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USA - High End Systems customers have long benefited from equipment leases through FX Financial. Now, says High End, the rates have lowered even more with enhanced direct access to lower cost finance, now that FX Financial is a division of US Express Leasing.

"FX Financial has graded High End Systems lighting and control as 'excellent' collateral and offers monthly payments based in large part on the high resale value of the gear," says Alan Garretson of FX Financial. "This means we can offer High End Systems' U.S. clients the lowest monthly payment on any lighting gear in the industry." HES CFO Peter Duff commented, "We want to ensure our clients can afford the equipment they need. Offering lower monthly payments allows clients the flexibility at the out

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USA - The Tandem Drive² Series of portable loudspeaker systems from Community consists of four cabinets: two full-range models that can be combined with either of two subwoofers. This mix-and-match arrangement offers portability, power, clarity, and versatility for DJ, corporate, worship, and live performance applications.

Each Tandem Drive² enclosure is protected with TufCoat, a tough finish that is highly resistant to knocks and scratches, and features ErgoGrip handles. Inside each box, proprietary LF drivers feature Community's new, patented, Cool-Coil technology and every model is internally safeguarded with DynaTech, a protection circuit which guarantees maximum output without the risk of speaker damage, say the company. Both full-range systems can be bi-amped without the need for an external crossover and include a midrange cut-boost switch for sound modelling on the fl

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Germany - Dynacord has introduced two new all-in-one compact mixers, the CMS 1000 and CMS 1600, described as offering 'touring performance in micro format'. The new mixers are equipped with high-quality input channels, two digital effects processors and dual graphic equalizers. With their 6 + 4 and 12 + 4 channel configurations respectively, the CMS 1000 and CMS 1600 represent a 'complete-drive' solution for active speakers as well as PA systems. With their compact dimensions, CMS mixing systems are, says the company, both easily transportable and simple to use. Having a digital effects section and graphic EQ on board also reduces setting up times, eliminating the cost and inconvenience of rack-mounting and patching separate units with additional cables.

Other features include high quality microphone pre-amps with a 60 dB gain range, 3-band channel EQs with semi-parametric mids,

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UK - Proel has announced the UK launch of its first digital switching power amplifiers - the PSW Series. Designed for touring applications, the PSW series has, says Proel, been engineered from the ground up to offer excellent sonic performance from these Class H designs, but also professional ruggedness and reliability. Two models are offered in the range, the 550 watt into 8 ohm PSW1800 and 800 watt into 8 ohm PSW2600, which differ only in output power, otherwise sharing the same advanced features and performance. Specifications include: 20Hz-20kHz response +/- 0.5dB, damping factor >500 @ 8Ohms and S/N 107dB. Both are 19" rackable designs, the PSW 1800 weighing 9kg (19.8lbs), the PSW2600 tipping the scales at 9.5kg (21lbs).

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China - Strand Lighting Asia has announced that they have won a contract to supply a complete lighting and control system for the new Dongguan Opera House in China. The stunning new performing arts complex in Dongguan was designed by Canadian Architect Carlos Ott, whose projects have included the Bastille Opera House in Paris and the Canadian Broadcasting Center in Toronto.

The facility with an estimated cost of RMB 450 million is located on a 40,000sq.m site that houses two theatres. The main theatre is a 1,600-seat Opera House and also includes a 400-seat Experimental Theatre, featuring a fully flexible seating and staging system that can be configured to meet the needs of a wide range of performances.

Strand is supplying 21 dimmer racks to the project with a mix of dimmer module types including 64 3kW and 5kW Sinewave dimmers. There are nearly 1800 dimmers in the system. T

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UK - London based production house GSP Ltd appointed Drapes specialist Blackout and sound specialists Canegreen Commercial to help realise the setting for the film premiere of The Phantom Of The Opera, staged at the National Hall, Olympia. The movie is an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic stage musical.

Blackout's project manager Chris Brain collaborated with GSP's managing director Emma Gold and GSP's appointed set designer to dress the venue to their specifications. The set recreated in minute detail an opulent theatrical environment in the film's signatory red and black colours. To set the scene an eclectic mix of props was sourced both from the movie and GSP's creative team. The stage was crowned by a 5 x 8m 25,000-crystal chandelier supplied by Swarovski. As a finishing touch 1,000 black-edged red roses, supplied by Jayne Copperwaite, were suspended on fish

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Australia - Sydney's biggest New Year's Day party once again descended on the city with 20,000 people celebrating at Field Day 2005, and organisers Fuzzy selected Allen & Heath's MIDI-enabled Xone:92 DJ mixer for the plethora of top DJs to use. Since its inception 4 years ago, Field Day has changed the way Sydney celebrates the dawn of New Year - 12 hours of house, breaks, electro and hip hop at the Field Day. Fuzzy has a considerable depth of large scale event experience to call on, and the sheer quality of DJ talent reflected this with names including 2 Many DJs, Plump DJs, Tiga, Martin Solveig, James Zabiela, Ian Pooley, Miguel Migs, De La Soul, Black Grass, Matt B Safer, Meat Katie and Lee Coombs. Behind the very relaxed party atmosphere was a very serious production, not least in the engine room - the DJ booth.

