OJAS × NNNN ON M I (NNNN Avant 30 bass horn + OJAS multicell) with eight OJAS × NNNN TL18 subs. This is architectural horn work at club scale: multicells for midrange envelope, slot-loaded or horn bass for punch, separate rooms so listening and dancing do not share a compromise pair.

Equipment · Browse this venue’s gear
ComponentManufacturerEquipment / details
Outdoor loudspeaker systemOJAS × NNNN OJAS (Devon Turnbull) · NNNNCustom, fully horn-loaded four-way installation
Sound Room subwoofersVoidNexus XL — two per corner stack in the published installation
Sound Room midbassOJASCustom Quad 15 slot-loaded enclosures
Sound Room horns / tweetersAltec / Faital Altec Lansing (vintage Voice of the Theatre / Altec) · Faital / FaitalPROAltec 1505B multi-cell horns; Faital super-tweeters
Sound Room amplification / processingVoid / BGW / BSS Void Acoustics · BGW Systems (historic) · BSS Audio (Harman)Bias V9, Q2 and D1; pair of BGW VXi3.3; BSS processing
Sound Room playbackTechnics / Pioneer / Isonoe Technics (Panasonic) · Isonoe · AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ4 × SL-1200MK2; 4 × CDJ-2000NXS2; custom Isonoe mixer
Bar Room loudspeakersOJAS / Altec / Void OJAS (Devon Turnbull) · Altec Lansing (vintage Voice of the Theatre / Altec) · Void AcousticsReplica Altec 816 midbass cabinets; OJAS cabinets with 500 Hz horns and Altec HF drivers; Void Venu 115 subs
Bar Room amplificationCrown / BGW BGW Systems (historic) · Crown Audio (Harman)Macro-Tech 5002; BGW 750G and 100B; analogue crossovers
Bar Room playbackTechnics / Pioneer / Isonoe Technics (Panasonic) · Isonoe · AlphaTheta / Pioneer DJ2 × SL-1200MK2; 2 × CDJ-2000NXS2; Isonoe mixer
Booth monitoringVoidStasys 4 and Venu 215
About the sound system

How the system serves the room

Public Records should be read as several installations. The indoor Sound Room uses substantial bass and midbass sections with horn-loaded upper frequencies; the Bar Room has its own speaker and amplifier chain; the outdoor Nursery uses the OJAS × NNNN four-way system.

That separation allows different coverage and output requirements to be addressed in each space. Multi-way systems also require careful crossover and time alignment, while the DJ booth needs monitoring that lets selectors hear clearly without forcing the audience system louder. The equipment list documents the parts, not a single universal signal path for the whole venue.

Technical interpretation based on the documented equipment; selection motives and measured in-room performance are not confirmed.

System builders & design

OJAS / Devon Turnbull — Custom systems across the venue; Nursery collaboration with NNNN.

Global Audio Systems / Jason Ojeda — Indoor system design and installation.

NNNN / Rune Skramstad — Four-way horn-system collaboration for the outdoor Nursery.

Room & tuning

Studio Kos and Arup contributed to the Sound Room’s perforated-plywood acoustic treatment. The Upstairs listening lounge incorporates OJAS subwoofer cabinets into the walls.

Equipment sources: NNNN · the Nursery system ↗

People & equipment

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