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CHICAGO — Revelers in the Windy City counted down the final minutes of 2015 in style at Big Night Chicago — the newest addition to the Big Night America New Year’s Eve Series, the largest New Year’s Eve party in the country, which took place this year in five cities with over 22,000 people attending.

PLANO, TEXAS— Prestonwood Baptist Church chooses Roland M-48 Live Personal Mixers for its main campus, which hosts a large number of musicians every Sunday with different monitoring needs and preferences. Chris Schutz, Chief Audio Engineer at the church discusses his decision.

ANAHEIM, CA– Sennheiser and Neumann were recognized by the NAMM Foundation with Outstanding Technical Achievement awards in the categories of ‘Microphones – Recording’ and ‘Wireless Technology’ during a ceremony at the Anaheim Hilton on the evening of 23 January.

Anaheim, CA— At this year’s annual NAMM Show the “TEC Tracks” sessions made their debut on the second floor of the Orange County Convention Center.  Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid WirelessTechnology was on hand to meet the challenges in this environment, including LMa Transmitters, HH Handheld Microphones and Venue Receivers.

ANAHEIM, CA – Audio-Technica ATH-R70x professional open-back reference headphones receive NAMM Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) award for Outstanding Technical Achievement in the Headphone/Earphone Technology category.

NEW YORK – For the 10th year in a row, Red Hook, New York-based Firehouse Productions provided RF and wireless coordination for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show held at the Armory in New York City. This year was the first year they brought along Radio Active Designs UV-1G wireless intercom units to assist with communications during the event.

NASHVILLE– Shure Incorporated has been named a Polycom Technology Partner Innovation Award Finalist at the 2015 Circle of Excellence Awards that were held in Nashville in January.

TOPEKA, KS – Washburn University’s Lee Arena Gets a Community Professional Loudspeaker makeover. Sound Products’ Monty Ehrlich chooses a distributed system design for the arena using Community’s I SERIES loudspeakers.

GRANTVILLE, PA––Control Point Technology recently completed an audio upgrade for the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Racecourse with Martin Audio MLA Compact speakers.The fact that the performance space is located in the middle of the Casino and opens onto the adjacent gaming areas posed a significant challenge.

VENICE, CALIFORNIA – This past November The Rose Cafe reopened in Venice, California after a renovation. The neighbourhood classic turned to Fyxx Entertainment to specify and install a multi-zone system powered by Powersoft M Series amplifiers. They selected a package featuring two Powersoft M28Q amplifiers with 13 Eastern Acoustic Works SMS 2124 loudspeakers and five Martin SD 120 EP subwoofers.