"Because of the rapid turnarounds it was necessary to have

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UK - Celestion has unveiled its newly-revamped website (www.celestion.com), which has now doubled in size and been extensively redesigned. The announcement, says the company, comes as a direct result of its ongoing commitment to its guitar and professional audio end users. The site has undergone a radical redesign, fuelled by what Celestion calls 'a massive increase in traffic over the past eighteen months, coupled with a desire to provide even more targeted and useful information'. The site now splits into two distinct sections - pro audio and guitar loudspeakers.

The pro audio area incorporates in-depth product information on professional components, including the recently introduced FTR range of chassis, and sound reinforcement systems such as the QXi range.

(Mike Lethby)

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UK - Le Maitre has embarked on Green Day's UK tour, which started in Birmingham on 23 January and will take in all major cities in the UK, culminating at Glasgow's SECC on 10 February. The special effects for the tour are designed and created by Pyrotek Special Effects Inc, and feature Flashes, Flames, Fireballs and the 'Dragons' propane gas flame effect, as well as Le Maitre's Stadium Flash Reports.

Le Maitre is working closely with Pyrotek, supplying a full-time pyrotechnician on all the dates of the tour and dealing with the logistics and import permits for the pyrotechnics. Green Day and their special effects can be seen on the BBC's Top Of the Pops tonight (Friday 4 February), and at the 2005 Brit Awards next week.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Hummingbird Nest Ranch, a new world-class equestrian facility located 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, has become the site of the world's first Soundweb London installation. Installed in November, two new CobraNet-equipped BSS BLU-80 units are now being utilised by the 140-acre ranch to provide digital signal processing and routing for up to a dozen different speaker zones. One of the DSP units is located in the 17,000sq.ft clubhouse's main audio rack, while the other is housed in a rack on castors designed to roll out to the judge's stand for events held in the Spotted Elk Ring, a 600ft x 300ft International Grand Prix field.

The BSS processor pair collectively interfaces with nine Crown CTs 600 amplifiers, all outfitted with IQ-PIP-USP3/CN cards, which drive approximately 30 JBL Control 30 loudspeakers in the primary and secondary arenas, clubhouse,

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USA - Color Kinetics Inc has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2004. Revenues for the quarter were $10.7 million, an increase of 39% from the $7.7 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2003. Net income for the fourth quarter increased to $626,000 or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to $50,000 or $0.00 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2003.

Revenues for the full year ended 31 December, 2004 were $40.2 million, an increase of 39% from the $28.8 million reported in 2003. Net income for the full year ended December 31, 2004 was $2.4 million or $0.14 per diluted share, compared to a loss of ($727,000) or $(0.26) per diluted share reported in 2003.

"2004 marked several milestones for Color Kinetics, both financially and technologically," says George Mueller, chairman and CEO. "We successfully completed an IPO, strengthened o

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UK - Autograph Sales Ltd, the UK's leading professional audio distributor, has supplied and installed a range of loudspeakers cabinets from EM Acoustics for England's groundbreaking Eden Project, Cornwall. The system was initially supplied for A Time of Gifts, a season of events that celebrated Christmas and other global festivals, all of which share many common themes. The events take place in the Warm Temperate Biome, and include the long awaited official Eden Project soundtrack First Breath. The soundtrack, which utilises the newly installed EM Acoustics system, is accompanied by a live performance three times a week - alongside a projected film journey.

Due to the size of the Biome, Mike Mann, Autograph Sales' project consultant, together with Lucy Gaskell, Eden Project's consulting technical manager, selected the 13 cabinets from EM Acoustics. EMS-81s, an EMS-

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UK - Serapid, the leading supplier of push-pull and lifting chains and Quick Die Change machinery, has announced the formation of Serapid Limited in the UK. The new company has been established to provide an improved level of sales and service to the UK and Scandinavian markets, which to date have not received the level of attention they deserve, say the company.

Mr. Said Lounis, owner of the Serapid Group, says: "The UK and Scandinavian markets are of strategic importance to the Group, and the formation of Serapid Limited is in response to the needs to provide a higher level of support to these markets for the purpose of achieving the level of sales that should be expected from these countries with their advanced industrial bases."

The company is jointly owned and will be run by Iain Forbester, who joins the company from the stage engineering industry, and who has

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Saudi Arabia - Represented by CEO Mr Nour Assafiri, Martin Professional Middle East (MPME) has appointed Al Salem Schreder Lighting, represented by its general manager, Mr Hatem Mawlawi, as the sole distributor for Martin Architectural products in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al Salem Schreder Lighting is a key manufacturer and supplier of a variety of highly technical lighting products in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. The appointment is designed to fortify the Martin Architectural brand presence in the gulf region and extend the channels of distribution respectively.

