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Monday, July 13, 2009
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07/13/09 03:53 PM,
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In a move that immediately extends its sound reinforcement capabilities, Florida-based systems integration firm Multi Image Group (MIG) has purchased 110 Crown Audio I-Tech HD amplifiers. MIG, which specializes in corporate A/V projects for clients such as CitiGroup, Deutsche Bank, and Proctor and Gamble, upgraded its entire amplifier inventory from the original I-Tech amplifiers. “MIG was not using Crown amplifiers when I joined the company. I didn’t agree with this because I had been using Crown since I started in…
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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06/16/09 05:03 AM,
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North Carolina-based JHE Production Group recently deployed JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays to serve as a big part of the live-event technology provided for the 15th annual Food Lion Speed Street, a three-day festival in Charlotte staged in late May (2009). Food Lion Speed Street is a free event celebrating the NASCAR season, offering live entertainment, fan access to NASCAR’s brightest stars, and vendor displays from sponsors including Food Lion, Coca-Cola, Miller Lite and Chevrolet. Featuring performers like Bell Biv…
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Friday, June 12, 2009
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06/12/09 08:25 AM,
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From a new studio at Universal Studios Hollywood, Conan O’Brien recently made his debut as the new host of “The Tonight Show” on NBC Television, with Valencia, California-based ATK AudioTek supplying the sound reinforcement system serving the venue, including loudspeakers from several JBL Professional product series. Jeff Peterson of Green Audio designed the system, which he notes had to be visually unobtrusive. “We designed a system to provide audio that met the standards of both live performance and television broadcast,…
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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06/09/09 07:45 AM,
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Volkswagen India has moved to ramp up its production in that region, with a factory launch at Chakan, outside of the city of Pune, one of India’s most prestigious corporate events of the season. The new $766 million (U.S.) factory, expected to employ 2,500 workers at the plant by the end of 2010, is VW’s 61st in the world. Aman Anand and the events team of G2 Rams contracted Mumbai-based SOUND.COM to handle all technical audio services for the launch…
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
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06/04/09 07:58 AM,
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Meeting Services Inc of San Diego supplied the sound reinforcement system, which included JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays, VRX compact loudspeakers and SRX stage monitors, for a recent visit and speech by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden onboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, berthed on Coronado Island, California. The USS Ronald Reagan is a Nimitz-class nuclear powered super carrier, nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall, and recently completed a successful deployment that included humanitarian assistance…
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Monday, June 01, 2009
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06/01/09 07:48 AM,
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Italian audio system provider Madema SpA deployed a large, multi-array JBL Professional VERTEC system for the recent Primo Maggio festival in Rome, and annual public event that commemorates the Italian Labor Day. Held in Rome’s Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano, the temporary stage for Primo Maggio is traditionally set up in front of the historic Basilica of St. John Lateran, the first church to be built in Rome, with original construction dating to 313 A.D This year’s event drew a…
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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05/27/09 10:22 AM,
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With decades of history in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, The Midland by AMC recently re-opened its doors after a renovation process that included installation of a new state-of-the-art sound system featuring JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays by systems integrator DSS (Digital Sound Systems) Inc. The theater, a longtime fixture on Main Street since 1927, has hosted performances by top artists like Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, and Duran Duran. The newly revamped venue will continue to provide entertainment for…
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05/27/09 08:15 AM,
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Bernie Becker began working with Neil Diamond in the early 1990s as a recording engineer, and subsequently, Diamond and Stan Miller, Neil’s longtime sound designer, asked Becker to join them on tour. The studio engineer brought a unique perspective to live sound, including a felt need to regulate all of their digital gear with a master clock. “Live sound engineers shy away from word clock because it’s one more box to haul around and necessitates a lot of cable interconnects,”…
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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05/12/09 12:21 PM,
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Regional concert sound rental provider Grupo Zonico supplied the audio system, including JBL Professional VERTEC line arrays, for a recent concert featuring legendary rock band KISS in Caracas, Venezuela that was a stop on the “KISS 35 Alive World Tour.” The show was staged at the 10,000-seat Estacionamiento de la Rinconada outdoor venue in Caracas, with Grupo Zonico, based in Edo Miranda, Venezuela, supplying audio equipment as specified by US-based Clair Global, which is currently handling worldwide sound requirements for…
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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04/29/09 10:21 AM,
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In one of Asia’s most widely viewed events of the year, SOUND.COM of Mumbai provided JBL Professional VerTec line arrays for the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 pageant in Mumbai. The event, which selects India’s three different finalists for participation in the Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Earth international beauty pageants, was staged at the Andheri Sports Complex for a live audience of 4,000 fashion-industry and global media professionals. This year’s Miss India pageant was broadcast live to more…
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