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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Electro-Voice X-Line Impresses At Austin City Limits
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10/22/09 09:30 AM,
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Austin City Limits Music Festival, one of the premier music festivals in the U.S., recently capped-off another fantastic year of musical festivities. Held from October 3-5, 130 bands gathered in the Texan capital to treat music fans to three full days of performances across eight stages. Robert Ausmus of LD Systems (Houston, TX) and his crew relied on an Electro-Voice X-Line line array loudspeaker system to provide exceptional sound reinforcement for the Xbox 360 stage. The Xbox stage saw crowds…
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Danley Sound Labs Loudspeakers For Wynton Marsalis Live In Budapest
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10/21/09 11:52 AM,
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Multiple Grammy-honored trumpeter Wynton Marsalis recently traveled with his Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra to perform for a packed house of more than 1,700 at the Budapest (Hungary) Congress & World Trade Center. AV integrator Penna-Poor of Budapest provided the system for the concert, including Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers and subwoofers. Specifically, Ferenc Koscso, Technical Director of Penna-Media (sister company to Penna-Poor), elected to build elevated stands to either side of the stage that each accommodated four Danley SH-50 full-range loudspeakers.…
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BW-Bank jazzopen stuttgart 2009 A Success With Meyer Sound Components
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10/21/09 08:49 AM,
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One of Europe’s largest festivals for jazz, soul, and pop rock music, BW-Bank jazzopen stuttgart 2009 recently concluded after 11 days of live concerts, featuring Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Sonny Rollins, and a special presentation of Katie Melua with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra. The largest concerts this year were moved indoors to the new Stuttgart fairgrounds, with Meyer Sound components playing a key role in the sound reinforcement for the first time. The transition to Stuttgart fairgrounds offered a convenient…
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Church Sound Application Profile: Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas
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10/19/09 08:07 AM,
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What makes for an optimum church sound reinforcement system? On the surface, the obvious answer is “good sound quality.” Yet anyone possessing a grain of systems experience knows the correct answer is much more complicated. First, how does one define “good”? It has so many meanings, all of them potentially correct (or not!). Besides, the effectiveness of a system goes way beyond the realm of the often-subjective issue of sound quality. For example, is the system designed to be operator…
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Sound/Production Company Kolot Ramim Becomes First Adamson Partner In Israel
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10/16/09 10:37 AM,
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Kolot Ramim of Upper Galilee, Kibbutz Manara, Israel, recently became the first Israeli partner in the Adamson Network, adding 16 Adamson Spektrix line array cabinets and eight Spektrix subwoofers to its sound reinforcement inventory. Kolot Ramim, headed by Founder/Owner Yossi Bar, primarily focuses on concerts for 500 to 5,000 as well as corporate shows and theatrical productions. Kolot Ramim’s first show with its new Adamson gear was the three-day Caesarea Jazz Festival 2009, which took place in the picturesque Caesarea…
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Shure Introduces New Professional DJ Headphones
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10/14/09 10:52 AM,
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Shure has introduced a new professional headphone model designed specifically for professional DJ applications – the SRH750DJ. They join the SRH840, SRH440, and SRH240 to expand the Shure lineup of professional and home recording equipment, which also includes the X2u XLR-to-USB signal adapter and the PG27USB and PG42USB side address condenser microphones. Custom 50mm drivers tuned to deliver high-output bass with extended highs offer maximized power handling, which optimize the headphones for use with DJ mixers. Comfortable, padded ear cups…
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Martin Audio Line Arrays, Monitors & More Play Big Role In Red Rocks Hip-Hop Concert
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10/14/09 08:22 AM,
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Red Rocks, the geologically formed open-air arena located just outside of Denver, recently attracted the popular hip-hop group Atmosphere for a concert, with production rental company Slamhammer Audio providing sound and staging. Martin Audio played a significant role in Slammhammer’s sound system with 28 W8LC compact line arrays and 24 Martin WSX subwoofers, along with four W8Cs and four WT3s for fills. Slamhammer also complemented the Martin lineup with DX-1 processors, LE12J stage monitors, W8Cs for side fill and WS2A…
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New Electro-Voice EVA And EVF Loudspeakers for Washington Church System Upgrade
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10/14/09 07:17 AM,
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Electro-Voice EVA (line array) and EVF (front-load) loudspeakers, both new lines that launched this past summer, were recently chosen to head up a sound system upgrade project at Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church in Fall City, WA. This system upgrade was specified by Jeff Sanderson and Todd Gathany of Onpoint Designs and installed by leading regional sound company Morgan Sound. The system also features EV’s latest XCS312 cardioid pattern subwoofers. “Our EV rep Kevin Johnson (Left Coast Marketing) introduced us to…
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Yamaha Commerical Audio Debuts New NEXO PS R2 Compact Loudspeaker
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10/14/09 06:54 AM,
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Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems (YCAS) has announced the addition of the new NEXO PS R2 to its NEXO PS Series of high-output, compact loudspeakers. The PS R2 delivers enhanced performance with higher SPL and extended bandwidth, and re-designed cabinetry and grilles - all within the same compact footprint of the popular PS 8, PS10 and PS15 loudspeakers. New mounting plates derived from the NEXO GEO Series accommodate a range of touring and fixed accessories to be used. Innovative sub-bass options…
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Relles Sound Debuts Meyer Sound JM-1P Arrayable Loudspeaker At Spokane Symphony Events
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10/07/09 12:05 PM,
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Meyer Sound recently began shipping the new JM-1P self-powered, arrayable loudspeaker marked by its precise control in a seamless, tight-packed array, with one of the first shipments going to Eugene, Oregon-based Relles Sound where it was immediately put to work at two Labor Day music events in Spokane County, Washington. “We first used the JM-1P for the Spokane Symphony at the Comstock Park and Liberty Lake Park, both well suited for testing the capabilities of the JM-1P, and had a…
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