EAU CLAIRE, WI – The city of Eau Claire reopened its refurbished historic Barstow Street district last fall. The area now features an audio system designed and installed by Audio Architects. The installation includes Community DS8 loudspeakers to cover the street area and DS5 loudspeakers for the sidewalks.
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SMYRNA, GA — Wirebox Media, based here, added a Yamaha CL5 Digital Audio Console to augment its existing Yamaha digital console line along with the NEXO systems already in inventory. The system was used for Ted Turner’s 75th birthday party, which was hosted by Jay Leno. The setup for that event is pictured here.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — During his halftime show performance at Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, Bruno Mars sang through a Sennheiser SKM 5200 handheld transmitter with MD 5235 capsule. The show was seen by 115.3 million viewers, setting a broadcast record for a Super Bowl halftime show.
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Read More »STAMFORD, CT, and MAHWAH, NJ — Harman and its subsidiary, Studer Professional Audio GmbH, reached an agreement with D&M and subsidiary Calrec Audio Ltd. regarding Studer’s patents related to its FaderGlow technology.
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ST. LOUIS — Tony Badamo, pro sound and AV specialist at Tech Electronics, configured and packaged a new, portable on-field system for Edward Jones Dome, home of the St. Louis Rams. The four-stack setup is pictured here. Each stack has a One Systems 312CIM, an On Point Audio OPA-218-Sub and a Powersoft K3 DSP amplifier.
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ROCKLAND, CA — Matt Trask, creative communications director for Mosaic Christian Church, based here, has been using an Allen & Heath GLD-80 mixer to mix sound and overcome acoustic challenges for the church’s services, which are conducted in a strip mall environment.
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BOSTON — Parsons Audio recently added two Yamaha CL5 digital consoles to the Berklee Performance Center, located within the renovated Fenway Theater here. The facility serves as the primary performance space for the Berklee College of Music.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last Fall, the Federal Communications Commission announced plans for an incentive auction of the 608 to 698 MHz UHF spectrum — the previous UHF TV channels 36 through 51. Many of these frequencies in this 600 MHz band are used by professional audio users, whether for wireless mics, IEM’s, intercoms and IFB talent cueing systems. Ironically, some of these affected systems migrated to those frequencies after the FCC’s previous “reallocation” of TV channels 52 to 69 (the so-called “700 MHz band” from 698 to 806 MHz) in 2008, which were made illegal for pro wireless applications after June 12, 2010. But a recent change at the FCC may spell some good news for pro wireless users.
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA — Mission Lutheran Church, based here, is using a Riedel RockNet 100 digital audio network solution to support its new contemporary worship service and Praise Team. The system, supplied and installed by Delicate Electronics as part of a sanctuary remodel, links the main worship center inputs from the stage to a Yamaha LS9 console.
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