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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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Monday, July 20, 2009
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07/20/09 06:56 AM,
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K-array self-powered live performance loudspeakers, available in the U.S. from Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, made their U.S. debut at Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin over an 11-day period leading up to the July 4 holiday weekend. The event’s principal production provider, Clearwing Productions, put the K-array systems to use at JoJo’s Martini Lounge, one of 11 stages at the lakefront festival park, in addition to integrating a complement of Sennheiser evolution 900 and 600 Series wired…
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
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07/08/09 09:11 AM,
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Located in downtown Athens, Georgia, The Grand Hall at the Classic Center was built as a meeting, special events and performing arts venue, and recently, Technical Services Audio Visual (TSAV) of Athens installed NEXO GEO S12 line arrays at the 3,175-seat venue to upgrade sound reinforcement quality. “Until now, the only installed sound in the room was an overhead 70-volt system for background music and paging,” states TSAV’s Steve Gore. “Previously, they had to use a crew to rig a…
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
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07/07/09 07:03 AM,
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Bar Sequence, a unique interactive video bar, has opened in Islington’s Essex Road with Martin Audio architectural AQ loudspeakers handling all of the audio output. Owner Aria Ariantalab has spent close to £1million fulfilling his dream to create a 75-capacity environment (with separate pavement seating) in which everyone from media creatives to gamers interact in a social environment. A former electronic engineering lecturer and technology consultant, Aria recognized that a ‘digital gallery’ would fill a unique space in the Capital’s…
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Monday, July 06, 2009
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07/06/09 08:02 AM,
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“Opera at the Ballpark” returned to San Francisco at AT&T Park last month with a free simulcast of Tosca, setting a new ballpark attendance record for the San Francisco Opera with an estimated 27,000 viewers. For its fourth simulcast, Bay Area rental house Pro Media/UltraSound turned to Meyer Sound loudspeakers, subwoofers and processing to meet the unique task of presenting a live performance from the stage of the War Memorial Opera House to a crowded sports stadium. David Bowers of…
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07/06/09 06:14 AM,
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British indie rockers Doves are currently headlining their first world tour in four years in support of their latest and fourth outing, Kingdom of Rust. Front of House Engineer Paul Ramsay specified a DiGiCo SD7 digital console for the U.K./Ireland bigger venue shows and a DiGiCo SD8 digital console for the smaller club tour in the U.S. Meanwhile, Monitor Engineer Ian Barton has been using an SD8 for the entire tour run. As a result of the band’s streamlined transportation…
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Friday, July 03, 2009
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07/03/09 08:15 AM,
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Architectural Acoustics by Peavey introduced the new PHR Series loudspeakers, designed specifically for compact, in-ceiling operation in permanent installations, at the 2009 InfoComm show in Orlando. The Architectural Acoustics PHR Series ceiling-mount enclosures are designed to provide high-intelligibility voice, program music and versatile signal reproduction in commercial, industrial and institutional applications. A tap selector switch allows for easy system tuning and configuration for 70-volt or 100-volt distributed systems, and a full selection of taps up to 60 watts (model dependent)…
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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07/01/09 07:23 AM,
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At InfoComm 2009, NEXO marked its 30th Anniversary, and this is also the first full year of NEXO’s transition to becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation Japan, a partnership that provides customers with complete sound system solutions by utilizing products from both lines. Currently, NEXO’s distribution network extends to over 50 countries, with exclusive representation in the North America by Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems. (YCAS). Since its creation in 1979 by Eric Vincenot and Michael Johnson, NEXO has found…
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Friday, June 26, 2009
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06/26/09 05:20 AM,
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Lake has announced the availability of version 5.3 of the Lake Controller with accompanying new firmware for Lab.gruppen PLM Series Powered Loudspeaker Management systems. Version 5.3 brings new features and increased performance and stability and can be used by all existing Dolby Lake Processor users as well as operators of PLM Series products. Among numerous updated functions, the new Lake Controller software adds functionality to set the profile for the PLM’s ISVPL Limiter. The profile tunes the ISVPL limiter to…
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
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06/25/09 02:52 PM,
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At 2009 InfoComm in Orlando, Tannoy highlighted recent additions to its VQ Series of loudspeakers; specifically, three new PSW (Point Source Waveguide) horn formats and a new 15-inch subwoofer module. The three horn enclosures have been designed to cater for a range of typical applications and offer some industry standard dispersion patterns, namely 40 degree (conical), 60- x 40- and 90- x 50-degree (in vertical position). These VQ MH (mid/high) horn enclosures can be used in conjunction with the existing…
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