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Australian Orchestra Performing with British Ballet Company Heard via DPA Mics

English National Ballet performs in Australia for Queen of England Diamond Jubilee celebration

Australian Orchestra Performing with British Ballet Company Heard via DPA Mics

SYDNEY — Owen Ironside, sound designer and production engineer at the 500-seat Theatre at The Concourse here, used DPA Microphones from DPA’s Australian distributor, Amber Technologies for a series of 14 sold-out shows pairing the English National Ballet and Australia’s Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. The series was part of this year’s Diamond Jubilee festivities marking the Queen of England’s 60th year on the throne.

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Point Source CO-5w Waterproof Earworn Microphone

Point Source Audio Waterproof Earworn Mic

NOVATO, Calif. —  Point Source Audio, manufacturer of the original and one-of-a-kind “unbreakable boom” earworn microphone, is making another big splash with their new “unsinkable” waterproof earworn microphone. The new CO-5w Waterproof Earworn Microphone is the waterproof version of the popular CO-5 that discriminating performers and pastors have come to rely on for years. The waterproof version combines all the reliable performance characteristics of the CO-5 with a special water-protected mic element to make the CO-5w virtually “unsinkable.”

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Tour Supply Announces Strategic Partnership with JH Audio

NASHVILLE — Tour Supply, Inc. and JH Audio have announced a strategic partnership that will include having JH Audio sales reps “embedded” within Tour Supply’s offices in Nashville and in New York City. JH Audio also has direct access to Tour Supply clients in Los Angeles at Center Staging’s rehearsal facilities.

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Neville Thiele, left, with Richard Small

In Memoriam: Neville Thiele, 91

We recently heard of the passing on Oct. 1 of Dr. Albert Neville Thiele, one of the great names in the development of our understanding of transducers and speaker enclosure design. Thiele, pictured here, left, with fellow audio specialist Richard Small, was 91.

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Harman Names Adrian Curtis Senior Director, EMEA

POTTERS BAR, U.K. —Harman Professional promoted Adrian Curtis to senior director, EMEA Regional Sales Operations (RSO). Curtis, a 21-year company veteran, previously served as head of sales for the company’s Soundcraft and Studer brands.  In his new role he will lead sales operations for all of Harman’s professional brands and will report to Scott Robbins, Harman’s executive vice president of sales.

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Dante-MY16-AUD Updated for Remote Head Amp Control

BUENA PARK, CA — Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc., which markets the Audinate Dante-MY16-AUD Mini-YGDAI interface card, noted that it been updated to allow remote head amp control. The updated version allows the head amps in the new Rio3224-D and Rio1608-D I/O rack units, developed for the new Yamaha CL console line, to be remotely controlled from an M7CL, LS9, PM5D, DM2000, and DM1000 digital mixing console.

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