Kismet Grounds is another one of DC’s Commercial Installations. This was no straight-forward installation as the restaurant has no false ceiling to install or hide the speakers.

So the only tactical way to install the speakers and to make it audible/presentable throughout the restaurant without needing to boost the sound system was to install the speakers in the main pillar, which was already a center point of attraction in the restaurant.

The massive two pillars in the restaurant gave us a perfect angle to place the speakers in two different audio zones, which helped with minimizing ugly cable runs and to maximize audio quality.

In terms of the speaker choices, 2 sets of Wharfedale MovieStar MS-100 Angled Satellite Speakers Pair were selected to cover the whole restaurant. Wharfedale MovieStar MS-100 Angled Satellite Speakers use an improved 3-Inch full-range driver and are made of ABS Plastic molding that ensures resonance-free music reproduction.

The Harman Kardon BDS 280 2.1 Channel 3D Home Theatre Receiver with Blu-ray Player is powering the MS-100s. Harman Kardon BDS 280 2.1 Channel 3D Home Theater Receiver boasts a high-performance, 2.1 channel, networked 3D Blu-ray DiscTM system with direct access to all your portable media. The Harman Kardon BDS 280 is a sleek, high-performance, 2.1-channel, networked, 3D Blu-ray Disc™ system with 130 Watts of high fidelity amplifier power. It features three HDMI® inputs (one with MHL) with 3D, or an HDMI® Audio Return Channel (ARC), with Wi-Fi connectivity, Apple® AirPlay®, and Bluetooth® MultiConnect technology with NFC pairing and DLNA® 1.5.

The four speakers are placed in such a way that it covers 100% of the restaurant area with literally zero dead zones and are all centrally controlled through the phone or the receiver.

Some of the challenges we mainly had to overcome were the absence of a false ceiling inside the restaurant, the restaurant's close proximity to the Traffic heavy Cowper street made the speaker choice of paramount importance, as it had to drown out the noise and create a pleasing atmosphere for the customers.

At the end of the day, the Wharfedale MS 100 is doing what is does best at Kismet Grounds.