Background music in a restaurant is not just “let something play in the speakers”. It is part of the guest experience on the same level as the menu, the lighting and the service. A diner might not notice that the light is warm and the music plays evenly everywhere — but they will absolutely notice if the music shouts by the window and disappears in the back of the room, if tracks get cut off by paging, or if you can hear kitchen clatter from the bar.
In 2024 WLTT launched a dedicated direction — professional audio equipment for HoReCa and fitness. We chose AUDAC as our primary vendor: a Belgian manufacturer with more than 40 years of heritage, today delivering installation audio in hotels, restaurant chains, spa complexes and fitness clubs across Europe and South-East Asia.
Why AUDAC
- Belgian engineering approach: minimal digital noise, even frequency response, honest sound without exaggerated bass.
- Full installation range: ceiling, wall and column loudspeakers, amplifiers, mixers, sources and control.
- Native Dante support — the industry-standard protocol for digital audio over existing LAN cabling.
- Audac Touch 2 wall panels — a single point of control for audio, sources and scenes across every zone of the venue.
- High reliability and 5-year warranty on most models under installation use.
- Third-party compatibility — AUDAC does not lock you into a proprietary ecosystem.
Why a restaurant needs multi-zone audio
Even a compact Phuket venue is already several acoustic zones with different requirements. The sea-view terrace — background music with extra loudness headroom to fight the wind. The main dining hall — mid-level musical backdrop that never intrudes on conversation. The bar — a bit louder and more energetic. Restrooms — very quiet, no vocals. Kitchen and back-of-house — paging only, plus emergency announcements.
AUDAC lets us merge all of these into a single system with independent volume and source selection per zone. Morning brunch: the dining hall runs a Spotify playlist while the terrace plays an internal live radio and the kitchen only takes announcements. In the evening the bar switches to a DJ mix, the dining hall stays quieter. The manager changes source or volume in any zone from a single wall panel or tablet.
Dante: audio over ordinary LAN
Dante is the digital audio network that has become an industry de-facto standard. Technically it delivers uncompressed audio over regular Ethernet. For a restaurant that means we no longer run separate analogue cables to every zone — everything goes through the existing network, the same twisted-pair that already carries WiFi, CCTV and the Syrve POS.
- Less cable and less civil work — a visible saving on the fit-out.
- New zones can be added without tearing up the electrical plan.
- Very low latency (under 1 ms), which matters for paging and voice announcements.
- Remote diagnostics and firmware updates without an on-site visit.
Audac Touch 2 — one panel instead of six
In older restaurant systems volume control meant knobs on the wall, one per zone. Once you have five zones the wall starts to look like an aircraft cockpit. Audac Touch 2 is a flush-mounted 4.3″ or 7″ touchscreen that replaces all of those knobs at once.
On-screen the venue zones are shown as a clean map. Staff taps a zone, picks a source (radio, playlist, media player, microphone) and sets the volume. The manager can switch the dining hall to a “quiet dinner” scene or trigger emergency fire paging with a single action.
«Professional audio is engineering, not a shelf at a hardware store. It must be designed for a specific space — accounting for ceiling height, materials, seat count and the format of the venue.»
What we deliver in a project
- Acoustic survey of the venue: heights, reflections, background noise.
- Zoning and speaker count calculation — with SPL headroom and minimal audible drop between points.
- Class-D amplifiers with per-zone DSP control.
- Structured Cat6 cabling and fibre where required for Dante.
- Installation, commissioning, scene setup and staff training.
- 24/7 service: remote monitoring and SLA-based on-site response.
Audio for fitness centres and spas
For a fitness club the brief changes: deliver high SPL without distortion in the group-training room and at the same time keep a calm, even background in reception and spa. We use more powerful AUDAC loudspeakers from the Vexo and ATEO series for training halls, and understated ceiling CS/CENA units for lounges and changing rooms, all tied into one Dante network with time-of-day presets.
Why WLTT
- WLTT has been on the Thai market for more than 8 years — Phuket, Pattaya, Bangkok, Samui, Krabi, Hua Hin.
- Our own team with Dante certification and AUDAC experience.
- We also deliver CCTV, WiFi, electrical, smart home and Syrve POS — audio plugs into your infrastructure as part of one system rather than from a separate supplier.
- Warranty on equipment and works. Service and support in Russian and English.
If you are opening a new restaurant, café or fitness club on Phuket — or planning to modernise an existing audio system — send us a request: we will prepare a project and a commercial offer for your venue built around AUDAC equipment.
