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Iowa Speedway Races with Community
FOH Staff | News | August 8, 2007

NEWTON, IA — The new 25,000-seat Iowa Speedway, designed by NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace, has been updated with modern speaker technology.
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House of Blues and Sennheiser Form Marketing Alliance
FOH Staff | News | August 6, 2007
OLD LYME, CT and LOS ANGELES —Sennheiser USA and House of Blues Entertainment have cemented an agreement to enhance House of Blues live music venues throughout the continent with Sennheiser and Neumann wired microphones and Sennheiser headphones.
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Yamaha Digital Consoles Turn 20
FOH Staff | News | August 3, 2007
BUENA PARK, CA — Digital consoles are hailed in many corners of the business as the latest and greatest in live audio but they aren’t as new as you might think. This year marks Yamaha Corporation’s 20th anniversary of digital console manufacture, a figure marked with more than 3,000 PM digital consoles sold to date.

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FCC Report States Prototype White Space Devices Not Ready for Prime Time
FOH Staff | News | August 1, 2007WASHINGTON, DC — The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology test results were released July 31 evaluating the performance of proposed unlicensed devices that would operate in the “white spaces” of the TV broadcast spectrum. The FCC released the results of the testing yesterday. Read More...
Meyer Sound Melodie Cuts Loose at Dartmouth Hopkins Center
FOH Staff | News | August 1, 2007

HANOVER, NH — The Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College recently upgraded the audio component of its 900-seat Spaulding Auditorium to include a new Meyer Sound system based on the M'elodie ultracompact high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker.
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Historic Paramount Theatre Sounds New with EAW
FOH Staff | News | August 1, 2007

ABILENE, TX — The Paramount Theatre in downtown Abilene, Tex., a monument to an earlier time of movie palaces and vaudeville performance, now offers a new sound reinforcement system highlighted by EAW KF730 compact line arrays as well as JF50S two-way loudspeakers and SM200iH stage monitors and designed and installed by Gemini Sound of Dallas.
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HK Audio Live Sound Reference Calculator
FOH Staff | News | August 1, 2007
HK Audio introduces a new tool to calculate key sound reinforcement formulas. Read More...
Bob Heil to Receive 2007 Parnelli Audio Innovator Award
FOH Staff | News | July 25, 2007

LAS VEGAS—The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announce that Bob Heil, one of pro sound’s most prolific inventors, will be honored with the Parnelli Innovator Award at this year’s Parnelli Awards. The ceremony will be held during the LDI show in Orlando, Fla., at a lavish event staged at the Peabody on November 16.
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QSC PowerLight 3 Series Analog Amplifiers
FOH Staff | News | July 25, 2007

QSC's new PowerLight 3 Series amplifiers are designed to bring flexibility to touring and installed sound reinforcement applications and offer a choice of DSP with remote control and monitoring via BASIS or straightforward analog input operation. The three models range in size from 2,500 to 8,000 watts.
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Wolf Trap’s Filene Center Enhances Its Audio for the 2007 Summer Season
FOH Staff | News | July 24, 2007

VIENNA, VA — The Wolf Trap Foundation's Filene Center enhanced its digital audio control capabilities for the 2007 summer season with the installation of three Dolby Lake Processors to manage main front of house left and right, and the lawn and center cluster speakers. In addition, four Dolby Lake Processors have been installed to optimize all 16 monitor feeds, including the mixer's cue.
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Dan Hernandez Joins FOH as National Sales Manager
FOH Staff | News | July 24, 2007

LAS VEGAS — FRONT of HOUSE magazine is pleased to announce that Dan Hernandez has joined its staff as National Sales Manager. Hernandez brings more than 20 years of pro audio advertising sales experience to his new position at FOH, including stints at Live Sound Int’l, Church Sound, EQ, Mix, Pro Sound News and Systems Contractor News. Hernandez will be in charge of advertising sales for FRONT of HOUSE magazine across all its outlets as well as audio sales for sister publication Stage Directions.
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PRG Reported to Launch $385 Million Buyout Loan
FOH Staff | News | July 20, 2007

Jere Harris, PRG
NEW YORK — According to current postings on forums and newsgroups, Goldman Sachs provided $385 million in financing to back the Jordan Cos.' roughly $600 million purchase of Production Resources Group.

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