Café Iguana is a new nightlife ‘concept’ club in the fast-developing area of Pembroke Pines, west of Hollywood, Florida (between Fort Lauderdale and Miami). To achieve the sophisticated audio and lighting design of the top Miami clubs, venue owners, Joe Delaney and the Bar Management Group, chose designer Paul Van Puffelen of Southern Technical Support, Inc. working in collaboration with Michael Harris of Harris Audio in Miami.

The owners wanted the club to provide its patrons with even, high quality audio coverage throughout, along with exceptional intelligibility in the seating and bar areas. The lighting was designed to project subtle moods and feelings in the different parts of the club.

As Van Puffelen explains it, “The idea was to have a sports bar with a lot of video in the front, evolving into more of a Cantina style as you move further into the club. Then there’s a dancefloor with luxurious VIP areas furnished with quality woods, finishes, and colours that also doubles
as a stage.

When asked why he chose Martin Audio for the sound, Van Puffelen responded, “We had just finished another club, and the client was impressed with our Martin Audio-BSS-BGW-Bryston system. We decided in the last stages to switch the dancefloor system over to Martin Audio.”

The equipment array includes four WT-3 speakers, painted custom white with silver grilles; four W8S Subs, also painted custom white with silver grilles, and a Bryston 4B and
BGW GTAs.

“Overall, the club has 40 perimeter speakers and 100 Sony monitors with seven large screen projection systems. It’s pretty amazing for this type of club,” Paul concludes.

Asked about Martin Audio, Café Iguana owner Joe Delaney said, “The high quality of the Martin Audio sound system allows my customers to enjoy incredibly faithful sound reproduction at quite high levels without the ear fatigue normally associated with club systems. This allows us to sustain a higher energy level without tiring our customers.”