Music Group named Arie Korpel senior manager for worldwide sales. Korpel has more than 10 years of experience in the consumer electronics market, and comes to Music Group from a post at another loudspeaker manufacturer.
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MANILA, The Philippines – Soundcheck of Manila provided JBL VerTec line array system for Justin Bieber's recent concert at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. The show, part of Bieber's My World tour, drew about 70,000 fans.
Read More »JOHANNESBURG – Gearhouse South Africa recently joined the AV Alliance comprised of 29 companies in 25 different countries. Set up in Europe to meet a request from a global corporation, the AV Alliance companies are independently managed but agree to abide by a comprehensive catalog of qualitative criteria to ensure standards of consistency when supporting events.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib supplied a V-DOSC sound system, DJ set and crew for the recent David Guetta U.K. Tour. Guetta's FOH sound engineer is Hassane Es Siahi, who came onboard last August at the start of a festival tour which was also serviced by Adlib. However, this is the first full DJ set production tour in terms of touring the equipment – Guetta more typically does large one-off gigs at different destinations around the globe, using local productions.
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LONDON – Absolute Radio and smart car wanted to stage an event featuring the pop band Scouting for Girls on the third floor of The Bargehouse exhibition venue at London's Oxo Tower. To bypass noise restrictions, the gig, production-managed by LarMac Live Production, was staged "silently" – each of the 150 guests had headsets and the band members and crew were on IEMs.
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Citing its intuitive user interface, long battery life, wireless and 3G connectivity, light weight, compact size, and resulting popularity among users looking to use the Apple iPad as something more than a high-tech toy, Outline's development team is coming up with more iPad apps that remotely control its gear.
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COLUMBIA, MO – AV integrator Daktronics upgraded the sound system in 68,349-seat Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field, home of the University of Missouri Tigers football team, using a Harman JBL VLA end zone loudspeaker solution wrapped around the Tigers' new scoreboard.
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DAVOS, Switzerland – A key goal for the new sound system in historic Vaillant Arena, home of the Spengler Cup, was for minimal visual impact. And the installation/design team had to be encouraged when venue's owners showed up for an on-site inspection. The owners asked for a timetable projecting when the speakers would be installed. As it turned out, the gear – 42 EAW JFL210 compact line array speakers set in 12 decentralized clusters – was already in place.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The "less is more" credo might seem out of place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where a surplus of speed, horsepower and daring have always ruled the day. But the compact size of QSC's ISIS loudspeakers ended up being a key selling point, according to Dave Dusick, the venue's technical coordinator of multimedia systems.
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SAN JOSE, CA – Working with AV contractor BBI Engineering, which installed the system, The Shalleck Collaborative, Inc. recently designed an new audio system for the San Jose Civic Auditorium using a Harman system including JBL loudspeakers.
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JHAudio is marketing its custom-fit IEMs as an alternative to off-the-shelf ear buds for musicians, audiophiles and other music lovers listening to music stored on iPods and MP3 players, even touting its JH|5 PRO custom-fit IEMs (MSRP: $399) as "the perfect gift for the music lover, audiophile or gadget geek in your life."
Read More »WEST HARTFORD, CT and FAIRFIELD, NJ – Legrand North America has agreed to acquire Middle Atlantic Products, Inc.
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