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CHARLOTTE, NC – Club Marigny opened near the end of 2010, bringing the spirit of New Orleans to North Carolina with a sound system designed by Myron Surber, sales and design specialist at SE Systems. Surber used Ashly's 3.6SP signal processing and their new KLR series amplifiers.

BUTLER, NJ – The owners of Architekt Music chose Shure microphones for the new facility's concert venue, recording studio, and professional music instruction space. "We knew Shure microphones could stand up to abuse in a live setting," said George Roskos, co-owner. "So it was a no-brainer that we'd choose them for our concert venue."

STILLWATER, MN – After hearing demos of its SD8 sibling, and recommendations from integrator Audio Logic Systems, Jake McBroom, AV director at Trinity Lutheran Church, chose a DiGiCo SD9 console for the main worship space. "It handles the FOH mix, the monitor mixes, and all of our other sends including video recording and audio recording-which is incredible that we can have all that functionality in just one console," McBroom said.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ – ACIR Professional provided the growing congregation at Shore Fellowship Church, led by Pastor Tim Chambers, with a Yamaha M7CL-48 digital audio console; three Yamaha SB-168 ES stage boxes, four Yamaha CW218V dual 18" subs, two single 18" Yamaha CW118V subs, and Yamaha TX5n and TX4n amplifiers.

LA CRESCENTA, CA – The music program at La Crescenta Presbyterian Church has, like many churches, moved from the traditional piano/organ and choir-based music to a vocal group with the support of an instrumental ensemble or praise band. The church recently upgraded its loudspeaker setup with a TrueLine line array system from WorxAudio Technologies.

GREENSBORO, NC – Since St. Pius Tenth Parish first opened its doors in 1955, it has grown along with the community it serves. After several decades of holding multiple services in a 300-seat sanctuary, the church recently dedicated their spacious new facility, which has been equipped with Iconyx gear by Audio and Light.

RAMONA, CA – As part of an extensive renovation to Mountain View Community Church's (MVCC) main chapel, Sound Image installed a JBL VRX Constant Curvature line array system. The new system gives MVCC's Sunday services more of a concert-like environment and also provides a consistent sound level throughout the main chapel, which accommodates about 600 people, despite challenging room acoustics.

PORT ORCHARD, WA – The Christian Life Center (CLC), which has served the Port Orchard community for more than 80 years, has grown to include a variety of events in its multi-purpose worship space. After bringing in Rose Media for a look at a possible video upgrade, church officials opted instead to first focus their resources on improving the audio system.

SAN JOSE, CA – Mike O'Brien, technical services manager at the HP Pavilion, formerly known as the San Jose Arena and Compaq Center, recently used the Countryman Type 10S DI to overcome the poor quality of audio originating from a laptop computer.

DETROIT – Guido's Orchestra, a pop orchestra from Holland led by violinist Guido Dieteren, ventured from the Netherlands to the U.S. for a recent two-week tour. The orchestra has performed with the likes of Lionel Richie, Elvis Costello, and Andrea Bocelli, to name a few.