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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WALNUT CREEK, CA— Lead guitarist and principal songwriter for The Who, Pete Townshend, will be presented with the Les Paul Award at the 28th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Anaheim Hilton during the 2013 NAMM Show.
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LONDON — Community noted that close to 230 of its R-Series loudspeaker systems were installed in various venues used for the London 2012 Olympics, including the Handball Arena, Basketball Arena, Water Polo Centre, Aquatic Centre, Outdoor Water Sports Centre and the Main Olympic Stadium.
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WEYMOUTH, U.K. — APR Audio and SXS Events, running separate Olympic events here, where all of the sailing events were held, used Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems to support their events.
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American Music and Sound named 15-year industry veteran Bryan Pistone national accounts manager. Pistone, who is based in south Florida, began his career as a regional sales manager for Freed International. He has since held positions with The Stanton Group and Numark working with brands such as Stanton Magnetics, Cerwin-Vega, KRK, Alesis, Akai, Alto Professional and Sonivox.
Read More »NEW ORLEANS — Wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac forced a wave of concert cancellations in late August and over Labor Day weekend as remnants of the storm moved inland. Although 2012 wasn’t the worst year on record for named storms from the Atlantic — thanks partly to better infrastructure, Isaac wasn’t nearly as costly as Katrina in 2005 — freakish weather has cancelled a number of events this summer.
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Read More »CONCORD, CA — D-Tools announced that Vaddio, based in Minneapolis, has joined its Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) program. The partnership program is geared to offer a detailed product information library to AV system integrators.
Read More »SAUGATUCK, MI — Stewart Independent Production, based here, recently expanded its rental inventory with RCF audio gear. The purchase included RCF D-Line HDL20-A Line Array, RCF TT+ Touring Series Subwoofers and RCF TT+ Touring Series Floor Monitors.
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