MIELEC, Poland – Tommex Zebrowscy Sp. J. has completed the design and installation of a Community loudspeaker-based audio system for the new 30,000-capacity Mielec Stadium here. The multi-use venue is home to the Stal Mielec football (soccer) team.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is situated on Ward Island, braced on one side by Oso Bay and on the other side by Corpus Christi Bay. The University built their new $9 million Dugan Family Soccer and Track Stadium and partnered with A/V design firm Anthony James, who specified Danley Sound Labs’ new OS-80 Loudspeaker for the new stadium.
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SAN DIEGO, CA – The Detroit Jazz Festival celebrated its 36th season Aug. 30-Sept. 2 with a long roster of performers representing the genre in its varied forms. This year, artists on two of the festival’s stages were joined for the first time by VUE Audiotechnik’s new al-4 and al-8 line array systems, provided by Aerial Enterprises of Whitmore Lake, MI.
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ROODEPOORT, GAUTENG, South Africa – Symetrix named iLED as its distributor in South Africa for all of its products, including the open-architecture SymNet Edge and Radius Dante networked audio signal processors and their associated AEC conferencing solutions. Pictured here is iLED CEO Ivan Potter.
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Eminence Speaker’s PSD:2013 joins the company’s line of HF products, including the company’s widely-used PSD:2002 model. The 85 watt PSD:2013 features a 1” throat and promises a smoother frequency response through an improved voice coil design, reducing moving mass and increasing high frequency extension.
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HANOVER, MD — The Church of Philippi, founded here in 1993, moved to a new, larger facility in 2009. The church leadership recently opted to upgrade their sound system and installed Lab.gruppen C Series amplifiers to drive the church’s main PA and monitors for the five worship services that take place every Sunday.
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UK — Music Group added Paul O’Farrell-Stevens (pictured left) and Graeme Taylor (right) to the marketing department for their recently-formed Professional Products Division, which includes the company’s Midas, Klark Teknik and Turbosound branded products.
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LAS VEGAS — FRONT of HOUSE readers have chosen the six regional winners of the 2013 Hometown Hero Award competition. These top vote getters from each of five U.S. regions plus all of Canada will automatically be entered on the Parnelli Awards ballot. FOH readers will then get a chance to vote on which regional company will be awarded the coveted honor of Parnelli Hometown Hero Sound Company of 2013.
Read More »NASHVILLE, TN – One Systems named Tom Lee Engineering as its new distributor in China. Tom Lee will be responsible for distribution and service of the full line of One Systems and On Point Audio products throughout China. Bardy Hayes and Alex Schloesser of Global Market Management oversee sales management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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NEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic performed two large shows on Central Park’s Great Lawn during the summer 2013 season supported by a Meyer Sound LEO sound system from Sound Associates. Crew members working with the symphony’s Larry Rock included Robert Hanlon, Robert Gorton, Josh Marks and David Bullard.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — David Hebert of GHA Architects, which was tasked with an ambitious renovation project at St. Jude The Apostle Catholic Church here, turned to Technical Services Group (TSG) for an assist with a new sound system. The upgrade includes the use of Lectrosonics’ Aspen processing and Digital Hybrid Wireless technology. TSG AV engineer Jason Martin, pictured here, handled the Aspen system programming.
Read More »MANCHESTER, NH — Heightened concerns over party drug risks have led to the cancellation of concerts here and in the Boston area. The Barstool Blackout Tour concert set for Verizon Wireless Arena here Sept. 28 has been canceled, and the Electric Adventure concert at Six Flags New England the same night has been postponed. The Ocean Club in Quincy, MA also voluntarily canceled a concert set for Sept. 20. The “Return to Fantazia” EDM concert planned at UMass Amherst Sept. 21 was also canceled.
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