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UK / USA - The new management team at Cerwin-Vega used the PLASA Show to unveil the results of the company's new development philosophy, in conjunction with UK distributor Lamba plc. President, David Rice, and marketing manager, Jesse Walsh, presented three new product ranges making their world debuts.

The Vision Series, flagship of the company's Professional Audio division, features five new designs specifically aimed at live sound reinforcement and non-engineered sound applications. The Vision line includes two, three-way, full-range (bi-ampable) trapezoidal enclosures with ATM-equipped fly points, along with two subwoofer units and a single 12" coaxial enclosure that doubles as a floor monitor and flyable install speaker. The series includes the VIS-153 (a single 15" three-way system); the VIS-253 (a dual 15" three-way system), the VIS-122 (a single 12" co

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UK - Pearce Hire provided the power, lighting and PA equipment to help ensure the 26th Peterborough Beer Festival was a record-breaking success. The 2003 event attracted 43,000 aficionados of real ale over the six event days, resulting in the beer festival being officially crowned as the largest in the UK.

Pearce Hire has been working at the beer festival for over 10 years. The site, managed for Pearce Hire by Steve Kane, centred around three 75m long marquees with bars running the complete length of two, serving more than 350 different real ales, ciders and bottled beers. A third marquee featured live music from different bands each evening.

Pearce Hire supplied a synchronized pair of 200kva generators to produce enough power for the festival and distributed it to all areas of the site, including the stage lighting and PA, trade stands, the two bars, toilets and catering fac

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UK - The Kerrang! Awards - one of the most prestigious events in the world of rock and metal music, was this year held in the ballroom of London's Royal Lancaster Hotel. Now in its 10th year, the Awards took place in front of over 500 people, and was presented by Radio 1's Edith Bowman and Colin Murray, with guest presenters that included Jack Osbourne and The League of Gentlemen. The show was also recorded for broadcast by Channel 4.

Britannia Row provided an Electro-Voice XLC system for the event, powered by EV Precision Series remote amplifiers and IRIS management software. Three XLC 127 mid-high array cabinets, with five XLC118 subs, were ground-stacked either side of the stage, with EV 1152s for front fill. Overseen by the experienced system engineer Colin Burrell, the XLC system more than matched the demands of the bands that performed, Good Charlotte, Linkin Park a

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UK - The recent opening of Stella McCartney's London store was one of the most anticipated events in the fashion calendar. The three-storey building in Bruton Street, central London, has been completely refurbished from top to bottom, as befits one of the most fêted designers in the world.

Staffordshire-based sound installation company Ansabac was asked to design and install a sound system that combined punch with precision, "a high-quality audio performer that can be driven loud," explained John Clinton of Ansabac. "Clearly, the big opening party will not be the only event held here."

The retail areas are spread across three floors, and the audio system has been designed to provide four independent zones on each floor. Four Australian Monitor AMIS604P power amplifiers are at the heart of the system, supplied by Fuzion, the UK distributor. These four amps

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UK - If you want to hear the latest in audio technology from the industry's leading manufacturers and consultants, then take time out to attend Reproduced Sound 19. This residential weekend, held at the luxurious Oxford Hotel in Oxfordshire on the 7- 9 November, has been organized by the Electroacoustics Group of the UK's Institute of Acoustics to increase the understanding of all fields of Reproduced Sound.

The conference covers modern audio and acoustics in an informal environment allowing consultants, manufacturers, contractors and end users to share insights and information. It will incorporate papers from ADA (EASE), AMS Acoustics, Arup, BSS Audio, Celestion, d&b, Duran Audio, EAW, Genelec, Harman International, ISVR, JBL Professional, Martin Audio, Meyer, NXT and Peter Mapp & Associates.

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UK - Trantec has introduced the TS22 and TS212 miniature mics. The TS22 has been manufactured to the highest specifications and combine a minute microphone with an ultra light and comfortable headband. Designed to be hidden discreetly in a wig or hair, it is ideal for theatre and broadcast applications.

