LAS VEGAS — Each year, FRONT of HOUSE honors regional sound companies with our Hometown Hero awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. FOH readers — the people who actually work with these companies — get to decide who’s really the best.
Read More »OSLO — A larger-than-anticipated crowd — 5,000 to 6,000 fans, according to some reports — started packing the streets May 30 near Oslo’s Opera House, where Justin Bieber was set to perform a free concert from the roof as part of the NBC special, Justin Bieber: All Around the World.
Read More »BUFFALO, NY — Folding chairs were damaged and thrown on the stage, along with bottles and cans, after headliner Eric Church’s June 1 performance was cancelled at Coca-Cola Field due to weather concerns. There were no reports of serious injuries. Organizers of the WYRK Taste of Country concert had delayed Church’s appearance on the stage, then cancelled the event amid concerns that the high winds might destabilize the stage structure.
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COLUMBUS, OH – Hip hop and rock night spot Skully’s Music-Diner has upgraded its sound system with a new QSC KLA Series active line array loudspeaker system purchased from local dealer Sound Ideas, Inc. Luke Wells, the venue’s house engineer, credited the KLA system for significantly improving the sound quality as well as the coverage.
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LAS VEGAS — Donny and Marie Osmond continue to bring their popular stage show to audiences of all ages while on tour with a Harman Studer Vista 5 serving as the front-of-house mixing console. Sound Associates is providing the gear.
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DETROIT — Thunder Audio’s Paul Owen got a chance to hear a demo of Harman JBL VTX V25 line arrays shortly after the product was announced. Impressed by the gear and, in particular, the JBL D2 Dual Driver incorporated within the V25, Thunder Audio purchased 56 V25 loudspeakers and 24 VTX S28 subwoofers, among other Harman gear.
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ŁOMIANKI, Poland — Harman Professional’s Polish distributor, ESS Audio, has announced a major sale of a JBL VTX line array system including Crown Audio VRacks to a consortium of PA companies in the Krakow region.
Read More »RIGA, Latvia — A team from Real Sound Lab recently went to National Theatre of Latvia to optimize the sound system, which is comprised of three main JBL speakers augmented by two pairs of Meyer Sound and four pairs of JBL surround speakers.
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DALLAS, TX — The recent launch of a luxury yacht outfitted with more than 50,000 watts of Powersoft K Series amplification validates the familiar saying that everything is bigger — and louder — in Texas.
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DERRY/LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland — Irish electronic act, The Japanese Popstars, selected an Allen & Heath ZED-420 USB mixer as the permanent mixer in their tour setup.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria — Harman distributor Factor TC has provided the new Tequila Club at the Radisson Blu Hotel here with a sound system incorporating a JBL VRX Constant Curvature line array loudspeaker system. It includes 12 JBL VRX932LA and eight VRX918S subwoofers as the main PA, powered by five Crown XTi6002 amplifiers.
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DEHLI, India — Within days of the launch of DiGiCo’s SD10 console in 2010, Indian rental company Sound.com had invested in one, its first DiGiCo console. Two years on, the desk is a regular fixture on events serviced by the company, the latest an orchestral tour celebrating the work of composer AR Rahman.
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