BEIJING – As the world counts down to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Summer Games, the companies from the Harman Pro Group will consider their biggest challenges behind them with the successful sale and integration of comprehensive AV systems for 12 venues at the games. Venues such as the Beijing National Aquatics Centre, known popularly as the “Water Cube” and the Beijing National Stadium feature Harman Pro Group components.
Read More »BOSTON – On a daily basis, the ability for transportation authorities to communicate with passengers is important. However, in these times of heightened security, it is even more important for officials to know those safety and security broadcasts will be delivered in a crisis. ARINC, a leading integrator, specializing in transportation broadcast systems has selected numerous Crown Audio amplifiers in its revamp of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system, the nation’s 5th largest mass transit system.
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. – One of New England’s busiest resort destinations, the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., boasts an intimate performance space known as the Cabaret Theatre. It features a year-round schedule of concerts, comedy shows and Broadway-style productions. The 300-seat theatre has been upgraded to a Meyer Sound M’elodie line array loudspeaker system, replacing its left-right-center MSL-4 and CQ-1 loudspeaker configuration, also from Meyer Sound.
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DUBAI – An Allen & Heath iLive digital system was recently employed for Hewlett Packard’s “Design Your Personal Life” event at Wafi City in Dubai.
Read More »WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. and BRISTOL, Pa. – Hearing care provider, HearUSA and Future Sonics, creator of the Ear Monitors brand – the first custom professional earphones for the top music performers – have announced HearUSA will join the Future Sonics preferred provider audiologist network.
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LAS VEGAS – Legends In Concert, celebrating its 25th year, is the longest running independently owned production show on the Las Vegas Strip. This international award-winning stage spectacular is a live musical celebration featuring the world’s greatest celebrity tribute artists. Behind the scenes, the musicians and sound engineers at the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino turns to Aviom.
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Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. has announced the availability of the PM5D-EX digital console power package. The live sound and recording system combines a Yamaha PM5D Digital Mixing Console with a DSP5D Expander, doubling the I/O and processing capacity of two PM5D consoles but controlled from a single surface. The system features 96 mono and 16 stereo input channels in a flexible configuration.
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Mackie has entered the lightweight power amplifier category with their new FRS Series –the FRS-1300, FRS-1700 and the FRS-2800. FRS Series amplifiers combine Mackie Fast Recovery circuitry with a modern switching power supply for sound and performance in portable applications.
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LONDON – The Foo Fighters sold 160,000 tickets in just two hours, months before the band's concert at Wembley Stadium. The venue is a “shrine” for music and soccer fans, as well as a location for other high-profile events. For the sound reinforcement at the largest rock event ever staged at the new Wembley stadium (as the show was described) the organizers called in Britannia Row Productions, the London rental company with a considerable stock of Butterfly systems manufactured by Outline of Brescia, Italy.
Read More »LUTON, England – After 40 years of operation, the Directors of Cadac Electronics plc announced that the company is to be placed into administration following a sudden and unexpected fall-off in anticipated sales of the company's analog products in the coming months. Anthony Kent of Maidment Judd, Harpenden, has been appointed as administrator. (During administration, an administrator is placed in a company to run it in an attempt to save it. If this is not possible, the administrator will try to achieve the best results for creditors. Different countries use different terms to describe financial insolvency. In the UK, the term bankruptcy applies to only individuals and partnerships. The closest equivalent to “in administration” in the United States is Chapter 7 bankruptcy. – ed.)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For over three decades, it was known as Fan Fair. Held at the Tennessee State Fair Grounds in Nashville, Tenn., the festival was country music’s way of giving back to its fan base, with a four-day celebration of music, autograph sessions and photo opportunities. For the past nine years, ClairShowco (Nashville) has supplied sound and production support for the Festival, both for the nighttime LP Field (home of the NFL’s Nashville Titans) performances and the Greased Lightning Daytime Stages at Riverfront Park, on and directly across the Cumberland River from LP Field. Front of house mixing, as well as monitors, for both venues was dominated by Yamaha consoles.
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PORTUGAL – Void Acoustics undertook an unusual installation in Portugal, involving a club in a tunnel. Porto's newly opened GARE Club features an all-Void system, installed by T2 Produção e Eventos, designed to deliver an exciting, high-impact sound throughout the club. The club's main room occupies a 35-meter tunnel, with a ceiling height of 10 meters and 6 meters wide, with the system incorporating Void's the triple-horn Air Motion speakers, as well as the Stasys 8 dual 18" horn loaded enclosures.
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