(Mike Lethby)

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UK - The Impression Series of loudspeakers incorporate stylish design with power and efficiency specs virtually unchallenged by any other speaker series on the market, say Shure Distribution.

This extensive range includes: 12" and 15" two-way FOH/floor monitor speakers, a dual 15" two-way FOH model plus 15" and 18" subwoofers. All of the speakers have been designed to feature amazing power handling abilities, as well as frequency response ranges. The speakers are fitted with professional speakon type connectors, as well as 1/4" phone jacks, are covered with hard-wearing black carpet and feature durable die-cast handles, plus most models can be pole mounted. The subwoofers feature built-in crossovers, as well as a phase inverting switch, ensuring bass sounds are reproduced flawlessly.

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UK - Showsec celebrated at the Total Production Awards on Monday 31 January after winning the award for Favourite Security and Crowd Management Company. MD Mark Harding and his regional managers Mark Logan and Simon Battersby and London area manager Steve Reynolds took to the stage to accept the award together, highlighting the company's strong team ethos.

Mark commented: "It is fantastic to win an award and be recognized in your industry and I was delighted to accept it alongside my colleagues who have worked hard throughout the year to push standards forward in the company, creating a great nationwide team. This award recognizes the dedication of all our staff and their crowd management skills."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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Dubai - Sennheiser UK is exhibiting for the first time at the PALME show from 24-26 April in Dubai and has taken a substantial stand. Located on Stand C111 in the Install area it will provide complete system solutions and the latest in new technology and innovation on show from Sennheiser, Neumann, Rane, D.A.S., Lab.gruppen, NetCIRA, APart and Rycote.

One of the key exhibits on the Sennheiser stand is the MKH series RF condenser microphones, the benchmark for many sound recordists and broadcasters. Designed for uncompromising professional use, Sennheiser's e900 series offers a choice for a wide range of vocal and instrument applications.

The e800 and e600 series is a complete range with vocal and instrument mics for bands, soloists, and presenters. Sennheiser's latest evolution G2 wireless systems, winner of the 2004 MIA Live Microphone Award, offer an advanced level of featur

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USA - The Downtown Seattle Association recently commissioned Morgan Sound to design and install a wireless distributed audio system outside at Benaroya Hall, the Harbor Steps and the Seattle Art Museum in downtown Seattle's West Edge Neighborhood. Three of the four outer walls of Benaroya Hall, the full city block home of the Seattle Symphony, and the south outer wall of the Art Museum have JBL indoor/outdoor speakers mounted facing the sidewalks and shops. At the Harbor Steps, the speaker system is located in a plaza-stairs-walkway area that connects First Avenue to the waterfront. With this system, pre-recorded music can be played into the active downtown area with a high degree of fidelity.

"The key to this system was the ability to distribute the audio wirelessly," states Steve Boyce, project manager at Morgan Sound. "We chose the Lectrosonics UM400 beltpack t

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UK - Bosch Security Systems has greatly extended the reach of its Praesideo digital public address and emergency sound system with the introduction of a new CobraNet networking interface unit. CobraNet extends operation to over 50km or more, making it ideal for surface and underground rail networks, tunnels and transport systems, sports arenas, airports and distributed buildings. Other potential applications are in large industrial plants, and other sizeable sites where more than the Praesideo maximum of 244 zones are required, or where longer distances have to be covered.

CobraNet allows two or more Praesideo systems to be linked for real-time uncompressed distributed digital audio over a 100Mbps fast Ethernet network. With this CobraNet functionality, the Praesideo can be used to distribute messages over much larger areas, a typical example is a railway or underground rail net

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Germany - As of the beginning of 2005, Lightpower's product range includes the new Major One Plus dimmer - an optimal solution for decentralized dimming and control systems, e.g. for installations with followspots. The new Major One Plus is the new version of the previous Major One dimmer. In contrast to the older model the new dimmer includes a slide potentiometer for easy operation.

It is also now possible to connect inductive loads up to 1kVA. The dimmer is delivered including remote control which can be used especially when working with followspots. If the dimmer with its output of 2kVA is used directly with the luminaire, only one power line for the DMX 512 control is required. The 230V can be taken directly at the place of installation. With its address, limit, switch and level functions, the operation of the Major One Plus is very easy, say Lightpower, as the user can na

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Australia/Malaysia - Klotz Digital Asia Pacific announced its immediate appointment as distributor for Smart AV's Elite Series Smart Consoles in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. Klotz Digital will sell Smart AV products through its extensive network of sales and service centres across the region.

Robert Smallwood, Smart AV's general manager operations and marketing, comments: "We are pleased to be working with Klotz Digital in the Asia Pacific region. The company has good coverage throughout the area and has a very conscientious and thorough attitude. Its strong technical background in digital audio and its readiness to configure our consoles with customers' choice of processing engine makes it an ideal partner for Smart AV."

Sales and support for the Asian region that includes China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand will be

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