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LOS ANGELES — Nothing provides a better focus for an urban population than a free summer concert series, a fact that is being illustrated by MacArthur Park's historic Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. To properly accommodate sound reinforcement duties for a diverse roster of acts, LA Sound Company, in conjunction with Brian Riordan of Levels Audio, used Crown I-Tech and XTi Series power amplifiers driving a fully JBL loudspeaker setup.

DEVON, UK — Bill Woods has been appointed to the position of group sales and marketing director for MC2 Audio, XTA and Quested Monitoring Systems.

WATERFORD, MI — ISP Technologies has introduced its first offering of weather resistant speakers designed for clarity, fidelity and mid-range.

DALY CITY, CA — Maroon 5 is currently on tour in support of their sophomore studio outing, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, released this spring. Maroon 5 engineer Ryan Cecil decided to take the Digidesign Venue system on the road to handle the band’s monitor needs.   

The Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network has made its public début as a full production product at PLASA 2007, in the shape of the Sygma SG Series loudspeakers. RHAON from Renkus-Heinz opens a new era in networked, powered loudspeakers with a combination of integral amplification, DSP, digital audio networking, control and monitoring, which is available for the entire Renkus-Heinz powered product lineup.

KUNGSBACKA, SWEDEN — The Lab.gruppen PLM 10000Q provides a complete drive system, designed for any type of loudspeaker, and integrates of crossover, delay, equalization, limiting and power amplification functions.

Launched in 2000 and winner of the 2001 PLASA Award for Product Excellence, the Kanguro system — the speaker within a speaker — has been upgraded.

DALY CITY, CA — Underscoring the increasing importance of live sound to its overall growth strategy, Digidesign announced the appointment of former EAW executive and industry luminary Frank Loyko to the position of worldwide director of sales for the Digidesign Venue live sound product line.

The Metrix series is meant for installations and is designed for speech reinforcement, medium sound pressure levels and exceptional clarity. It can be paired with a bass enclosure like the Metrix double 15-inch convertible cardioid sub for a fuller frequency response. 

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Farber Sound LLC provided the live audio system for the Family Values Tour concert July 21 in Somerset, Wis., with JBL Professional VerTec line arrays.