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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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12/11/12 01:42 PM,
Dominic Harter has rejoined Harman Professional to head up Soundcraft’s global sales operation, following the promotion of Adrian Curtis to VP sales of the Harman Professional EMEA sales team. Harter originally joined Harman in 1998, primarily to manage the systems supply of the vast quantity of Harman equipment to the Millennium Dome project, working with all brands on all aspects of the project. With the completion of the project, he became sales manager with BSS Audio and C Audio, using…
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Thursday, December 06, 2012
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12/06/12 09:48 AM,
JBL Professional has announced the new VTX Field Evaluation Program, making JBL VTX line arrays and Crown Audio VRacks available for sound contractors and potential clients to audition in the U.S. To launch the program, a system consisting of nine JBL VTX V25 per side, complemented by 10 VTX S28 subwoofers, four VTX G28 subwoofers and a center cluster of six VerTec VT4887A is currently installed at the Madison Square Garden Theater until December 7. Listening events will be hosted…
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
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11/29/12 12:27 PM,
The recent Arsch Huh music festival in Cologne, Germany was one of the largest of the year, with 85,000 people enjoying performances by more than 25 bands including BAP, Bläck Fööss, Brings, Tommy Engel and other notable German artists. The concert, organized in 1992 to stand against racism, celebrated its 20th anniversary with spectacular sound courtesy of Sirius Showequipment AG and an audio system featuring JBL Professional VTX Series line arrays. “We were one of Europe’s first users of the…
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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11/21/12 08:39 AM,
Mix engineer and production manager Bryony October recently took to the road with British singer songwriter Delilah, and at the same time became an early adopter of the new Harman Soundcraft Si Performer digital console that builds on the successful Si platform while also incorporating a DMX lighting interface. October needed a minimum of 31 inputs in mixing the five-piece band’s monitor in-ears from front of house. But her chosen console also needed a small footprint in order to fit…
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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11/20/12 11:00 AM,
As part of its continuing program to support customers from its new Regional Sales Offices (RSO), Harman Professional recently completed an internal technology and training program. The Harman Professional Technology & Training Expo was held in Elkhart, IN in October and offered courses on selected Harman technologies, application-oriented case studies and third-party presentations. According to Chris Vice, national training coordinator, Harman Professional, the exercise also provided RSO leadership with strong feedback on a range of issues. “The RSO infrastructure was…
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Monday, November 12, 2012
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11/12/12 11:20 AM,
Harman Professional has named industry veteran John Powell as interim head of sales for JBL Professional, providing distributors and manufacturer’s reps with a qualified leader to manage sales operations as the organization migrates to a new system. According to Blake Augsburger, president of Harman Professional, Powell is qualified to support the channel with in-depth industry experience, as well as 11-plus years with the company and strong technical knowledge. “We’re positioning the JBL organization for consistent long-term growth,” Augsburger states. “Doing…
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Monday, November 05, 2012
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11/05/12 09:01 AM,
Harman Professional has launched the “Fall Into Big Savings” rebate program on a wide range of audio technologies. The versatile program—available from November 1st, 2012 at participating retailers nationwide—rewards customers on individual Harman components from JBL, Soundcraft, dbx and AKG, or on Harman systems comprising those same brands. Retailers can similarly benefit from the program designed with them and their customers in mind. According to Mark Posgay, senior director of U.S. Sales for Harman Pro, the program offers deep savings…
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
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10/18/12 09:46 AM,
Harman Professional recently hosted a three-day seminar on installed system applications in Sao Paulo, Brazil with an international team of presenters. The event was planned in collaboration with Harman’s Brazil country head Rodrigo Kniest and Fernando Guerra, sales manager for installed sound & cinema. It served to introduce Harman product and technology specialists and invited guest speaker and sound system design expert Vance Breshears of Acoustic Dimensions, along with Harman Brazil’s new pro sales & marketing director, Sergio Luis Smidt,…
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Friday, October 05, 2012
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10/05/12 06:45 AM,
The Producers & Engineers Wing of The Recording Academy has announced that its relationship with Harman Professional audio brands AKG Acoustics, JBL Professional and Lexicon has been increasingly successful in its efforts to promote quality in audio. As official “P&E Wing Sustaining Partners,” AKG, JBL and Lexicon have participated in a wide variety of activities, including being the title sponsor of high-profile regional Academy Chapter events, having a presence on the P&E Wing section of the Grammy 365 member Web…
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
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10/04/12 09:12 AM,
Harman Professional has announced the promotion of John Fitzgerald to the position of vice president, general manager Amplifiers & Signal Processing Strategic Business Unit. The move follows the retirement of Rob Urry after more than 28 years at the company and reflects Harman’s commitment to advance product innovation and increase the rate of new product throughput. “As we look back on Rob Urry’s remarkable contribution to our organization and our industry, we also look forward to a new era of…
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