HONOLULU – The weather in Hawaii is always beautiful – except, of course, when it's not. And the 18 years since BAUS Engineering equipped the Waikiki Shell with eight Meyer Sound UPA-1A loudspeakers, mounted on outdoor poles and used as permanent lawn delays, have included storms as fierce as the Category 4 Hurricane Iniki in 1992.
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC – The pro audio community already lost the 700 MHz band, but now the battle is over who gets to be an approved user, and if we will have any protection for using wireless mics, or if we will be relegated to the same status as mass market consumer devices operating in the same spectrum.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Outline loudspeakers were used at the 2010 Global Competitiveness Forum, a meeting featuring appearances by world leaders and CEOs including Tony Blair and Michael Dell.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Proel named Signal Audio, a company founded by audio veterans Klaus Hansen and Kasper Geels, as its exclusive distributor in Denmark. Signal Audio has opened a showroom in Copenhagen, where a variety of Proel products are on display.
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LAS VEGAS – Communication Electronic Systems (CES) replaced the decade-old loudspeakers clamped to the rafters of the gymnasium at El Dorado High School with a new system featuring Danley SH-100 full-range loudspeakers and a TH-115 subwoofer, providing intelligibility, fidelity and thump without breaking the school's limited budget.
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BELFAST – Built in 1844, St. Malachy's church needed extensive work on its interior and exterior. When in reopened after 15 months, parishioners marveled at the restored brickwork, plasterwork, marble altar, mosaic floor, "wedding cake" fan-vaulted ceiling, and new sound system featuring a pair of QSC AcousticDesign AD-S282H 2-way loudspeakers.
Read More »The Music Group (music-group.net) announced the departure of Michael Deeb from the roles of group CEO and director. Uli Behringer and Arie van den Broek will lead the Music Group on an interim basis as it searches for a permanent CEO replacement. Arie van den Broek served Behringer as CEO for several years.
Read More »Uli Behringer and Midas MD John Oakley talk candidly about the future. This interview was reprinted with permission from Audio Pro International www.audioprointernational.com .
What follows is an interview, held remotely, with Uli Behringer and John Oakley, while they were traveling in the Far East. In it, the two talk about Behringer's creation of the Music Group and how Oakley found the deal offered irresistible.
FOH also got an exclusive video interview with John Oakley at NAMM; it's posted at http://fohonline.com/foh-tv.
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PARIS – At We Want Miles: Jazz Face to Face With Its Legend, an exhibition dedicated to Miles Davis at the Musée de la Musique, curator Vincent Bessière and sound designers Philippe Wojtowicz and Mathias Abherve used a compact Meyer Sound system for the two levels of the exhibit hall. The exhibit will move to Montreal in April, 2010.
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BRNO, Czech Republic – Janacek Theatre, the second largest theater in the Czech Republic, updated its old communications system with a comprehensive installation from Riedel Communications. MusicData, Riedel's Czech distribution partner for Theater and ProAV, handled the installation.
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TABLE ROCK LAKE, MO ⎯ Big Cedar Lodge offers a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course, Dogwood Canyon Nature Park, and a sound system for its 1,000-seat Grand Ballroom in the Grandview Conference Center featuring five new Yamaha IMX644 digital rackmount mixers installed by Hollister, Mo.-based A-1 Audio.
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COLOGNE, Germany – Padco supplied a Midas PRO6 for the recent European tour by Queen Esther Marrow and the Harlem Gospel Singers. The tour, which moved through Denmark, France, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, ended in Belgium at the end of January.
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