AGC Ehitiki, the largest production rental company in Cyprus, celebrated it’s 20th anniversary with the acquisition of a DiGiCo SD8 console.
Based at large premises in Kaimakli, close to the center of the island’s capital city of Nicosia, the company was founded by Loris Demetriades, who still takes a very hands-on role in the day-to-day running of the business.
“There was a clear market demand for us to offer DiGiCo consoles to our clients, so this was the ideal time for us to buy our first one,” Demetriades says. “The SD8 is also way ahead of any other digital console within its price range.”
The SD8 made its debut recently as the monitor board for a show by popular Cypriot singer Michalis Hatzigiannis at the 23,000-capacity GSP Stadium in Nicosia.
“It is a measure of our confidence in the SD8 that we were more than happy to give it its debut on such a massive show,” states Demetriades. “Michalis is a huge star in Cyprus, it was the final show of his summer tour and so we had to be absolutely certain that everything would run smoothly.”
Michalis’ Monitor Engineer George Panolaskos was also more than happy to work with the SD8, and the show was a complete success.
“The SD8 is a very easy to use, very flexible desk,” concludes Demetriades. “Sonically it’s excellent, with plenty of headroom, and the effects are brilliant. Personally I don’t see any reason for patching outboard units.
“It’s fully booked for all the future shows we have coming up and I haven’t had a single ‘no’ or complaint from sound engineers I have recommended it to.”
