The Ora Ultra Cabaret, a restaurant/gentlemen’s club in West Palm Beach, FL, recently completed a substantial renovation that included new lighting and visual treatments as well as a new sound system throughout the complex that incorporates E11EVEN Sound, Artec, and Vantec loudspeakers from DAS Audio.
Miami-based lighting, video, and audio company idesign was contracted to coordinate the new audio-visual setup at the venue, with owner Michael Meacham managing the “visual” aspects of the project while the sound system was designed and commissioned by John Fiorito and Geovanni Ortiz of DAS Audio. The certified installation team was Willy-Tech Services, which is operated by Guillermo Rodriquez.
Sound in the main room employs four DAS Audio E11EVEN Sound ES-112 3-way passive loudspeakers, each with a 12-inch woofer on a horn, an M-75N neodymium compression driver and two bullet tweeters. These are mated with eight E11EVEN Sound ES-215 passive subwoofers, each holding two 15-inch neodymium transducers. Additionally, there are eight Vantec-218 passive bass-reflex subwoofers, four E11EVEN Sound ES-BR18 bass-reflex subwoofers plus a UX Series UX-30A 7,500-watt 30-inch excursion subwoofer. These components routinely handle a wide range of music styles, including Top 40, Hip Hop, and mainstream commercial dance.
In the DJ booth, the setup includes two DAS Artec-510 powered loudspeakers plus two DAS Action 18A active subs. These enclosures providing monitoring sound for the Pioneer DJ CDJ-2000NXS2 Professional DJ Multi-Player and Pioneer DJM-900NXS2 Professional DJ Mixer.
Several additional spaces that are equipped with DAS loudspeakers. The restaurant includes six DAS Artec-326 2-way passive enclosures joined by four DAS Quantum Series Q-10 compact subs. There are also a few rear conversation rooms outfitted with Artec-306 2-way passive loudspeakers and a pair of Q-10 subs. Further, a Private Members Room includes four Artec-306 2-way passive loudspeakers that are augmented with a pair of Q-10 subwoofers.
The equipment rack includes four DAS EP-2K4 4-channel class D power amplifiers, one EP-10K4 4-channel class D amp, and four EP-22K4 4-channel class D amps. Signal processing for the system includes a BSS Audio BLU-100 signal processor and a BLU-BOB Break-Out Box output expander.
“For this project it was important to have loudspeakers that were equally competent at both music reproduction and speech intelligibility,” Fiorito says. “The E11EVEN Sound collection is specifically designed for club environments, and they deliver a well-balanced spread from high-frequency sounds through low frequency. Equally notable, their dispersion characteristics are such that you can fill a room with quality sound without necessarily cranking the volume to ear-splitting levels. And for announcements, the clarity of these loudspeakers is exceptional.”
idesign’s Meacham adds, “DAS Audio is the only manufacturer that provides direct support for the installation dealer by handling design, project management, site visits, and ensuring the sound system is perfect, with the customer being 100 percent satisfied. These factors, along with the best warranty in the industry makes DAS an outstanding choice.”
