SAN FRANCISCO — The Herbst Theatre, a 919-seat recital hall in San Francisco’s War Memorial Veterans Building, has a new sound system to go with the beaux-arts murals and décor that reflects its history. The venue first opened in 1932.
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PIPERSVILLE, PA — International Audio Group Ltd. (IAG), the parent company of Wharfdale, Quad, Mission and several other professional lighting and audio brands, recently welcomed SurgeX to its roster.
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KWANGJU, South Korea —Systems integrator Sovico AV recently installed a new JBL VerTec powered full-size line array system at the new Kwangju CD nightclub, the largest dance music and DJ venue in South Korea.
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INVERNESS, Scotland — Okay, so maybe sightings of Martin Audio W8L Longbow line array enclosures aren’t as rare as those for the legendary monster of the lake.
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TOLEDO, Ohio — The Historic Church of St. Patrick has seen plenty of change since it was built in 1892 to serve the workers building the Erie Canal, and its sound system benefited from a recent upgrade that included Renkus-Heinz’s Iconyx Digitally Steerable Array technology.
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JOHANNESBURG — Rob “Cubby” Colby relied upon the DiGiCo D5 supplied by Gearhouse South Africa for R. Kelly’s first tour in Africa. Kelly performed at the inaugural ARISE Africa Fashion Week June 20th and in other cities throughout South Africa and Nigeria, then flew to London for a performance at Wembley Arena July 8.
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WOODINVILLE, WA — Marking 20 years since the introduction of its CR-1604, Mackie staged a 20 Years Running contest, and recently announced a winner: Badger Koon, whose YouTube video documents his return from vacation to find his Mackie SRM450 Active speakers almost completely submerged from a mudslide that inundated his house.
Read More »RCF named Alessandro Barbieri as the new sales area manager for the Far East. Barbieri’s previous experience includes positions for other Italian firms operation in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
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NILES, IL — Shure Inc. named Rick Renner Regional Sales Manager for the Northeast. Before joining Shure, Renner served for seven years as regional sales manager and sales representative at Sennheiser Electronics Corporation. Before that, he was a staff recording engineer at Streeterville Recording Studios in Chicago.
Read More »ATLANTA — Commercial Audio Systems announced that it had hired Kyle Stewart as operations manager, Neal Carney, Jr., as sales engineer and Jay Foster as sales manager.
Read More »WIXOM, MI — Signature Professional Group (SPG), which produces municipal summer concert series in Plymouth, Northville and Wixom, Mich., recently added Port Huron to the list. SPG will produce five Thursday night shows for the Port Huron Rockin’ the Rivers series in August.
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