Allen & Heath Gear Helps Meet British Music Embassy Challenges at SXSW

AUSTIN, TX — Audio pros supporting the 40 U.K. bands performing over a five-day span as part of the seventh annual British Music Embassy lineup at the 27th annual SXSW festival faced a considerable challenge during the 2014 event. Along with scant time for sound checks and enormous and ever-changing input lists as each act performed their 45-minute set, BBC Radio was streaming live to the U.K. for the first time. Allen & Heath gear helped make the whole thing happen.

ORLANDO – After touring with a major soft drink company and working with Central Florida theme parks, DJ Charles Miles became inspired to create a self-contained mobile entertainment experience by building a complete system on wheels. The gear of choice – RCF loudspeakers for the PA and Pioneer gear for the DJ gear onboard. Why? “The stuff just doesn’t fail,” said Miles. “They are the only speakers that never shut down when it gets hot. We do a lot of outdoor events on the beaches and in the parks, and it gets hot in Florida. We’ve never had one ever go into thermal load.”

CHESTER, PA – Community Professional Loudspeakers has opened a new indoor test facility at its factory here. Designed by Charlie Hughes of Excelsior Audio and operated by Senior Measurement Technician, Hadi Sumoro, the new test facility enables loudspeaker measurements with unprecedented accuracy and precision.