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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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05/16/12 07:47 AM,
When LifePointe Christian Church in Elk Grove, CA was looking for a sound system to compliment a new location—a converted Harley Davidson showroom—it turned to the expertise of CCI Solutions of Olympia, WA, with project manager David McLain recommending NEXO PS15 loudspeakers for the 400-seat church. Specifically, the new system includes three PS15s and a flown NEXO CD18 subwoofer, all driven and controlled via a 4x4 NXAMP. “Pastor Chris Delfs sought out a new location where they would not only…
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Monday, May 07, 2012
Paul Watson
05/07/12 05:47 PM,
At Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt last March, NEXO revealed its concept for a new modular-design high-end loudspeaker series called STM. Just prior to the show, I paid a visit to the French manufacturer at its Paris headquarters to get the full low-down the new system. The STM (Scale Through Modularity) project actually got underway more than two years ago when NEXO decided to replace the popular GEO T Series line array (launched in 2002) and build a “next generation” system. In…
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
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04/12/12 07:17 PM,
Originally making its debut in 1959, and recently celebrating its 50th birthday, the legendary Second City Comedy Theatre has opened the UP Comedy Club, a new theatre in the Piper’s Alley area of Chicago. With resident stages in Chicago, Toronto, and Touring Ensembles, Second City entertains over 1,000,000 guests each year. It was the training ground for a host of famous alumni including John Belushi, Mike Myers, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, John Candy, Catherine O’Hara, Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Stephen…
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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03/20/12 05:37 PM,
Get more of the latest news from the 2012 PL+S show. Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems announced the launch of several new products by NEXO France, making their debut at this year’s ProLight+Sound Expo in Frankfurt. The new products cover all aspects of sound reinforcement, making innovative inroads into line arrays, networking, amplification, and system processing. The STM Series loudspeaker cabinets are the first of its kind on the market. Developed for touring, festivals, and sound company rental, STM combines…
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Friday, March 02, 2012
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03/02/12 04:10 PM,
Christ the King Church in Bellingham, WA recently completed an overhaul of its sound system, awarding the installation contract to Clarity Media Group of Portland, which outfitted the 1,500-seat church with NEXO GEO S12 line arrays. “The church wanted a system capable of accommodating a worship service and in addition, have rider acceptability to bring in concerts,” states John Harrel, project manager, Clarity Media Group. “The NEXO GEO S12, consisting of eight S1210 boxes per side, is configured as an…
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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02/21/12 02:46 PM,
Gand Concert Sound (GCS) of Glenview, IL, aka “The NEXO Guys” have added 18 GEO S12 line array loudspeakers, as well as other NEXO components, to its rental inventory. “Yamaha brought in a road rig for a demo at the Viper Alley rock club in Lincolnshire, and not only did they like the system, our own crew was knocked out,” states Gary Gand, president of GCS. Specifically, the new Gand NEXO inventory includes 16 GEO S1210 cabinets and two GEO…
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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01/03/12 10:21 AM,
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NEXO 45N-12 stage monitors were recently utilized for a recent U.S. tour as well as a series of high-profile gigs in the UK by legendary singer-songwriter Ray Davies, founder member of The Kinks. Chris Wibberley, monitor engineer for Davies for 11 years, had a chance encounter with the 45N-12 wedges at last year’s PLASA show, which led to a demo, and almost immediately, use of the monitors at the Meltdown (UK) shows at the Royal Festival Hall in London. “We…
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Monday, December 19, 2011
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12/19/11 10:03 AM,
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The Union County Performing Arts Center (UPAC) is housed in the restored Rahway (NJ) Theater. A classic vaudeville house, visitors experience live performances in a vintage 1928 vaudeville and silent movie palace. With just over 1,300 seats, the theatre, restored to its golden age, is one of the largest functioning centers for the performing arts in Union County. The theater is listed on both the National and State Registers of Historic Places and now operates as a multi-purpose venue for…
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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10/19/11 08:07 AM,
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CSD of Fort Wayne, Indiana recently completed a design/build project for the new Northwest Campus of Eastern Star Church in Indianapolis. A major undertaking, the 3,000-seat contemporary gospel northwest campus features a choir, band, praise team and for most sermons, has 120 members located on the stage. The audio system serving the facility includes NEXO GEO S12 line arrays - specifically 14 GEO S1210s and 27 GEO S1230sm all in white. The system also incorporates a Yamaha PM5D-RH digital audio…
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Monday, October 03, 2011
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10/03/11 06:20 AM,
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Gand Concert Sound of suburban Chicago recently provided a sound reinforcement system headed by Yamaha and NEXO components for a private concert by Dennis DeYoung at historic Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. The system for DeYoung, founding member and lead vocalist for the band Styx now pursuing a solo career, included 16 NEXO GEO S8 loudspeakers joined by two Yamaha PM5D-RH digital audio consoles, one for the house and the other for monitors. The system was configured with…
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