ORLANDO – When the time came for St. James Cathedral to upgrade its sound reinforcement system, John Teer of Teer Engineering had a specific design objective: the loudspeakers had to blend into the church's interior, without compromising audio performance. He chose Harman's JBL CBT Series column speakers.
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LINCOLN, CA – Thunder Valley Casino Resort, located 30 miles east of Sacramento, offers guests a new spa, outdoor pool and 17-story luxury hotel, which also houses the new 10,000-square-foot Pano Hall venue.
Read More »PENRYN, U.K. – To coincide with the release of Allen & Heath's M-Dante option module for the iLive digital mixing system, Audinate and Allen & Heath are staging interactive online seminars to provide information and technical understanding about the card and the Dante protocol in general.
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GAINESVILLE, GA – Danley Sound Labs named Paul Giansante national sales manager. Giansante has been directly involved in many facets of the pro audio industry, serving, among other roles, as a concert manager, an AV integrator and as a general manager for loudspeaker manufacturers.
Read More »STOW, OH – Audio-Technica U.S. reported that its Japan-based personnel are safe and that its facilities were not damaged by the recent earthquake and tsunami, and the company extended condolences to those who were less fortunate.
Read More »SHANGHAI, China – AKG China has signed an agreement with JZ Club in Shanghai to use only AKG microphones. JZ Club received an AKG D5, D7, D40 and C519M to add to its inventory of D112, C1000 and C451B already in use.
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FLERO, Italy – Outline s.r.l. named Chris Hinds director of sales for EMEA. He joins Outline after serving for several years as European sales manager at Turbosound. He also has experience running a PA rental company, has hands-on experience in manufacturing, and also provided national brand management for a major U.K. distributor.
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VIENNA, Austria – Österreichischer Rundfunk, the Austrian national public service broadcaster, has added a pair of Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 digital consoles to its inventory. The order was placed with Soundcraft's Austrian distributor Kain Audio by Landesstudio Tirol, one of nine regional studios operating under the ORF umbrella, after carrying out extensive tests against other brands. These will be used for live broadcasting, FOH mixing and recording purposes in the Innsbruck/Tyrol region.
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ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands – The 1,000-capacity Off Corso live music venue recently completed a comprehensive sound system upgrade after a long-term leasing deal with the Synco Europe Network.
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PLANTATION, FL – WorxAudio Technologies named DiModica Sales to represent the company in Florida and Puerto Rico. Owner Chuck DiModica has operated the firm since 1993. Prior to that time, he was vice president of the pro audio division at Ron Tunks Sales Inc.
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KINGSTON, RI – North American Theatrix (NAT) determined that Ryan Center, a $54 million, 7,500+ seat multi-purpose arena built in 2002 at the University of Rhode Island, could cost-effectively improve its sound using QSC's Wideline-8 Line Array technology along with QSC ADS52T speakers for the concourse zones, QSC CX series amplifiers, and QSC Q-SYS DSP and Control, with the goal of creating a redundant environment.
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BELGRADE, Serbia – Parni Valjak, founded in 1975 in the former Yugoslavia, capped a tour of Croatia with performances before 44,000 fans attending two shows at the Belgrade Arena in neighboring Serbia. Three different rental companies provided audio gear – Promologistika from Croatia, BBA Agregati from Montenegro and Track-Copy from Hungary. All provided TTL55A loudspeakers and TTS56A subwoofers from RCF.
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