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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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02/07/12 04:04 PM,
Orange County’s 40-year-old Galaxy Theatre changed ownership back in August and has now undergone a significant metamorphosis into two separate live performance spaces: the intimate 350-capacity Constellation Room and much larger Observatory, which can accommodate an audience of over 1,000. One of the primary improvements made to the venue in the process was the installation of L-Acoustics KARAi line source arrays provided by Certified Provider Rat Sound Systems of Camarillo, California. Jon Reiser, along with business partner Courtney Michaelis and…
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
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02/01/12 10:01 AM,
Oslo Audio has become the first rental company in Norway to invest in L-Acoustics KARA WST line source loudspeakers, ordering 24 cabinets from local distributor Scandec Systemer. The KARA loudspeakers are powered by L-Acoustics LA-RAK amplified controllers and supplemented with SB18 subwoofers. “KARA has a flexibility that will enable us to use the system for pretty much all venues in Norway,” says Paal Klaastad of Oslo Audio. “For us the audio performance of the KARA system was never in question.…
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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01/24/12 01:51 PM,
L-Acoustics U.S. has announced its first two product training sessions for 2012. The first three-day training is set for February 20 to 22 in Red Hook, NY and will specifically focus on the new KARA modular line source system and SOUNDVISION version 1.9. The second session, hosted in Oxnard, CA exactly one month later from March 20 to 22, will cover the large-format KUDO line source system and SOUNDVISION. “We’re particularly looking forward to our KARA and SOUNDVISION session in…
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
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12/29/11 01:52 PM,
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David Stern, president of Precise Corporate Staging (PCS), reports that December has been a banner month for his company with a dozen different productions on its event calendar, all of which utilized L-Acoustics loudspeakers. The month kicked off with a bang as PCS, which has headquarters in Tempe, AZ, shook Phoenix’s U.S. Airways Center on December 2 for Phooson 2011, an annual pop music festival hosted by KRQ/KISS FM’s Johnjay & Rich and featuring Selena Gomez, Flo Rida, OneRepublic and…
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Monday, December 12, 2011
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12/12/11 02:38 PM,
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After outgrowing its previous worship facility of 10 years, New Life Community Church of Oxnard, CA has now moved into its new home - a renovated 50,000-square-foot industrial building. To accommodate the sound reinforcement needs of the much larger space, New Life called upon Rutherford Design of nearby Northridge, which specified the installation of an L-Acoustics KARAi loudspeaker arrays. As with most churches, the heart of New Life’s present facility is its sanctuary, which seats just under 1,000 people making…
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
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12/08/11 01:12 PM,
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L-Acoustics Czech Republic Rental Network Agent High Lite Touring has become the first Eastern European rental company to supply the main PA system for an international tour – the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ I’m With You tour. Specifically High Lite is providing L-Acoustics K1 WST line source loudspeakers and affiliated gear for the UK and European leg of the tour, which continues through Europe during December, having kicked off at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne in early October. The main…
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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11/29/11 11:40 AM,
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On the cusp of celebrating its tenth year of business in the production services market, Wichita-based Sound Kingdom, Inc. has now changed its name to Event Systems, Inc. and expanded its L-Acoustics inventory with the purchase of six ARCS line source systems, four 12XT coaxials, and an additional LA8 amplified controller. The new gear complements an existing equipment roster that includes 18 KIVA and six KILO elements – collectively driven by a single LA-RAK – plus six 115XT HiQ coaxial…
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
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11/17/11 01:54 PM,
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L-Acoustics Polish rental network agent Fotis Sound has recently provided a K1 WST line source system for the opening of the Olympic Stadium in Kiev in preparation for UEFA Euro 2012 Football Championship. The opening ceremony, under the guidance of director Alexey Batkovsky, was based on Ukrainian history, with more than 2,000 volunteers and dancers involved in the larger performances. At the concert’s finale, Shakira appeared on stage to a backdrop of spectacular fireworks before an audience of 50,000, including…
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Monday, October 31, 2011
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10/31/11 03:43 PM,
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For the last 40 years, Music Theatre of Wichita (MTW) has been staging truly Broadway-quality productions in Kansas’ largest city. This past summer, MTW stepped up production values even one notch higher for its patrons with the rental of an L-Acoustics KIVA-KILO loudspeaker system supplied by the Phoenix shop of Clearwing Productions. Using SOUNDVISION, Clearwing’s Almir Lejlic and Dave Temby specified a system for Wichita’s 2,195-seat Century II Concert Hall comprised of nine KIVA line source array elements flown beneath…
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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10/25/11 08:02 AM,
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International hit musical Mamma Mia! recently opened at the D-Cube Art Center in Seoul, South Korea, which has been equipped by L-Acoustics Korea distributor Dream Sound with K1 WST line source and XTi coaxial loudspeakers. This is the first permanent K1 theatre system to be installed worldwide. Located within Seoul’s futuristic D-Cube City, the 1,242 seat venue has been installed with two hangs of eight K1s and two K1-SB subs left and right of the stage, six KARAs as downfill,…
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