KITCHENER, ON, Canada — TC Group Americas announced that Marc Bertrand will succeed John Maier as CEO effective July 31, 2009. TC Group Americas Inc., formed in January 2009, distributes Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC-Helicon, Dynaudio Acoustics, Lake and Linn products in the U.S. and Canada.
Read More »ORLANDO —Harman Professional said it would introduce its HiQnet System Architect version 2.0 at InfoComm and will also demo its use with streaming Ethernet AVB at the show.
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LONDON — Audio specialist Encore has installed a new d&b J-Series sound system into the revamped Fridge, a venue in London’s Brixton area once known for a décor including junkyard ice boxes and fake dead cats. The venue is now serving as a laboratory of sorts for students enrolled in the Alchemea College of Audio Engineering’s four-month Live Sound Diploma course.
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VIENNA, Austria — A combined Allen & Heath iLive and iLive-T system was used at the recent opening ceremony for the Vienna Festival, held in the city’s Rathausplatz, with two iLives at FOH.
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LONDON — No. 5 Cavendish Square, formerly the Spanish Embassy with a more recent history of dining and clubbing, is a membership venue featuring an eight-room boutique hotel, a basement VIP lounge, main dance floor, and bar and lounge in the ground floor drawing room.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand — While the northern hemisphere shivered last winter, College Hill Productions, Ltd. faced the heat of a series of summer concert and music festivals in New Zealand using the country’s first Soundcraft Vi6 digital console.
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MIAMI — Aero Bar co-owners Tony Guerra and Joseph “Smiley” Boyd were looking for sound that would offer more than just a stinging assault on the ears. “For me, sound is not all monetary,” said Boyd. “It’s also spiritual. I really love good sound.”
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VALENCIA, Spain — Simes Audio, led by David Ferri, provided D.A.S. Aero line array systems organized by Acció Cultural del Pais Valencià for a four-hour outdoor festival at Valencia’s Polytechnic University featuring bands including Berri Txarrak, Aramateix, Sva-ters, Pirat’s Sound Sistema and Rapsodes.
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LONDON and REDDITCH, U.K. — Britannia Row and SSE, both of which have taken delivery of 48 K1 line source cabinets, have joined L-Acoustics’ K1/KUDO Pilot Program. The line source cabinets will be used with K1-SUB and SB28 subwoofers, KUDO line source boxes and LA-RAK touring racks fitted with LA8 amplified controllers.
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LAKEWOOD, NJ — Neutrik USA has appointed Thomas Chudyk, former regional sales manager of Panasonic Industrial, distribution manager. Prior to Panasonic Industrial, Chudyk worked for 14 years at Arrow Electronics.
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ORLANDO — EAW will feature the DX1208 DSP Matrix Mixer at InfoComm, which it calls “the next generation of Digital Signal Processing (DSP).” The DX1208, a 12-input, 8-output 1U-rackspace DSP matrix mixer, has been designed for a wide range of commercial and install applications.
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ORLANDO — Sennheiser will introduce K-array, the newest addition to its distributed brands, at InfoComm 2009. In addition to K-array’s thin, lightweight loudspeakers, pictured here, Sennheiser will be featuring the MZD 8000 digital module for the MKH 8000 Series at the show.
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