Music and Volume: Vinyl or None at All

A visible audio system. In a corner or a section of the back cabinet, there is a vinyl turntable and a stack of records, next to a pair of wooden cabinet speakers, facing inwards but not directly at any table; the volume is kept below normal conversation level, serving as background rather than content. Sometimes the same record plays all night, with the bartender flipping it. The ceiling and walls are sound-absorbing. Avoid: completely hiding the audio equipment, using ceiling-mounted speakers, increasing the volume to a point where one has to raise their voice to speak, using streaming services that play advertisements and human voices.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一套看得見的音響設備。角落或背櫃的一段放著一台黑膠唱盤與一疊唱片,旁邊是一對木箱體的喇叭,朝向室內但不對著任何一桌;音量控制在人正常說話的音量之下,是背景不是內容。有時候整晚只放同一張唱片,翻面的動作由調酒師完成。天花與牆面都是吸音的。避免:把音響設備完全藏起來、使用嵌在天花的喇叭、把音量放大到要提高聲音說話、使用會播放廣告與人聲的串流。