Widely recognized as the most dynamic air show in the country, the annual Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar Air Show, held earlier this month (October 2008) in San Diego, featured a widely distributed system comprised of Carvin professional components that delivered sound reinforcement to more than 700,000 on hand to witness the awesome spectacle.

Through its affiliation with the United States Navy’s Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron—more commonly known as the Blue Angels—along with the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (SFTI) program, known as TOPGUN, the Miramar Air Show showcases an extraordinarily high level of precision flying.

Prescott, AZ-based Dondi Sound, a live sound reinforcement company that operates in the special events arena and also serves as a design/build firm for the installed sound market, was contracted to provide sound for the air show.

Don Weiss, who owns Dondi Sound as well as sister company Dondi Music Recording Studios, was tasked with providing coverage across a 4,200 foot spectator area known as the flight line. Dondi Sound also needed to provide additional coverage for an area where the jets were on display.

For coverage to the flight line, Weiss deployed 44 Carvin LM15A two self-powered loudspeakers with 15-inch neodymium low-frequency woofers coupled with 1.5-inch neodymium high-frequency drivers feeding an asymmetrical wide dispersion horns.

“The LM15A was perfect for this application,” states Weiss, “as it has excellent sound quality and terrific throw capability.

“Further, it was extremely important that these loudspeakers not be visually distracting. On that note, the LM15A is a compact, good looking enclosure and the fact they were on stands helped minimize any obstruction to the line of sight.

“Being self-powered with integrated mixers, these loudspeakers carried the added benefit of being individually adjustable, so I was able to tweak individual cabinet levels as needed. Had I been driving a string of cabinets via power amps, I wouldn’t have had that flexibility.”

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