City Winery Selects Meyer Sound M¹elodie Line Arrays

City Winery Selects Meyer Sound M¹elodie Line Arrays for a New World

Entertainment Experience in New York City



City Winery has emerged as a unique feast for the senses since its debut in

Manhattan¹s highly selective SoHo district in December 2008. A

21,000-square-foot epicenter combining winemaking, gourmet dining, and live

music, City Winery stands out from the crowded culinary scene with a

world-class music venue reinforced by the award-winning M¹elodie line array

loudspeaker system from Meyer Sound.



City Winery Founder and CEO Michael Dorf specified the M¹elodie after

successfully employing Meyer Sound systems in the famed Knitting Factory

live venues that he formerly owned and operated. ³Meyer Sound is the best,

period,² Dorf says. ³At City Winery, we¹re using the definitive glassware,

the most exclusive cheeses‹we¹re only working with the elite. As a home for

international acts, when you let them know you have a Meyer Sound system,

you never have anyone say, ŒI have to bring my own.¹ We¹re a Meyer venue,

and there¹s nothing to improve on.²



A warm, open, and airy space, City Winery hangs four M¹elodie line array

loudspeakers on both sides of the stage, yielding uncommonly rewarding

results. ³The M¹elodie has exactly what we were looking for: It doesn¹t blow

away the people in the front, and it still can reach to people 75 feet

back,² says Dorf. ³The vocal clarity is precise, deep, rich, and it sounds

very true. For instrumentation we get a full, rich sound‹anything plugged in

is coming out very accurately.²



The system was designed by Ed Greer, general manager of operations at City

Winery, in collaboration with Meyer Sound Tech Support, and installed by

Brooklyn, NY-based Music First Productions. The M¹elodie-based solution

incorporates two Meyer Sound UPQ-1P wide coverage loudspeakers which anchor

left and right fills for the far sides of the wide room, while frontfill is

provided by three M1D-SM loudspeakers, a version of the M1D line array

loudspeaker with alternate end plates for single-mount configurations with

the M1D-MUB single mount U-bracket. The design also includes two 600-HP

subwoofers, four UM-1P stage monitors, eight MM-4XP self-powered miniature

loudspeakers and a Galileo loudspeaker management system. Together, the

components have created a compelling sonic experience for artists such as

Joan Osborne, Suzanne Vega, Lenny Kaye, Boz Scaggs, Philip Glass, Rufus

Wainwright, and many more.



³To have many of these performers come in and say, ŒThis is one of the

greatest musical performance rooms that I¹ve played in for many years¹ is a

very high compliment,² Dorf reflects. ³City Winery spent a lot of time

thinking about both the audience and the artist experience. We¹ve nailed it

with Meyer Sound.²