OSLO, Norway — Oslo Audio (www.osloaudio.no) has become the first rental company in Norway to invest in an L-Acoustics KARA WST line source system, ordering 24 cabinets from local distributor, Scandec Systemer (www.scandecsystemer.no). The system is powered by L-Acoustics LA-RAK amplified controllers and supplemented with SB18 subwoofers.
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NOVI SAD, Serbia – Harman distributor Studio Berar provided gear to support the recent NS Koncert Godine 2011 (Serbia’s NS Concert of the Year), which drew 9,500 to the Great Hall of the Sport & Business Centre Vojvodina (aka SPENS). The speaker setup included Harman JBL VerTec VT4880 loudspeakers, VT4880 subwoofers, VT4889s for outfills and VT4888 for infills, with Harman processing and Soundcraft consoles for control.
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DORTMUND, Germany — For the 28,000 visitors at the recent ADAC Supercross motocross event here, larger-than-life video screens helped bridge the visual distance between the crowd and the competitors. That distance had to be spanned via audio as well — above the roar of the dirt bikes. D.A.S. Audio loudspeakers, powered by Lab.gruppen amps and governed with Lake processing, went the distance.
Read More »ABU DHABI, UAE — Brittania Row’s audio support for the UAE’s 40th National Day celebration, held in the round at Zayed Sports Stadium, included eight hangs of L-Acoustics KUDO, SB218, V-DOSC, dV-DOSC, 108XTs, KIVA, KILO and other distributed speakers, all controlled by 17 Lake LM26 processors, three Yamaha DME processors, six XTA Breakout Boxes and linked via a dual redundant fiber-optic IP network. The Lake LM26 processors, which provided crossovers, EQ and time alignment, were all connected by Audinate’s Dante networking technology.
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KRISTIANSAND, Norway — The 15,000 square-meter, 1.7 billion NOK (US $287.3 million) Kilden Performing Arts Centre (Konserthuset Kilden) opened here recently and was outfitted with an advanced technological infrastructure across four separate halls. Harman distributor LydRommet AS provided JBL VerTec line array elements, BSS Soundweb London digital networking, Crown CTs Series amplifiers and Soundcraft Vi Series consoles.
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LONDON — The reopened 800-capacity Islington Assembly Hall in London has selected an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system, including iDR-48 and iDR-32 MixRacks with two iLive-T112 Control Surfaces, to manage both FOH and monitors.
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COPENHAGEN — The Danish arm of KPMG, a worldwide accounting and consulting firm, makes a bold statement through its new 33,000-square-meter headquarters building in Copenhagen designed by architects 3XN. As part of the building architecture characterized by three interlocking polygons, KPMG’s auditorium features a virtually invisible system of Meyer Sound MM-4XP miniature self-powered loudspeakers to ensure intelligibility for company presentations.
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WROCLAW, Poland — ESS Audio is working on sound systems at a number of different soccer stadiums in Poland, including the PGE Arena in Gdansk and, more recently, the 42,000-capacity Stadion Miejski in Wroclaw. Much of the audio gear was manufactured by Harman.
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ADELBODEN, Switzerland — Rivella AG relied upon Riedel Communications’ MediorNet, Artist and RockNet equipment to distribute video, audio and communication signals at a recent FIS Ski World Cup alpine racing event here. The event, which attracted 40,000 visitors despite bad weather, was deemed a success.
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COPENHAGEN — The Broendby Hallen Arena, near the Danish capital Copenhagen, is home to the city’s handball team, AG Kobenhavn. This sports arena, with seating for around 5,000, recently overhauled their sound system. ProShop Europe installed the new gear, which included products from D.A.S. Audio.
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DUBLIN — Internationally renowned guitar duo, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, recently embarked on their EU tour, cutting out the big production and stripping back to just two people and two guitars. Performing in a handful of intimate venues across Europe, the tour also carried a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital system, including the iDR-16 MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmount Control Surface, with a Dante audio interface card for virtual soundcheck.
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LONDON — When Brixton Academy was built in Art Deco style during the cinema boom of the late 1920s, it never expected to be hosting rock bands like Chickenfoot, led by former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar. Ghosts of Brixton’s cinema past remain within this Grade II-listed building, and the bulging balcony facade has proved the downfall of many a sound system, returning the firepower off the stage and bouncing the sound waves back at the band. But Martin Audio said it was able to pull off a rare feat when their Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) made its debut there (via Capital Sound).
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