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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL — As Billy Gibbons said recently, “Yep, we’re the same three guys and the same three chords.” That little old band from Texas, ZZ Top, has been touring this summer with Heil Sound PR 30 and PR 40’s used by drummer Frank Beards. A pair of PR 30’s is being used on Gibbon’s guitar cabinets, and a pair of PR 40’s on Dusty Rhodes bass rig. Also along on this tour are the Stray Cats with Brian Setzer, who is using PR 30’s on his guitar cabs. Clair Brothers is providing the production for the tour.

BERKELEY, CA — Legendary vocalist Diana Ross, on tour in support of her latest release, I Love You, performed a limited series of U.S. dates before embarking on a European arena tour earlier this year. During the brief U.S. jaunt, Thunder Audio (Taylor, Mich.) supplied a Meyer Sound loudspeaker system for her performances at the Chicago Theatre and the Palace of Auburn Hills, located just outside of Ross’s hometown of Detroit.

ATLANTA, GA — FiberPlex, Inc., the audio fiber optic supplier to the sound production and systems contracting industry, has announced that their LightViper audio transport system was recently deployed for the live stage production of Primerica’s 2007 Convention in Atlanta.

Electro-Voice has released its new REV professional wireless system, with an analog audio path developed with Digital Audio Labs. REV-Link PC software enables remote monitoring, control and programming over a CAN bus connection through an Electro-Voice UCC-1 converter or Electro-Voice Netmax N8000.

SAN FRANCISCO — Actively involved in contemporary technology such as online program-ming, podcasts, MP3s and live Internet streaming of services and talk shows, Grace Cathedral recently undertook the first step in an audio upgrade, highlighted by the installation of a new Spectra-C 40 channel console from APB-DynaSonics.

LOUISVILLE, KY — ZFX has renovated a 2,400 square feet building of its development facility and world headquarters in Louisville to house the machine shop, leaving over 3,000 square feet of work space for automation specialists. 

NORTHRIDGE, CA — Rent-A-Amp, sound reinforcement company, recently provided the live audio system for the Plymouth Jazz Festival, held on the Caribbean island of Tobago, supported by JBL Professional VerTec line arrays.

Baltimore, MD––MHA Audio of Hagerstown, Maryland, provided audio coverage and sonic quality at the Second U.S. Virgin Festival’s South Stage and Dance Tent via left and right hangs of Martin Audio’s W8L Longbow line array speakers with flown W8LS subs.

Meridian, MS — The SP FH folded-horn subwoofer from Peavey is engineered with a 3200-watt peak power output, and is designed for low frequency sound reinforcement applications.