Blake’s AV Solutions, a live sound and system integration firm based in Broken Arrow, OK that serves concerts, corporate events, worship services, pageants and more, has added a new PA rig comprised of EAW RSX Series loudspeakers and subwoofers.
“When I first began my search for a new PA system, I reached out to Wes Pitzer at Highway Marketing for some advice,” says company founder Blake Shelton. “Wes immediately suggested I look at EAW. I have always been impressed with EAW’s sound quality, so I was excited to consider the brand’s solutions. I wanted a turnkey solution that could provide clients with a speaker system that is simple to use and easy to install, basically something that you could unbox and set up the same day as the event.”
To display the capability of the RSX Series, Pitzer set up a demo in Texas for Shelton. “The EAW crew demoed the entire line of the RSX series one-by-one, and I really loved the sound of the boxes,” he states. “I’ve set up about every PA out there, and the RSX system is the most user-friendly line array I have ever rigged or set up, and its profiles are the best I’ve ever encountered. Most of the other manufacturers’ in-the-box presets just didn’t sound great, but EAW has figured it out — the system sounds spectacular. Plus, it’s the most powerful, efficient sound system that I’ve tried out. I can run the entire thing on a couple of 110 outlets, and the amps hardly use any power.”
The company acquired 12 RSX212 line array boxes joined by four RSX89 point source loudspeakers, four more RSX129 2-way boxes and eight RSX218 dual 18-inch subwoofers. The new system was put to the test for the first time at a large, outdoor 5,000-person televised event. According to Shelton, “We set up three boxes per side, ground stacked under a tent with an end-fire array of subs. It was amazing and outperformed all our expectations.”
Shelton finds the tuning process of his new RSX system to be a highly useful feature: “I’ve traveled all over the country tuning systems, and with EAW’s RSX and Resolution software, I can complete the tuning process in under 10 minutes. EAW just makes my life easier, and it performs at a level that I have yet to see in another PA. In addition, the EAW system is a lot more intelligible at louder volumes.”
EAW Resolution software helps provide system optimization plus room design support and prediction in a single application. Also, RSX offers Dante integration across the line.
“The EAW RSX system has been truly amazing,” Shelton concludes. “I have complete confidence that we can throw these boxes up anywhere and they will demolish just about any rig in its class. And when I say in its class, I’m talking about a big, dual 12-inch rock-and-roll box. These things can really pack a punch and I’m very happy with my EAW products. As a matter of fact, we are pushing almost all our installs to EAW.”
