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Monday, May 07, 2012Lyric Opera Of Chicago Chooses Meyer For Tribute To American Theatre
PSW Staff 05/07/12 03:50 PM,Named “one of the best opera companies in the world” by Esquire magazine, the Lyric Opera of Chicago presented an American contribution to the operatic stage at the close of its season—Show Boat. To properly present Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s seminal masterpiece that was first performed in 1927, Lyric Opera chose a large complement of sound reinforcement equipment from Meyer Sound. “As a company, we’re not just doing the great works of European culture but also the great works… View this post
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RCF TT+ Supports Papal Visit To Havana
PSW Staff 05/07/12 11:52 AM,When Pope Benedict XVI recently visited the Cuban capital of Havana, the government of Cuba chose RCF TT+ (Touring & Theatre) series to broadcast the Papal Mass. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans from the capital and neighboring provinces filled Havana’s José Martí Plaza de la Revolución — at 72,000 sq. metres one of the biggest squares in the world. The system consisted of four TTL55-A line arrays—two 16 module arrays were hung to the left and right of main stage… View this post
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Manhattan’s LQ Nightclub Pulses To The Sound Of D.A.S. Audio
PSW Staff 05/07/12 10:59 AM,The Latin Quarter—commonly known these days as LQ Nightclub—has a storied history that dates back to 1942 when Lou Walters, father of renowned TV journalist Barbara Walters, first founded the popular nightspot. While much has changed over the years, there remain two constants: the desire to have superior sound quality and vibrant entertainment. Recently, the popular club upgraded its sound reinforcement capabilities and, to ensure world-class audio quality for both the performers and the clientele, a new loudspeaker system featuring… View this post
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Thursday, May 03, 2012Brooklyn Academy Of Music Chooses QSC Audio KLA System For BAMcafé
PSW Staff 05/03/12 05:56 PM,BAMcafé, a restaurant and live performance venue located within the main Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) building, recently installed a QSC Audio KLA active line arrays to support as many as 75 music, comedy and spoken word events it presents annually in its free BAMcafé Live series. See Factor Industry, Inc., a touring and installed lighting and sound equipment provider, was tasked with providing a system which sounds great at a reasonable price point. “BAM came to me asking for… View this post
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012Martin Audio MLA Compact Debuts With Chris Rea, Supplied By RG Jones Sound
PSW Staff 05/02/12 12:44 PM,The first UK rental company to purchase Martin Audio’s MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array), RG Jones Sound Engineering also found itself in the unique position of being the first to debut the scaled-down version of this technology with the brand-new MLA Compact. “I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the new system,” states Simon Honywill, who seized the opportunity to mix Chris Rea’s sound through the MLA Compact on the closing dates of the recent European and UK tour. Honywill,… View this post
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012Rebuilt Spa Resort Hawaiians In Japan Features Concert System Headed By QSC Audio ILA
PSW Staff 05/01/12 02:44 PM,Spa Resort Hawaiians, a family water resort in Fukishima prefecture, Japan, had not long completed an extensive refurbishment, including the commissioning of a new sound reinforcement system headed by QSC Audio Installation Line Array (ILA) loudspeakers, when the terrible earthquake and tsunami of March 2011 wreaked havoc in the area. The resort had to close, but reconstruction work began almost immediately, and the ILA is now back in full service on the venue’s recently completed entertainment stage. Japanese QSC distributor… View this post
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US Tour Of Million Dollar Quartet Powers Up With Meyer Sound MICA And M’elodie
PSW Staff 05/01/12 11:35 AM,Having continued successful permanent productions in Chicago and New York, the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet (MDQ) has hit the road with a North American tour. To accommodate venues seating from 1,400 to over 3,000, sound designer Kai Harada specified a Meyer Sound system based around MICA and M’elodie line array loudspeakers. “My goal was to give the touring crew a system with a lot of flexibility, so they could adjust coverage angles for theatres of all shapes and sizes,”… View this post
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Monday, April 30, 2012Gearhouse Invests In More L-Acoustics Stock
PSW Staff 04/30/12 02:03 PM,South Africa’s largest rental company, Gearhouse South Africa, has recently reinvested in more L-Acoustics components to complete its existing inventory of KUDO, V-DOSC, dV-DOSC and ARCS. The new equipment comprises of 48 KARA, 12 ARCSII and 12 KUDO WST line source cabinets, eight SB28 and 24 SB18 woofers and 22 LA-RAK touring racks installed with LA8 amplified controllers. South Africa is increasingly becoming a regular fixture on the international touring circuit. Combined with an increase in the domestic market, Gearhouse… View this post
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Maryland Sound First Company In U.S. To Purchase New JBL VTX Line Array Series
PSW Staff 04/30/12 11:28 AM,Maryland Sound International recently became the first company in the United States to add the new JBL VTX Line Array Series loudspeakers to its inventory. Maryland Sound was founded in 1966 to serve Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons on a national tour, growing over the decades to become one of the industry’s foremost sound contractors, with a resumé spanning presidential inaugurations to Times Square New Year’s Eve broadcasts to major concert tours. “We built our business on offering our… View this post
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Friday, April 27, 2012Real World Gear: The Latest Large-Format Line Arrays
PSW Staff 04/27/12 05:44 PM,It seemed just a short time ago that the line array market was headed in one direction: down. As in, virtually every new line array was smaller and lighter that its respective predecessor. Yet recent events have shown that the large-format genre (which we loosely identify as models with 12-inch and larger woofers) still has plenty of life left. As a matter of fact, within just the past year or so, at least five new large-format series have hit the… View this post
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