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Friday, May 24, 2013
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05/24/13 11:26 AM,
New JBL HiQnet Performance Manager version 1.5 is a significant upgrade of the software application for live sound system configuration and control tool. This newest iteration adds support for more JBL loudspeakers, provides enhanced cardioid subwoofer array support, and broadens the capability to create custom, mixed-model racks of Crown amplifiers. JBL HiQnet Performance Manager offers a workflow-based user experience for designing, deploying and controlling any configuration of HiQnet live performance systems. New to version 1.5 is support for JBL VRX…
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Monday, May 20, 2013
PSW Staff
05/20/13 03:18 PM,
The recent installation of a QSC Q-Sys Core 250i processing and management system has significantly improved sound quality and user control to the bar, restaurant, lounge and lobby areas of the boutique Tribeca Grand Hotel. Systems integrator Canal Sound & Light, in consultation with Danny Taylor, a freelance audio contractor and nightclub designer, installed the Q-Sys system along with more than two dozen of QSC AcousticDesign surface- and ceiling-mount loudspeakers powered by QSC CX Series amplifiers. Located in a fashionable…
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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05/16/13 10:46 AM,
Powersoft and Hollywood, FL-based professional audio and lighting company Sound Media rocked the red carpet at the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards, presented by State Farm and broadcast live on Telemundo on April 25. Sound Media provided audio, including Powersoft K10 and K2 amplifiers, for the show’s red carpet stage, which featured live music performances between interviews with the many celebrities arriving for the awards presentation at the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center. The red carpet arrival show included live…
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Jerrold Stevens
05/13/13 03:21 PM,
Ever have one of your friendly amplifier reps walk in your office to present their new mondo-gazillion-watt beast and point out the damping factor spec of greater than a bazillion? Why, gee-whiz! That’s like 10 times more than the other guy! It must be awesome! Right? Well, as we have seen before, it depends on how you are going to use it. Let’s start with defining damping factor and see what it means to us. Amplifier damping factor is defined…
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
PSW Staff
05/08/13 02:53 PM,
Ashly Audio has introduced the new nX family of Class D amplifiers, which deliver up to 12,000 watts while drawing less than 1 watt in sleep mode. These latest amplifiers are back by a heritage stretching back to Ashly founder Billy Thompson’s invention of the “Loud Amp” in the early 1970s and the introduction of its MOS-FET amplifier technology in the early 1980s. nX amplifiers are offered in four- or two-channel versions with selectable high-Z (70/100-volt) or low-Z output on…
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Friday, April 26, 2013
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04/26/13 08:43 AM,
For a tour stop on the current Gary Allan concert tour at the American Music Venue in Lancaster, PA, Bauder Audio of Horsham, PA supplied NEXO GEO S12 line arrays. The tour is also carrying a Yamaha PM5000 console, supplied by Sound Image of Nashville. Specifically, the system included 24 NEXO GEO S12s over eight RS18 Ray Subs were all powered and processed with NXAMP4X4 amplifiers. “Besides the fact that the GEO S12 sounds great, it is easy to set…
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Friday, April 19, 2013
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04/19/13 12:01 PM,
Kansas City, Missouri’s World Revival Church, a 1,000-seat house-of-worship facility that ministers to a live congregation and broadcasts services globally, recently upgraded its sound system with components from Bose Professional Systems Division. RoomMatch loudspeakers and PowerMatch amplifiers, along with other Bose products, were installed to deliver the clarity and intensity of the church’s services. The challenge was to provide a system that could deliver uniform coverage, consistent volume levels and optimized sound at every seat, and by all accounts, the…
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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04/16/13 05:48 PM,
Bose Professional builds on its proprietary PowerMatch technology platform with three additional models of configurable professional power amplifiers. Configurable through the use of QuadBridge technology, each amplifier is capable of combining 2 or 4 output channels, creating flexible options to drive different power levels and loudspeaker impedances. “Building off customer feedback we’ve received during our first 18 months with the PM8500, we developed three new models with different channel and power levels—all leveraging the same great performance, efficiency, and reliability…
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Friday, April 12, 2013
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04/12/13 05:01 PM,
L-Acoustics has announced the addition of the LA4X amplified controller to its amplified controller series. The LA4X is based on a 4 input x 4 output architecture combining the benefits of self-powered loudspeaker packages with the flexibility of outboard DSP and amplification. The loudspeaker management and amplification for L-Acoustics systems can operate in three different connectivity modes. Stéphane Ecalle, L-Acoustics marketing director, says, “With LA4X, L-Acoustics speakers can virtually be considered as powered speakers, at the same time maintaining the…
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04/12/13 02:08 PM,
Lab.gruppen has introduced the IPD (Intelligent Power Drive) Series networked and DSP-enabled power amplifiers. The IPD Series packs more features and greater power density into a 1RU frame than found in many competitive 2RU platforms. Two power configurations are available, IPD 1200 and IPD 2400, with power outputs (at 4 ohms) of 2 × 600 watts and 2 × 1200 watts, respectively. Both incorporate integrated DSP, networked monitoring and control via computer or iPad, a 4-channel input matrix, fully configurable…
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