MINNEAPOLIS — Juice Goose named Thor Marketing Network, based here, as its sales representative in Minnesota, the Dakotas and western Wisconsin. Thor Marketing is headed by David Thormodsgaard, who has decades of experience in the commercial AV market. Juice Goose began manufacturing power conditioning products for AV applications in 1983.
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LINCOLN, Lincolnshire, U.K. — Liverpool based Adlib has designed and delivered an L-Acoustics KARA audio system with Midas control for a prominent live performance venue here, the 1,600 capacity Engine Shed.
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BOLINGBROOK, IL — Pastor Smokie Norful, founder of Victory Cathedral Worship Center here, is also a Grammy winning gospel artist. He turned to the Chicago branch of Advanced Systems & Technologies (AST) for the church’s recent audio upgrade. AST designed and installed a new system that centers on Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers and subwoofers for the main house system, the delay system and on-stage monitoring.
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RLAND PARK, IL — The Square Celt Alehouse and Grill, which opened near Orland Park Mall in suburban Chicago after a restaurant previously on the site was completely renovated, now features an extensive Martin Audio sound system courtesy of Encompass AV.
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Kaltman Creations LLC says its IEMRadiator antenna, recently added to the company’s Invisible Waves line, uses circular polarity and horn radiators to improve reception for pro-audio In-Ear-Monitoring systems (IEM).
Read More »Audinate noted that the latest latest firmware update for the Dante PCIe soundcard, Version 3.7.1 includes audio signal presence indicators, latency statistics monitoring and packet error detection. The company says the Dante PCIe can be used with Thunderbolt expansion chassis to enable connection to computers such as Apple’s Mac Pro, MacBook Pro and Mac mini. The Dante PCIe soundcard has been certified to run with Apple’s latest version MAC OS 10.10. The soundcard will now also run on Microsoft Windows servers. Both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Window Server 2012 R2 are supported.
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TAMPA, FL — Jerry Freed, M.I. and audio industry icon and founder of Gator Cases, passed away on November 13, 2014 after a bout with cancer. He was 74. After college, Freed spent several years selling and representing Roberts Electronics, which co-branded consumer reel-to-reel tape recorders OEM’d by Akai. Freed then went on to also launch a line of guitar amplifiers by Califone, another division of Roberts, and left after Califone was purchased by Rheem in 1967.
Read More »RANCHO MIRAGE, CA — The long-awaited reunion tour of 1980s hit-makers Culture Club was scrapped on Nov. 13, two days before the first tour stop at Aqua Caliente Casino Resort Spa here, after lead singer Boy George was diagnosed with a throat polyp.
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HOUSTON, TX — Toyota Center, the arena home of the NBA Houston Rockets, recently installed a new L-Acoustics K2 sound system – the first K2 system permanently installed in a major professional sports arena. The cap to a two-year AV makeover that included new HD video scoreboards, the sound system, designed in Soundvision by project consultant Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams and AV systems integrator LD Systems with support from the L- Acoustics S US applications team, primarily comprises 72 K2 enclosures flown in six arrays.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Aboard luxury MSC Cruises ships, production company On The Blue specializes in rock-themed cruises through the Caribbean where stars of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s regale their fans with shows night and day. Excursions like this obviously require sound systems that are powerful yet lightweight and easy to rig, which prompted Cincinnati-based sound reinforcement provider Loud and Clear, Inc. to fit the MSC Divina from bow to stern with K2 and other sound system elements from L-Acoustics.
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SHAWNEE, OK — Founded in 1892, Shawnee’s First Baptist Church was rebuilt in the 1930’s after being damaged by a tornado. The historic building has been well maintained over the years, but its aging sound system had not been so fortunate. Church officials and congregation members alike were increasingly frustrated by intelligibility issues in the main sanctuary, and inconsistent coverage in the balcony and under balcony areas. The church turned to Edmond, OK-based AVL Systems Design, who recommended Renkus-Heinz’ steered-beam technology.
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