Café Mambo is one of a clutch of venues owned by brothers David and Ricardo De Sousa, who are no strangers to quality sound: Café Mambo has relied on D.A.S. professional sound systems for over nine years and the owners religiously update the club's sound with new D.A.S. products every three years.
The first D.A.S. products installed at Café Mambo were Rf-15.85 systems paired with Rf-218 subwoofers. Pleased with their performance the owners augmented the system three years after it was installed, investing in additional Rf-15.85 and Rf-218 systems for the main dance floor while reusing the older systems outside. The De Sousa brothers have once again decided to kick the sound at Café Mambo up a notch and contacted their long-time sound provider Audio Kris to design and install a new sound system.
Goa-based Audio Kris, a professional sound and light provider, has worked hand-in-hand with the De Sousa brothers and D.A.S. Audio for years. Given the owners' lengthy and positive history with D.A.S. products the technicians decided to install systems from the D.A.S. catalogue of Aero Series 2, Avant Series and Artec series of products, confident that these new systems would more than fit the bill for the Café Mambo sound rehaul.
The Audio Kris technicians installed eight Aero 12A compact line array systems on the main dance floor, where partygoers tear it up dancing to some of the world's best DJs. These efficient and powerful systems were matched with four high-performance LX-218 subwoofers and D.A.S. D-100 amps for distortion-free music. The indoor system was rounded out with two Avant 15A powered, full-range tops and two Avant 118A powered subwoofers systems for the DJ monitors.
The open-air lounge that encircles the enclosed dance floor features four Artec 526A ultra-lightweight amps. These systems provide a dynamic range and extremely low-distortion that, when paired with two LX-215R long-excursion loudspeakers, take Café Mambo's outdoor system to "a new level of performance".
(Jim Evans)
