Plus one. The greatest event in Ireland.

At least learn what you’re talking about before saying that. The place has been closed and reopened more times than Cork people can remember in recent years so you’ll excuse us locals for being somewhat sceptical!

No need for that kind of response drama-boy.

I apologise but it was somewhat evident from your post you don’t know the venue, so your scope for accurate comment was somewhat hindered!

Spot on, no one ever does the sound right in there, spend all the money on curtains and decor and forget that a club needs a good sound system first and foremost.

Hey folks – not sure if you noticed, but the new club will have a new soundsystem: “installed a cutting edge sound and lighting system “that could only be rivalled by the best clubs in the world”.”
Just wanted to let you know in case you missed it as I thought it was interesting!
Aoife

Cheers for that Aoife, lets just say its not the first time we will have heard that. We live in hope I suppose?

I know that the Savoy gets some amount of abuse over its soundsystem and I hate to be too critical but several gigs I went to there had serious problems with sound e.g when I saw Laurent Garnier back in 2010, the sound was very off…way too fuzzy. It has excellent potential to be a big venue for electronic music but unfortunately recent ventures had made it too focused on commercial music, which at the weekends it can’t compete with the other clubs around the town. People don’t seem to like it as a club because it is too big – as opposed to the handy size of Havanas etc. Think

The problem with the sound was partially caused by noise complaints from the nearby residential areas, so the council had to set limits. Hopefully technology has moved on. The main floor in the old (new) Savoy was too big for anything other than a major gig. There’s obviously demand for a medium to large music venue in Cork: look at the success of the Marquee and the recent gigs on the old Beamish and Crawford site. Best of luck to them IMO

Poor sound is usually down to the shape and dimensions of the building and the type of materials that are used in construction, or in this case renovations. There is only so much the sound system can do if the buildings acoustics are not ideal. Hopefully they have got it right this time.

Aint my Favorite venue either. It always seemed to open and too big. But, if i understand right, the venue has been redesigned inside. I hope theyve done a good job. The place kept on failing because no one ould change the inside to adapt to new social changes and events. I think people want more intimacy but not over crowding. The old venue was the complete opposite of that. So maybe, if designed right, it could work now. SO lets see.

how is the location awkward?? perfect distance away from the Washington street crowd

Not from Cork so don’t bother throwing that one at me! ;) In fairness, I expect decent sound for a gig I’m after paying for. Didn’t read the article properly about the new soundsystem – hopefully that’ll go some way to improve things in there and attract decent acts somewhere else other than Dublin.

Oh here we go, the usual bash Cork people posts begins! Yawn! Have you ever been Colin? cause clubs aren’t made because they “appear” good, they actually have to be good in reality!