International News

SHANGHAI, China – The Shanghai Concert Hall, equipped last year with K-array gear, features a restaurant and nightclub that also feature K-array components provided by Sennheiser China. The restaurant, Luce della Vita, has been equipped with KP52 and KP102 speakers along with KMT18Ps placed below within the walls. For the club, Sennheiser China provided K-array’s brand-new Firenze series KH8 and KS8 speakers.

TETIAROA, French Polynesia — Named for the actor, The Brando is a distinctive luxury resort, situated on a South Pacific atoll that was once Marlon Brando’s private island. The new eco-friendly resort features 35 private villas located on the coast, which surrounds a completely enclosed lagoon and is accessible only by plane. Its hotel offers fine dining, spas and other amenities including a Harman Professional audio system installed by Total Video Distribution of Tahiti.

BERKELEY, CA — Meyer Sound says its CAL column array loudspeakers are the first loudspeaker products to receive the AVnu certification by AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium that certifies Audio Video Bridging (AVB) devices for interoperability. This certification is the global seal given to devices that have implemented the IEEE AVB standards and passed AVnu Alliance’s rigorous testing for interoperability and compliance.

SEOUL, South Korea – Rhino Sound Systems designed the sound reinforcement system used inside Seoul’s Sangam Stadium for the League of Legends showdown, which drew a live audience of close to 45,000 as the Star Horn Royal Club from China took on Samsung White. Rhino Sound used Powersoft amplifiers to power their new EAW Anya system and KF740/KF730 speakers.

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic — To support an Oct. 18 concert featuring Daddy Yankee at the Hotel Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club, Enlab CEO Emmanuel Martinez provided 40 D.A.S. Aero 40A line array elements, 29 LX-218CA subwoofers, 10 Aero 12A line array enclosures and two Road 12A powered stage monitors. Martinez also served as a system technician for the gig.

MILAN, Italy – Installers upgrading the audio system within the headquarters building for Italian fashion company Dolce and Gabbana turned to NEO loudspeakers from WORK Pro Audio.

On the first month of this year 2015, NEXT-proaudio has decided to announce a new period of warranty and is extending the warranty on all NEXT-proaudio speakers from the standard two-year warranty to five years.

LANGESUND, Norway – The long days see the Norwegian port of Langesund play host to the annual Skjærgårdsgospel worship conference, a weekend-long festival of music, meetings and spiritual togetherness. Alcons equipment has helped to overcome the event’s difficult acoustics for the past three years. The event takes place at Langesund’s Skjærgårdshallen, a multi-purpose arena and conference facility on the waterfront.

LAGOS, Nigeria – “The Experience”, an interdenominational gospel concert organized by The House on the Rock Church, went alive again on December 5th (2014) at Tafawa-Balewa Square in Lagos with the theme “One God, One Voice.”

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Production 1 is one of the Czech Republic’s busiest live sound companies, providing audio, video, lighting and staging for high-profile events like the Old Punx Tour 2014 at the Masters of Rock Café in Zlín, the Pilsner Fest 2014 in Pizen, The Faktor Fest 2014 concert on Sokol Island and many more. Recently, Production 1 added a HARMAN Soundcraft Vi3000 digital live sound console to its growing live sound inventory.

PERUGIA, Italy – The main audio integrator within its local region in Italy, Acoustic Light recently completed a successful acoustic training session featuring new audio products from Harman Professional. By using Soundcraft consoles, JBL loudspeakers, Crown amplifiers, AKG microphones, Lexicon digital effects processors and BSS signal processors, Acoustic Light showcased the latest digital audio technology for a variety of applications.