PLAILLY, France — NEXO enters 2015 with a new CEO, as Jean Mullor takes over the reins at the leading French loudspeaker manufacturer. Yoshi Tsugawa, who has guided the company for the past three and a half years, is returning to Japan, where he takes up new responsibilities as the General Manager for Band & Orchestra products in the MI & Audio Sales and Marketing Group of Yamaha Corporation.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN– The University of Indianapolis (UIndy), a private university, recently upgraded its Key Stadium with a One Systems sound reinforcement system. The school administration turned to Tech Electronics’ Jeff Watson, who specified nine One Systems loudspeakers to cover the complex.
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MONTREAL — Solotech acquired Toronto-based Midnite Hour Productions. Company founders Marty Anderson, Louis Racine and all other employees are now part of the Solotech team. Separately, the company named Jean-Louis Blanchard vice president of the company’s integration and sales division and promoted Ron Morissette to general manager of the sales and integration division of Solotech’s Toronto office.
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SANTA FE, NM — Zuleikha Bethami — known professionally as Zuleikha — has inspired audiences with sacred theater and dance performances that combine physical movements with the spoken word accompanied by live music. The artist has been relying upon the capabilities of the E6i Earset Microphone from Menlo Park, CA-based Countryman Associates.
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Swiss manufacturer Schertler’s re-engineered range of DYN contact microphones, the DYN P48 Series, promises fully balanced, active, dynamic models with Class A electronics that benefit from the latest developments in microphone technology. The company says its DYN P48 Series now combines even better sound quality with a more elegant lightweight design and more user-friendly operation. Pictured here is the DYN V P48 for violin.
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ABBOTSFORD, BC, Canada — Highstreet Fraser Valley, a 600,000 square-foot open-air shopping center here developed by Shape Properties Corporation, turned to Genesis Integration Inc. for a sound system installation that includes W Series and R Series components from Chester, PA-based Community Professional.
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MEYLAN, France – The Hexagone Scène Nationale Arts Sciences, a theatre situated here near the French Alps, has six sides, similar to the shape of France itself. The 560-seat venue recently upgraded with Adamson Point Series loudspeakers from Port Perry, Ontario-based Adamson Systems, which were chosen to overcome the venue’s challenging acoustics.
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LITTLE FERRY, NJ — Eventide is partnering with Yamaha to develop signature effects for a future update to Yamaha’s new live sound console, the RIVAGE PM10. The Eventide H3000 Live plug-in will include some of the most widely used signature Eventide effects used in the live sound industry.
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Superior Listening Systems’ (SLS) CDA300 loudspeaker features PRD250 ribbon high frequency drivers used in a Constant Directivity Array for optimum sound quality. Made with single piece extruded aluminum cabinet construction and featuring an advanced hybrid 4-way crossover design, the CDA300 is designed for portable PA applications, installations, and for use as stage frontfills and stage monitoring applications. A companion subwoofer, the SP15, also promising a combination of powerful output with compact dimensions, is also offered. The CDA300 and SP15 are both pictured here.
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Bose added three new RoomMatch Utility (RMU) loudspeaker models — the RMU206, RMU108 and RMU105 — which join the company’s RMU208 small-format sound-reinforcement loudspeaker. All promise RoomMatch array modules’ mid/high sonic character for high-quality foreground music, under-balcony, zone-fill and vocal-range floor monitor applications.
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ST. PAUL, MN — A recent renovation that restored St. Paul’s 1920s-vintage Union Depot includes Community Entasys loudspeakers as a key part of the sound system. The Entasys loudspeakers were custom painted by Community to blend with the depot’s interior and were supplemented by Community Cloud4 ceiling loudspeakers in low-ceiling areas and I/O-5 surface-mount loudspeakers in outdoor areas.
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Sennheiser has announced the availability of its Dante card for the EM 9046 receiver. The company notes that this lets its Digital 9000 wireless microphone system be integrated into Dante audio-over-IP networks. Also available are (as free downloads) the associated new Digital 9000 firmware version 3.0.3, and the new Wireless Systems Manager 4.2 with a set of optimized monitoring functions.
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