The Pinkroom nightclub in Miami's South Beach is hosting DJs and live bands with a new sound system including D.A.S. Audio Variant and Aero Series 2 loudspeakers chosen by Paradise Production Services.
"The main nightclub area measures roughly 50 feet long by 40 feet wide with a ceiling height of 15 feet. Entertainment is primarily DJ focused, but live music performance is planned for special occasions," noted Paradise Production Services owner Carlos Henao. "These conditions led us to deploy line array technology, but we wanted the system to have relatively compact dimensions so as to be as unobtrusive as possible. D.A.S. Audio's Variant Installation Line Array products were the perfect match."
With the system specified and approved by Pinkroom management, Henao and his crew proceeded to install a combination of 10 D.A.S. Audio Variant 112A powered line arrays and six D.A.S. LX-218A powered subwoofers throughout the main nightclub area, with another six Variant 25A powered mid-high array elements in the VIP areas and front entrance.
Because the stage area faces into the length of the main room, the Paradise installation team flew four loudspeaker clusters – two each at opposing ends – in an X-fashioned (opposing left-right) stereo configuration.
The two clusters at the stage each have three Variant 112As, while the two clusters at the far end of the room each have two Variant 112As. Four LX-218A subwoofers reside in a specially designed area beneath the stage while the far ends of the stage area each have a single LX-218A placed into recessed cubicles.
The Pinkroom's VIP areas are outfitted with five D.A.S. Audio Variant 25A loudspeakers – ceiling mounted using U-brackets – with a sixth Variant 25A located at the front entrance, over the owner's table. These sections receive the same music feed as the main area.
"Like many of the nightclubs on South Beach, Pinkroom is a rather intimate type of environment," Henao said. "Management wanted good, solid SPL levels throughout the facility, but not so loud that it interfered with the ability to communicate with the people right around you. The D.A.S. Variant Series products are specifically designed for the install market and, as such, are very well suited for use in this type of venue.
"Music reproduction capability is excellent and the system gets plenty loud -with headroom to spare," Henao added. "Furthermore, this entire sound system is self-powered, so we didn't have the burden of finding space to house any power amps. When space is at a premium, this is a very important consideration."
"We couldn't be happier," said Carlos Garcia, one of Pinkroom's owners. "Since our grand opening in May, we've received scores of compliments on the sound from our customers, and I'm particularly pleased with the system's ability to blend into the décor of the room. The loudspeakers aren't the least bit intrusive and the volume levels are just right. There's plenty of sound to fill the room, but not so loud that you find yourself shouting in order to be heard.
"Paradise Productions has been very responsive to our concerns and, as we expand our operations, I have every intention of having them design the sound system for our next location, which means we'll be using D.A.S. again," Garcia added.