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AKG, JBL Gear Helps “Whisper House” Murmur and Shout

AKG, JBL Gear Helps “Whisper House” Murmur and Shout

SAN DIEGO – For Whisper House at the Old Globe Theatre, the sound design team of Dan Moses Schreier and associate designer David Bullard chose AKG's DMS 700 wireless microphone system outfitted with AKG handheld mics including the C5 condenser, D5 dynamic, D7 dynamic handheld. Schreier and Bullard also used left and right clusters of JBL VRX932LAP Powered 12-inch 2-way line array loudspeakers suspended from the proscenium for the orchestra-level audience, and two arrays of VRX928LA speakers targeted at the balcony.

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Crest Audio E-Lite

Crest Audio's E-Lite series amps are built on a high-speed class D design with a switch-mode power supply to reduce weight while increasing reliability, thermal efficiency and output power. The E-Lite 1800 and E-Lite 1800 DSP offer 900 watts per channel, and the E-Lite 3000 and E-Lite 3000 DSP have 1500 watts per channel. Both versions weigh less than 10 pounds and can be used in parallel, stereo and bridged modes.

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Ashly Pêma

Ashly Audio's pêma (Protea Equipped Media Amplifier), a powered processor,  combines Ashly's DSP functionality with the company's amplifier functionality inside a two-rack space unit.

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InfoComm10 New Gear Highlights

LAS VEGAS – More than 900 exhibitors were expected to show their latest products at services at InfoComm10, set for the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 9-11. So if you budget 60 seconds to absorb all the information at each booth – and allow zero seconds for walking from booth to booth – you can cover the show in about 15 hours.

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Ken Blecher Joins Powersoft U.S.

From left, Ken Blecher, Thomas Bensen, Luca Giorgi, Luca Lastrucci, Thomas Mittelmann, Claudio Lastrucci, Carlo Lastrucci and Antonio Peruch.

FARMINGDALE, NY – Ken Blecher has joined Powersoft Advanced Technologies, LLC, the Italian amplifier manufacturer's U.S. operation, as vice president and director of business development. Blecher has more than 25 years of experience in the manufacturing, contracting and consulting segments of pro AV integration and tour sound.

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“Billy Elliot” Tours with DiGiCo SD7T and SD8 Consoles

Paul Arditti

CHICAGO – After scoring a total of 20 Tony and Drama Desk Awards, including Best Sound Design, Billy Elliot, the Musical is dancing its way from Broadway to different U.S. cities via two separate productions. Both productions will be using customized DiGiCo SD7Ts at front of house and substage and SD8s to mix the band's monitors, as specified by sound designer Paul Arditti.

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