News

LOS ANGELES – The Warner Center Marriott's 11,000 square-foot, 1,500-seat ballroom can be subdivided into 10 smaller meeting rooms and configured 20 different ways. But the existing sound system wasn't nearly as flexible. So the venue's management replaced it recently with a new system that includes Symetrix' SymNet open-architecture DSP and Symetrix wall panels.

ALAMEDA, CA – Clear-Com Communications Systems, which HM Electronics Inc. (HME) agreed to acquire recently, announced that it is now offering 4-wire audio connectivity into the Concert server and the Concert client.

RADFORD, VA – Radford University, founded 100 years ago, opened its Dedmon Center in 1981 with a then-futuristic air-supported roof. Since then, however, the 5,000-seat facility, home of the school's Highlanders basketball team, was renovated with a steel-reinforced roof and a new audio and video system, including Community Professional Loudspeakers' Solution Series loudspeakers.

OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser announced that three of its top-performing U.S.-based employees have been inducted into the company's President's Club. Gene Albrecht, Tom Facciolla and Ed Maloney were each recognized during Sennheiser's Global Conference held in Germany last month.

LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Canada – The University of Lethbridge recently upgraded the audio system in its 500-seat University Theatre with a Yamaha M7CL-32 digital audio console and SB168-ES Stage Box. Wavetech Sound & Lighting assisted with the installation.

AUSTIN, TX – Sennheiser announced that it will host a free seminar on its line of K-array loudspeakers. The event will give attendees a chance to listen to the compact gear, touted for its ability to reduce production, rigging, transportation and set up costs.

WASHINGTON, DC – U Street Music Hall's new sound system has people talking – and trying to describe what sets it apart. "Bass drips like subsonic honey from U Hall's six-figure sound system, an incredible machine that trumps any nightclub's in the city," noted Chris Richards in The Washington Post.

AUGUSTA, KS – Like many schools built in the 1970s, Augusta High School was in need of a new sound reinforcement system. McClelland Sound, Wichita, Kan., replaced the old system with the technologies of today, including Ashly network-ready amplification and signal processing.

LOS ANGELES – With a large all-acoustic band that includes strings, brass, reeds, bass and drums in addition to his own acoustic grand piano, Harry Connick Jr. requires great fidelity in the monitor system. After years of relying on Midas' analog consoles, production manager Ted Jonas of Jonas Productions recently switched to digital.