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Friday, March 15, 2013
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03/15/13 09:50 AM,
Sapphire bills itself as the world’s largest nightclub, all 71,000 square feet of it – and it’s about to get even bigger. March 2013 will see the opening of the Sapphire Pool and Day Club, a place to relax, party and enjoy music courtesy of a Harman Professional audio system featuring JBL, Crown and BSS Audio components. An extension of the main Sapphire complex, the club will be able to accommodate more than 700 guests with amenities that include a…
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Monday, March 11, 2013
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03/11/13 09:58 AM,
Sound systems are normally associated with venues or sites, but occasionally for public safety this can expand to a need for a system which covers whole cities and regions. Such is the case with Marghera City, in the province of Venice, Italy, which has recently had an audio warning system installed utilizing Community loudspeakers. Marghera is situated on the area of dry land facing Venice. It arose in its present form in the early 20th century to provide Venice with…
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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02/27/13 11:58 AM,
With a career spanning more than three decades, Carlos Vives, is a Latin American entertainment icon. The five time Grammy award winner recently took to the stage in Sincelejo, Colombia for ‘Fiestas del 20 de Enero’. The outdoor event was held on Friday January 18th, 2013 at Estadio Mochila, and put on by the City Of Sincelejo. 12,000 wildly excited fans filled the grounds to catch a thrilling “Vallenato” style performance by Vives and other Latin American hit makers: KVRASS,…
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Monday, July 02, 2012
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07/02/12 09:29 AM,
On June 13, the city of Baltimore kicked off a three-year national commemoration of the events of 1812 with the Star Spangled Sailabration, a seven-day festival of concerts, celebrations, fireworks, an international parade of ships, and a rousing air show featuring the Blue Angels. To provide audio support for the Blue Angels air show, Continental Air Show Productions selected a dozen Community R.5HPT loudspeakers. As CASP’s Dave Olmstead of observes, the Community R-Series is unequalled in power, coverage, and intelligibility.…
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012
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06/05/12 10:05 AM,
It’s no secret that water and electronics aren’t a ‘match made in Heaven,’ and yet location sound professionals frequently find themselves having to contend with wet surroundings. Compound those water-logged environments with saltwater, heavy surf, wind, and ice and the prospect of acquiring production level sound becomes all that much more daunting. For Doug Stanley, 7-year producer and director of photography for Discovery Channel’s popular show Deadliest Catch, this sort of production issue might very well be viewed as just…
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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05/22/12 06:35 AM,
Technomad introduces several new product accessories at InfoComm 2012 (Booth C12033) to complement its advanced audio solutions range. The innovative tools give systems integrators and end users flexible new options to simplify Technomad installations in stadiums, on college campuses and across other indoor/outdoor facilities. At the show Technomad introduces a weatherproof breakout box and Apple AirPort Express audio streaming compatibility for its range of PowerChiton amplifier modules. The company will also show a new stainless steel mounting solution for its…
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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06/14/11 05:02 AM,
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The call of the wild echoes throughout the Dallas World Aquarium, where visitors to one of the city’s most popular attractions can experience nature from five continents, 14 countries and three oceans. As the sounds of wildlife emanate from the diverse range of live animal exhibits, a host of presenters and performers use a range of professional audio equipment to further enhance the visitor experience. Crescent Sound and Light, a Louisiana-based production and systems integration company, recently upgraded the sound…
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Monday, August 31, 2009
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08/31/09 10:17 AM,
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The 2009 No Doubt Summer Tour, which culminated in August with a show at the Neal S. Blaisdel Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, was supported by sound reinforcement courtesy of Sound Image of Escondido, California, which provided JBL VERTEC line arrays. The 2009 No Doubt Summer Tour reunited one of the most successful rock groups of the 1990s, whose 1995 release Tragic Kingdom has sold more than 16 million copies to date. In recent years, No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani…
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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08/18/09 12:42 PM,
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Audio-Technica has announced that over 3,000 of its microphones will be used at the XXI Winter Olympic Games, coming up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in February 2010. The use of Audio-Technica microphones for the broadcast of the 2010 Winter Games marks the continuation of A-T’s Olympic involvement, which has been consistent since the Summer Games in Atlanta in 1996. Olympic Broadcast Services Vancouver (OBSV) is the Host Broadcaster for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, responsible for producing and distributing…
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Friday, August 07, 2009
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08/07/09 11:47 AM,
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Crossword Christian Church in Riverside, California recently upgraded its sound reinforcement capability on a large scale replacing the systems in its sanctuary, courtyard, and children’s wing with an assortment of Electro-Voice equipment from CBC Technical of Murrieta, California. Crossword’s new sanctuary system includes five EV Phoenix PX2152 loudspeakers in a flown left-center-right configuration (including a central cluster of three), with two Phoenix EV PX2181 subwoofers on the ground at stage left and right, as well as Dynacord VL262s compact double-six-inch,…
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