The recent upgrade of the house and outdoor audio systems at the Rosebar Lounge in Washington, DC, implemented by AV systems integration firm Willy-Tech Services of Miami, incorporates an assortment of loudspeakers from the E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio series.
Willy-Tech Services lead engineer and owner/operator Guillermo Rodriguez handled the installation, while DAS Audio’s John Fiorito designed, managed and commissioned the new system and the company’s Geovanni Ortiz handled system optimization utilizing the Rational Acoustic Smaart platform.
The Rosebar Lounge has a 1500-square-foot dance space/VIP Lounge area with a capacity for roughly 200 people, along with a 2000-square-foot heated outside patio area with a bar that can accommodate another 300 people. The venue presents both live music and DJs, with the type of music in the main room described as hip-hop and Top 40 while the outdoor patio features an open-format style.
“It was critically important that the new sound system be capable of delivering high impact sound and, without a doubt, the E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio setup that John Fiorito penned does just that,” says Rodriguez.
For the main room, Fiorito specified four E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio ES-10 2-way point source loudspeakers augmented by eight E11EVEN Sound ES-212 compact bass-reflex subwoofers. At the DJ booth, the setup includes two E11EVEN Sound ES-10 2-Way point source loudspeakersalong with an ESBR18 passive direct radiation subwoofer.
“The ES-212 subwoofers provide a very warm, articulate punch,” Rodriguez states. “The dual 12-inch enclosures are placed under the VIP seating throughout the inside lounge space. The ES-212 subs have a small footprint and are easily hidden, but they have a powerful presence and people have responded very favorably to the sound they produce.”
On the patio, which has a new retractable roof, coverage is delivered by eight DAS Audio ARTEC-312.96 compact 2-way full-range loudspeakers joined by five E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio ESBR218 passive subwoofers. For signal processing and power amplification, the accompanying equipment rack includes a healthy assortment of E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio EP-14K2 2-channel power amplifiers with 8800 watts per amplifier. Signal processing for the system includes a BSS Audio BLU-100 signal processor and a BLU-BOB2 Break-Out Box output expander.
“The entire DAS Audio team is a pleasure to work with,” Rodriguez concludes. “Not only do they understand the complexities and logistics involved in today’s high-end installations, they also recognize the importance of being involved with their dealers to keep a project on schedule. The DAS team is hard to beat.”
