BOSTON – The 35-year-old Paradise Rock Club, host to U2 and other big bands early in their careers, recently renovated, expanding the capacity of its performance hall to 850. Production manager Billy "Bud" McCarthy chose JBL VRX Constant Curvature line arrays to flank the stage centered along a 50-foot wall. Six JBL SRX712M stage monitors also line the club's stage.
The left and right main arrays each contain four JBL VRX932LA-1 loudspeakers. The club also uses six Crown XTi6000 amplifiers – four for the line array, two for the monitors – and two additional XTi4000's for FOH, and BSS BLU-100 12×8 for signal processing.
"We knew we had to do something about our outdated system after hearing the new JBL system at the Boston House of Blues," said McCarthy. "We were all smiles as we began tuning our new JBL system. It improved the sound quality significantly, even before we turned on the subwoofers."
"The new VRX arrays disperse the sound perfectly and the music critics attending our shows have immediately commented on the improved sound filling the room, along with the better sightlines," McCarthy added. "We are already in the process of planning an expanded PA with more VRX speakers on each side."
"VRX arrays are especially useful for small to medium sized live music clubs like the Paradise Rock Club," said Richard Ruse, director of marketing, portable PA, JBL Professional. "They have been specifically designed to offer an ideal combination of top audio performance and good value to the user."
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