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Friday, December 21, 2012
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12/21/12 06:14 AM,
Florida Power & Light (FPL) headquarters in Juno Beach, Florida, features a large atrium that is often used for annual meetings, announcements and gatherings for employees. An expansive room – approximately 175 feet long by 70 feet wide and 50 feet tall – it features glass walls, a metal roof and tile floor. A second floor balcony overlooks the area and is often used as an additional viewing area for such events. In the past the company has relied upon…
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Friday, September 14, 2012
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09/14/12 12:34 PM,
Opened in 1879, Glasgow Central is Scotland’s busiest railway station, with around 34 million people passing through the station every year. A recent renovation of the transportation hub, instigated by Network Rail, included a new public address system featuring the largest installation of Tannoy Qflex loudspeakers to date. The cavernous nature of the building, along with expansive reflective floor surfaces, sandstone walls and a glass roof, resulted in lengthy reverberations times that caused serious intelligibility issues. To handle the extensive…
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Thursday, August 09, 2012
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08/09/12 09:55 AM,
The installation of a pair of Tannoy QFlex 16 digitally steerable array loudspeakers at Our Lady of Fatima in Seattle, WA has eradicated difficulties parishioners had hearing the Word, while maintaining the parish’s ability to offer historically accurate musical performances. The existing sound system was installed back in 1968 when the new church was built. Needless to say, it was long overdue for a change. “It was at least thirty years old,” says music director, Matthew Loucks. “Some speakers weren’t…
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
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05/03/12 11:49 AM,
St. Leander Catholic Church in San Leandro, California, recently reconfigured their sanctuary to bring the worship experience closer to their members. The redesign included the installation of a new sound reinforcement system featuring Tannoy Qflex array loudspeakers. Leo’s Professional Audio, based in Oakland, California, was asked to assist in designing and installing the new sound system. “The redesign involved moving the alter from the back of the rectangular sanctuary to the center of one of the longer walls,” explains Graham…
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Friday, March 09, 2012
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03/09/12 10:30 AM,
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, located in Portland, Oregon, recently replaced their aging audio system with a fully automated system that includes Tannoy’s innovative QFlex array. When they did, they did they had two goals. One was to provide clear natural sounding reinforcement throughout the entire 1000-seat sanctuary and the other was to ensure the system was as user-friendly as possible. “Priest proof, I call it,” says Head Sexton, Kimberly Sherwood; “a very self-sufficient system.” Portland, Oregon based A/V systems integration contractor…
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
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08/25/11 08:10 AM,
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The Louisiana House of Representatives Chamber, located on the ground floor of the historic Louisiana State Capital building in Baton Rouge, recently received a long overdue sound system overhaul. The project was part of an extensive electronics upgrade that recently took place in the capital building. NBTA Engineers, Inc. of Baton Rouge, an engineering consultancy that designs audio-visual, telecommunications, and security systems, was contracted to handle the design and specification of the upgrade. Ford AV, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma…
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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Built in 1888 and one of the most prominent buildings in downtown McPherson, Kansas, the McPherson Opera House was saved from destruction in 1986, with a comprehensive refurbishment ongoing since then culminating late last year with a new lighting rig as well as a sound reinforcement system headed by compact, digitally steerable Tannoy QFlex loudspeaker arrays. The opera house, saved by the McPherson Opera House Preservation Company, is known for its superb acoustics and has hosted everything from Vaudeville shows…
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