SOUTH BEND, IN – As part of a $24.7 million renovation to the home of University of Notre Dame basketball and volleyball, ESCO Communications, Inc. recently completed a JBL loudspeaker system installation in the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. The arena, with a capacity of nearly 10,000, first opened its doors in 1968.
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BERLIN – EAW's KF740 Three-Way Full-Range Line Array modules made their German debut recently at a concert for Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis' Canto General at the Max Schmeling Hall. Hacksound Veranstaltungstechnik provided the multi-zone P.A. system comprised of EAW speakers powered by Lab.gruppen amplification.
Read More »ELKHART, IN – Crown Audio announced that an online seminar, "Creating Custom Panels In HiQnet System Architect," will be held Dec. 16 at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and on Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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ECHIZEN CITY, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan – Audio-Technica recently opened a new facility, Technica Fukui, which combines three pre-existing A-T Fukuoka branches into one location.
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LAS VEGAS – R2W designed and installed a JBL loudspeaker system at Fine Entertainment's 1,100-capacity PBR Rock Bar in the Miracle Mile complex at the Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Hotel. The sound system is being used for background restaurant music, televised sporting events and live rock concerts.
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GUANGZHOU, China – The opening ceremony of the Asian Games in China was bound to invite comparisons with the Beijing Olympics, but organizers were determined that Guangzhou would be different from anything that had gone before.
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QSC Audio Products, LLC's GX7 joins the GX Series of power amplifiers. Engineered and assembled in the company's Costa Mesa, California facility, the GX7 maintains all of the key form and functional elements of the existing GX Series while delivering more power in a lighter weight package. Designed for portable applications, the GX7 features 725W per channel at 8-ohms and 1000W per channel at 4-ohms, while weighing at15.5 lbs for the 120V version.
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PARIS – For Deep Purple's tour, which continues through Germany and France, their long-serving FOH engineer Gert Sanner has taken the opportunity to transfer his show mix from his Soundcraft Vi6 digital console to the smaller footprint of the new Vi1.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – HM Electronics (HME) announced that the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is awarding the company a Technology & Engineering Emmy for the development of the wireless intercom system.
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WAYNESBORO, PA – Steve Christiano of G.A.D.G.e.T. Media saw some red flags when Hollowell Brethren in Christ Church opted to scrap plans for a new facility in favor of converting the gymnasium into a multi-purpose facility.
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ROME – EVR Media, one of the companies in Proel Group, opened its new office here with the kind of fanfare it hopes to be providing for other corporate events in the region. The event including sound support for jazz and DJ performances along with choreographed dancers, lighting and projection.
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NASHVILLE, TN – Cheaper to Keep Her, Je'Caryous Johnson's traveling R&B musical starring Vivica A. Fox and Brian McKnight, chronicles the woes of a man who is about to lose everything to his soon-to-be ex. To support the show, Jet Productions owner Titus Cunningham has far fewer misgivings about the commitment he made to Aero gear from D.A.S. Audio, according to Prosonic AVL owner Edward Hobby, who sold him the gear.
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