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Audio Incorporated Restores Lankmark Theatre’s Audio With NEXO & Yamaha

“We had to choose very carefully when designing a system that would suit the artists they had been booking." - Mike Sinclair, Audio Incorporated

The Union County Performing Arts Center (UPAC) is housed in the restored Rahway (NJ) Theater. A classic vaudeville house, visitors experience live performances in a vintage 1928 vaudeville and silent movie palace.

With just over 1,300 seats, the theatre, restored to its golden age, is one of the largest functioning centers for the performing arts in Union County. The theater is listed on both the National and State Registers of Historic Places and now operates as a multi-purpose venue for the performing arts.

Audio Incorporated was recently hired for a complete refurbishment of the landmark’s sound reinforcement system, an effort headed by NEXO and Yamaha Commercial Audio components.

“We had installed the theatre’s last sound system about 15 years ago, and all the equipment still functions to this day,” notes Mike Sinclair, VP/owner of Audio Incorporated. “The client was in receipt of additional funding and decided to update the sound system to current technology, so they came back to us to design/Install a new system.”

Sinclair said Audio Inc.’s biggest challenge was the budget. “We had to choose very carefully when designing a system that would suit the artists they had been booking. Since we had worked with them for many years, they trusted our recommendation of a NEXO GEO S8 system, a couple of Yamaha Installation Series speakers, and a Yamaha M7CL-48ES digital audio console.” Some of the previous system’s equipment was also re-purposed for use in other positions.

The NEXO rig layout consists of seven GEO S805s and two GEO S830’s per side, and two CD12 Subs. “We added a Yamaha IS1218 per side on the stage to add a little more thump from 35 to 100Hz to the floor of the auditorium,” says Sinclair. “And, we added a Yamaha IF3115/95 speaker for use as a center channel speaker for the movie screen.”

NEXO NX4x4 amplifierss power all of the NEXO loudspeakers, while Yamaha XP Series amplifiers drive the Yamaha loudspeakers.

“The client had noticed that the Yamaha M7CL digital console was a regular on the artist riders they had been receiving,” concludes Sinclair. “We agreed that it was a good selection for the venue and suggested that the EtherSound version would be the best choice not only because of ease of installation, but also because we believe the ES version console has a warmer and richer sound.”

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