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Exhibo Provides K-Array for Jehovah’s Witnesses Assembly Hall in Sicily
CALTANISSETTA, Italy – To optimize the sound within an Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses here, Exhibo installed a K-array KR402 system. Massimiliano De Angelis, Exhibo’s acoustic consultant, credited the system for “allowing us to bring down the reverberation time by more than 6 seconds of T60, in under 1.5 seconds at each point of the room, gallery and platea included, avoiding any acoustic phenomenon of regeneration reactive.”
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Selenium 18SWS1100 High-Power Subwoofer
The Selenium 18SWS1100 high-power 18-inch pro subwoofer offers premium performance, whether for building a custom box or upgrading existing enclosures. Max power handling is up to 2,200 Watts. A 4-inch (100mm) voice coil wound in a fiberglass former with flat aluminum wire drives the moving assembly. A non-pressed long fiber pulp cone has the necessary stiffness to withstand the tremendous accelerating forces involved and is properly centered by two counteracting polycotton fiber spiders.
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KLOTZ Cables Launches Installation Connection Boxes
The new Installation Connection Boxes from KLOTZ Cables are available in five different frame sizes, are built from 2mm sheet metal and allow connections from five sides. As a special feature, both low-voltage and high-voltage components can be combined in a single box. A dividing plate in the box physically separates the two areas, ensuring that the power connections are protected from contact with the low-voltage connectors.
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inMusic Adds Marantz Pro, Denon Pro, Denon DJ Brands
CUMBERLAND, RI — inMusic Brands Inc., comprised of Akai Professional, Alesis, Alto Professional, ION Audio, M-Audio, Numark and others, expands its technology portfolio with the addition of three iconic brands: Denon Professional, Marantz Professional, and Denon DJ.
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Texas Church Stays Reverberant for Organ, Gets EV Gear for Spoken Word Clarity
ARLINGTON, TX – For the traditional services taking place within 75,000-square-foot Trinity United Methodist Church’s 135 by 105 foot (WxD) sanctuary, Electro Acoustics, Inc. designed and installed a system that features Electro-Voice Expandable Vertical Array line arrays. The gear was chosen to enhance spoken word clarity within the organ-equipped church’s reverberant space.
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Countryman Names Empire PRO as Official Distributor
MENLO PARK, CA — Chris Countryman (pictured) has named Los Angeles-based Empire PRO as an official Countryman Associates distributor. Empire, known worldwide as one of the industry’s top equipment suppliers, has a 28-year history of doing business in the Pro AV marketplace and has partnered with some the top manufacturers in the professional sound and lighting industry.
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Skan PA Supports Sigur Ros Tour with d&b audiotechnic D80 Amps
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Skan PA supported the world tour for Icelandic band Sigur Rós with new d&b audiotechnik D80 amplifiers. Skan’s system technician for the tour, Tom Tunney, credited the gear for a noticeable enhancement of the band’s sound quality while keeping power draw to a minimum.
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Wigwam Offers Midas XL48 to Rental Customers
HEYWOOD, U.K. – Wigwam Acoustics Ltd., which adopted the Midas XL48, is the first UK rental facility to offer the 8-channel microphone preamp within its rental stock. Wigwam, part of the SSE Audio Group, has also long relied upon other Midas/Klark Teknik gear. Pictured here is Alex Hadjigeorgiou, Wigwam’s resident digital specialist.
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5 Seconds of Summer Tours with Soundcraft Vi4
SYDNEY – Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer have been touring the world with the Harman Soundcraft Vi4 console. Having used a Soundcraft Vi6 on a previous tour with the band Plan B, FOH engineer John Delf chose the Vi4 primarily for its sound quality along with its good fit with the band’s other touring needs.
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Flogging Molly’s Green 17 Tour Mixed on SSL Live Console
LOS ANGELES – Flogging Molly’s FOH engineer, Kevin Lemoine, has long been an analog stalwart, but his recent tour using the SSL Live console had him reconsidering digital’s benefits – including ease of transport, compact size and light weight – with the SSL console’s pleasing sound quality. “It doesn’t sound like a digital console,” Lemoine says. “It’s very pleasing to the ear.”
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RCF ART 745-A Speaker
RCF introduces the ART 745-A, a 15” 2-way system that uses the new ND 940 compression driver. The HF’s 4.0” voice coil allows a crossover point of 650Hz and therefore almost all of the vocal range can be produced by this driver. This allows better impulse response, fast waterfall decay and superior efficiency. The amplifier presents both XLR/Jack (Combo) balanced inputs, XLR output link, volume and a switchable EQ Mode (Flat/Boost).
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