CHESAPEAKE CITY, MD — The Chesapeake Inn, a multi-room waterfront facility used for weddings, graduations and other events, needed to contain the sound emanating from its outdoor deck and Tiki Bar. Design consultant Mike Rapp of Bear, DE-based Sound Solutions came up with a system using 14 Community WET W2-2W8 two-way loudspeakers and four Community Wet W2-112 Subs for the outdoor areas, aimed inward.
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LIVERPOOL and NEWCASTLE, UK — Adlib's specialist sales division, a certified provider for L-Acoustics, has sold a KARA PA system, fully flight-cased and complete with LA8 amplifiers, to sound, lighting and AV rental company Nitelites.
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SM Pro Audio's VU800 Passive Meter Bridge, a next-generation version of their VU8, is well-suited for use in broadcast, studio, live, and other audio production applications. A multi-channel passive VU meter with built-in headphone monitoring, the product is designed for use as an all-purpose visual audio level indicator.
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OXNARD, CA – Rat Sound Systems recently expanded its L-Acoustics inventory with 12 KIVA and four KILO enclosures, four SB28 subs and an LA8-equipped LA-RAK touring rack. This acquisition follows the company's recent purchase of 18 KARA enclosures earlier this year.
Read More »OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser announced that it will be offering its RF Wireless Sound Academy Seminar in three major US cities: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Richmond, VA; Thursday, July 21, 2011, in New York; and Thursday, September 15, 2011, in New Orleans, LA. The single-day workshop is designed to teach attendees how to plan for trouble-free operation of multi-channel wireless microphones and wireless personal monitoring systems in even the toughest environments.
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Powersoft's Ottocanali 1204 is designed to serve as a feature-rich, versatile multi-channel amplifier for installation applications. Occupying a single rack space and regular depth, the Ottocanali 1204 provides 8 channels with 160 watts each at 4 ohms, and 80 watts each at 8 ohms, respectively.
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Rob Lingfield, 59, a former sales and marketing director for Martin Audio, who was also chairman of PLASA's European Regional Board, died after a long illness on June 19. At Martin Audio, Lingfield served as a director until taking on a consultancy role, where he was actively involved in the development and launch of the Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system.
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CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – RG Jones Sound Engineering has equipped the chapel at Cambridge's Trinity College with its first sound reinforcement system since it was founded in the mid-1540s. It includes 127 Harman's JBL Control 52 ultra-compact satellite loudspeakers, accessed via a BSS Soundweb DSP design to optimize the sound broadcast from seven fixed microphone positions at the lecterns.
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BARCELONA – The d&b audiotechnik location in Barcelona, which handles distribution of the company's products in Spain, is moving to a new location, starting July 1. The new facilities were chosen to support an expansion of the company's educational and training programs.
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SOLON, OH – CAD Audio named Rock Mountain Sales as its exclusive sales representatives for the Rocky Mountain region. Separately, CAD Audio also appointed Frequency Sales LLC as its sales representatives for markets in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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AKG's WMS 470 wireless system, which debuted at InfoComm 2011, has a new automatic frequency setup function that quickly finds and displays all available channels, making the system well-suited for users regardless of their experience level. Before opening a channel, the pilot tone function will prevent unwanted startup noise – the receiver will only open the audio if the pilot tone is detected.
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Community Professional Loudspeakers' Forecaster HD Ceiling Distributed System Design Software, a graphical engineering tool for calculating loudspeaker layout and density in ceiling distributed systems, helps systems designers select the proper models and quantities of Community ceiling loudspeakers for a wide range of ceiling distributed applications based on user input of room dimensions and listening height.
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