LINCOLNTON, NC — Russ Moore, owner of Hames Pro, specified two QFlex 16 digitally steerable, multi-channel, array loudspeakers for Boger City Baptist Church to help overcome coverage and clarity issues within the church’s square-shaped sanctuary, especially in the back pews, where intelligibility had suffered from back-wall slapback.
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PUTNAM VALLEY, NY — Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels performed and spoke before an audience of kids recently at at Camp Felix, a camp for underprivileged children operated by The New York Foundling, a family services organization specializing in child welfare. Ben Escobedo, RF services & field support engineer, technical services at Sennheiser, supported the event’s audio needs with a pair of K-array KR 200 loudspeakers and other gear donated for the event by Sennheiser, including an ew135 G3 wireless system and e835, e935 and e965 wired microphones.
Read More »IMS Engineered Products (Chicago) and Juice Goose (Houston) announce a joint marketing and distribution alliance to provide systems integrators a one-stop source for AV racks, enclosures and AC power management.
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HOUSTON — Lakewood Church, the largest “megachurch” in the U.S., recently received a complete audio upgrade to its 16,800-seat facility. Working with Shawn Mullins and Joe Smart of Houston-based sound contractor Covenant Communications, the team designed and installed a Harman audio system featuring JBL’s new VTX Series line arrays and subwoofers along with Crown Audio I-Tech HD Series amplifiers and BSS Audio BLU-800 signal processors.
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COLUMBIA, MD — Bridgeway Community Church, which had been relying upon wireless gear operating in a spectrum now forbidden by the FCC, turned to Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) for help. Mitchell Shaivitz, account manager at the GC Pro Baltimore area office, help steer the church’s technical director, Derwent “D” Williamson, toward a system centered on 14 channels of new Shure ULX-D wireless, including handheld transmitter and bodypacks, plus Shure PSM900 in-ear system and a Shure PA821A 8-channel antenna combiner.
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RAMAPO, NY — Provident Bank Park, home to minor league (Rockland Boulders) and college (St. Thomas Aquinas) baseball teams since 2011, hosted major-league concerts this summer featuring Gavin DeGraw, Colbie Caillat, Gretchen Wilson, REO Speedwagon and Smashmouth. Orangeburg, NY-based Dynamic Productions supported the concert series with an Aero Series 2 system from D.A.S. Audio.
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BOZEMAN, MT — Anthony Heath, a.k.a. DJ Bassline, is a club and mobile DJ based here who performs at weddings, parties and dances. He recently upgraded his PA to a 5,400-watt StageSource system including a pair of StageSource L3t loudspeakers and a pair of StageSource L3s subwoofers.
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PITTSBURGH, PA — The Benedum Center, a well-known performing arts center, based here, that is overseen by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, recently acquired a 42-fader Harman Studer Vista 5 digital audio mixing console from New York-based Sound Associates. The console will be used for a variety of concerts and theatrical productions.
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NEW YORK — Looking to set itself apart from other steakhouse options, The One Group, owners and developers of the STK brand, opted for a sound system that includes gear from Tannoy and Lab.gruppen for music ranging from programmed tunes to live DJ performances.
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SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama, Japan — Shirahama Adventure World, an amusement park and zoo, upgraded its facility with a new sound system including One Systems 106IM and 103IM speakers. One Systems’ distributor in Japan, M and N Co., Ltd, designed the system and oversaw the project, and Toyo Giken Co., Ltd installed the gear.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — VER (Video Equipment Rentals), one of the largest AV/audio/broadcast equipment rental companies providing AV/tour solutions, recently added Harman’s JBL VTX Series line arrays to its inventory of products for the rental, staging and broadcast industries. The purchase of VTX line arrays builds on VER’s existing inventory of JBL VerTec line array systems.
Read More »SAN DIEGO — VUE Audiotechnik announced the appointment of three representative firms that will oversee the company’s sales and support efforts across the western United States: H.C. Garrison Company, The SG Group and Warman Marketing.
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