LONDON — Britannia Row provided Turbosound’s Flashline system for Alanis Morissette at the O2 Arena here recently. The system, which included Turbosound’s TFS-900H line array cabinets and 20000DP four-channel DSP-based amplifiers, was lauded by Morissette’s FOH engineer, Maurizio Gennari, and freelance system engineer Nico Royan.
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Turbosound’s powerful and authoritative Flashline line array loudspeaker system has garnered a chorus of approval at Alanis Morrissette’s London O2 concert.
The gig marked the first time Turbosound’s Flashline system – known for its ability to deliver hi-fi sound quality to large audiences via its modular line array loudspeaker elements, subwoofers, rigging hardware, and fully loaded and tested amplifier racks – was rigged in a venue as huge as the O2.
“When I spoke to Bryan Grant and Lez Dwight at Britannia Row about the Turbosound Flashline system they said ‘you have to try it – you will definitely like it’ and I do,” says Alanis’s FOH Engineer Maurizio Gennari. “Having used practically every system on the market on this tour, in a variety of venues from clubs to arenas, I have found this one to be extremely clean, clear and crisp. There’s plenty of headroom and it has a natural sounding midrange. It’s definitely powerful and precise, I am really looking forward to using the system again.”
Supplied by long time Turbosound partners Britannia Row, freelance system engineer Nico Royan says: “I am a big fan of Turbosound – I use it for Leftfield gigs and that’s always a rocking show. The Flashline system has more than enough headroom to cope with the O2 and EQ has been minimal. Because of Flashline’s 1inch compression drivers it offers a really clean crisp high end and a very bright airy feel that you don’t get with other line arrays – as far as I am concerned it’s definitely one of the best systems around.”
“The power capability of the four frequency bands in the TFS-900H line array cabinet is exactly matched to each channel of the 20000DP four-channel DSP-based amplifier,” says Martin Reid, marketing director for Turbosound. “This results in near-perfect energy transfer to each of the eleven dedicated transducers. Flashline makes extensive use of paper cone transducers to deliver vocal frequencies with power and authority – perfect for Morissette’s punchy vocals – while the new generation Dendritic waveguides ensure that a phase coherent wavefront reaches all audience members with uniform frequency response, making it ideal for the O2.”
Alanis Morissette has been touring to support her eighth studio album Havoc And Bright Lights, which was released in the summer. The shows constitute the singer’s second major UK run this year, after she completed a shorter run of shows in June.
