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MINNEAPOLIS – Clearwing Productions specified an L-Acoustics Kara and Kiva systems for audio renovation at the Minnesota Convention Center. The choice of gear hinged, in part, on the ability to use the system components for a variety of audio reinforcement configurations and needs, while keeping within the facility’s budget for a fixed installation audio upgrade.

MILFORD, NH – Pianist Kemuel Roig has chosen Earthworks Audio’s PM40T PianoMic for his current tour with Dr. Arturo Sandoval.

ANDOVER, MA – Balanced Input facilitated an audio upgrade at Cochran Chapel on the campus of Phillips Academy Andover with Martin Audio CDD12 speakers.

ASHLAND, VA – A/V integration firm RTW Media recently designed and installed a Danley Sound Labs system at First Baptist Church.

LOS ANGELES – Sound Image provided veteran FOH engineer Stan Miller with a complete JBL by Harman VTX audio system for Neil Diamond’s intimate arena tour across the U.S. this past summer. The tour continued in the U.K. and Europe this fall, and wraps up with shows in Australia and New Zealand in 2018.

LOS ANGELES – Sound Image deployed a complete JBL by Harman VTX Series audio system for rock band Goo Goo Doll’s U.S. amphitheater tour. Titled “Long Way Home,” the 2017 trek ran from mid-July to mid-September, and the veteran rock band was accompanied by Phillip Phillips. The shows were performed at medium-to-large-sized amphitheaters. According to the band’s veteran FOH engineer Jon B. Schimke, the VTX V25-II system provided consistent, high-quality performance throughout the tour.

ST. LOUIS, MO – Sound Image supplied a JBL VTX Series audio system for Brad Paisley’s 35-show Weekend Warrior amphitheater tour. The tour, which started May and ran through September, covered amphitheaters from coast to coast and included a quick jaunt to Sweden and Norway for three shows in July. Kevin Freeman, Paisley’s FOH engineer for the last 18 years, has been using JBL gear for a long time and was an early adopter of the VTX V25 system.

ROCHESTER, MI – ISP Technologies supplied an audio system to Rochester’s downtown area consisting of 36 custom speaker boxes, wireless transmitters & Dynamic Adaptive Amplifier Technology. 

LAS VEGAS – This year’s Parnelli Ballot has been finalized, and voting has begun! The ballot, which includes the six North American finalists for the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year (chosen during a separate round of voting in September) is posted online at parnelliawards.com, and it’s up to YOU, the FRONT of HOUSE reader, to decide who among the nominees will step up to the awards podium at the Anaheim Hilton in Anaheim, CA on the evening of Jan. 26, 2018.