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Firehouse Deploys JBL VTX, Crown I-Tech Gear for 12-12-12 Concert

Firehouse Productions provided a total of 82 VTX line array loudspeakers for 12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden.

Firehouse Deploys JBL VTX, Crown I-Tech Gear for 12-12-12 Concert

NEW YORK — Firehouse Productions provided Harman’s JBL VTX Series line arrays powered by Crown I-Tech HD Series programmable amplifiers for 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief. The Dec. 12 fundraiser for the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which took place in Madison Square Garden, featured Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, The Rolling Stones and many others.

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Counterfeit Cat-5 Cabling Alert

FALLBROOK, CA — The Fiber Optic Association (FOA), an international non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting professionalism in fiber optics through education, certification and standards, has issued a video on the dangers of counterfeit Cat-5 cabling.

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PRG Provides JBL Gear for NYC Tree Lighting Ceremony

PRG Provides JBL Gear for NYC Tree Lighting Ceremony

NEW YORK — This year’s Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center in New York City was televised nationally on NBC and featured performances by Rod Stewart, Cee Lo Green, Mariah Carey, Trace Adkins and Tony Bennett. As in years past, Production Resource Group (PRG) supplied a total of 24 Harman’s JBL VerTec VT4887ADP powered compact line array elements, installed on lifts to cover 49th and 50th Streets on the east and west sides of Rockefeller Center.

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From left, Christian Engsted, Martin; Blake Augsburger, Harman; Jens Bjerg Sørensen, Schouw & Co.

Harman to Buy Lighting Manufacturer Martin Professional

STAMFORD, CT — Harman International Industries Inc., based here, announced that Copenhagen, Denmark-based Aktieselskabet Schouw & Co., corporate parent of Aarhus, Denmark-based Martin Professional, agreed to sell Martin to Harman for EUR 110 million (currently $146 million in U.S. dollars). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in Q1 2013.

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NYC-based Advanced Audio provided D.A.S. Aero Series 2 gear for the main stage at Bader Field in Atlantic City, NJ.

Carnival Festivals in U.S. Supported by D.A.S. Audio Gear

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — The Carnival festival tradition has expanded from Trinidad and Tobago on the two days prior to Ash Wednesday to other dates on the calendar, and locations in the U.S. Earlier this year, the festive celebrations of Caribbean culture took place here, and also in Brooklyn, NY and Miami Gardens, FL with NYC-based Advanced Audio, Miami-based Master Sound Productions and D.A.S. Audio all playing a key role.

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2013 NAMM Show, Set for Jan. 24-27, Broadens Focus

ANAHEIM, CA — The 2013 NAMM Show, set to take place at the Anaheim Convention Center here Jan. 24-27, has expanded beyond its traditional focus and now counts Harman, Avid, Chauvet, Bosch, Sennheiser, Shure, Korg, Tascam, Yamaha, American DJ and Behringer among its exhibitors. The conference will also include a wide array of training and demonstration opportunities for live entertainment technology professionals.

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Danley Sound Labs Names Jonathan Parker National Sales Manager

GAINESVILLE, GA — Danley Sound Labs named Jonathan “JP” parker national sales manager. Parker, who will be responsible for Danley’s loudspeakers, subwoofers, and supporting processors and amplifiers, has more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience with companies including Bose, Crown, TOA and Martin Audio. He reports to Danley president Mike Hedden.

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Craig Montgomery, engineer for the Triple Door, says that having Sennheiser e800 and e900 series vocal microphones on stage help distinguish the venue's sound. (Photo credit: Mat Hayward)

Vaudeville-Style Theater in Seattle Equipped with Sennheiser Gear

SEATTLE — The Triple Door, a 300-seat, vaudeville style theatre originally built in 1926, has been making good use of a sound system that includes a selection of Sennheiser evolution series microphones (e600, e800 and e900 instrument and vocal microphones), a Yamaha PM1D 96 channel digital console and a JBL VerTec series medium-sized line array loudspeaker system.

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