The headband is engineered from a hard-wearing nylon composite, which has been selected to withstand the most rigorous and demanding applications. The nylon composite can be easily moulded to custom fit any users' head and ear shape. The TS 22's microphone is mounted on a tiny boom, which bends into shape to allow optimum sound quality.

The potential of the TS22' microphone is augmented by virtue of a tiny membrane, which houses the microphone capsule, protecting it from moisture, make-up and everyday dirt. The membrane is simple and cost effective to replace.

Trantec's TS212

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UK - Meyer Sound's UK distributor Autograph Sales has completed the first phase of an ongoing regional Meyer Sound training programme. The free one-day training courses, taught by Meyer Sound's technical training and seminars director Mauricio Ramirez, were held at the end of August at The Helix, Dublin City University, Audio Alliance North in Manchester, B&H Sound Services in Peterborough and the National Theatre in London.

Subjects covered included phase alignment, delays, filters, line array theory and conventional loudspeaker arrays, as well as acoustic prediction and measurement techniques. All courses were full, with around 70 attendees across the four dates. "The take up exceeded all our expectations, and the courses attracted people with different levels of expertise and from a wide cross section of the industry, including PA companies, consultants, sound designers,

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UK - Public address and voice alarm manufacturer, Millbank Electronics (owned by Ampekko Ltd) recently hosted a distributor breakfast in a capsule on London's Millennium wheel. Forming part of the company's initiative to further strengthen international distributor relations and reaffirm Millbank's market-leading position, the event was attended by established distributors including Output (The Netherlands), PFAFF (Iceland), Ram-Tel (Israel) and Beaufort International (South Africa) as well as UK distributors including RW Salt and Apple Sound.

The event also celebrated the new appointment of distributors in Greece (Dsi Solutions, headed by Andreas Dimitriou), Malta (Audioworks, headed by John Grech), New Zealand (Capital Communications, headed by Tony Philip-Wright) and Poland (Neumann Technologie Multimedialne, headed by Tomaszk Neumann). Since Ampekko Ltd acquired Millbank fro

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Indonesia - With over 350 participants, Telex reports that its first Telex Academy in Indonesia was a runaway success. The event, held in Jakarta on the 7-8 July, was the first Telex Academy ever to have been held on Indonesian soil; it was attended by a record number of participants and turned into an industry event of more than regional importance, as the Telex team, spearheaded by Mathias von Heydekampf (president of the Pro Audio Group Worldwide), Martin Traut (marketing director) and Christian Glück (product manager for Electro-Voice), found themselves welcoming audio professionals not only from Indonesia but from the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and India as well.

In addition to numerous product presentations, including presentations of the Electro-Voice XLC, Electro-Voice X-Line, Dynacord Cobra-4, Dynacord Madras and Telex intercom tools, numerous seminars and workshops

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Norway - Professional Sound Systems AS (PSS) has completed an installation of a Nexo GEO S Tangent Array System at the Bakkenteigen Kulturhus (Performing Arts Centre) in Horten, Norway. Following a fact-finding mission to GEO installations in Sweden, PSS set up a temporary system in the Kulturhus. During a trial period, several well-known Norwegian artists performed using the system, including Mari Boine, Vidar Busk and Bertine Zettlitz. All artists and their sound engineers declared themselves delighted, and the decision was taken to purchase and install the Nexo GEO S system.

The 465-seat concert hall hosts a mixture of jazz, classical, rock and theatre performances during the year. PSS specified a system consisting of six GEO S805, one GEO S830 and three flown CD-12 sub-bass units per side, run by Camco amplification - one Camco Vortex 4 (in parallel mono) and one Vortex 6 pe

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UK - Deco Leisure Group has further strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Jamie Kitson as area sales executive. Kitson, who was previously with R.W. Salt in technical sales, is more than familiar with the audio industry: prior to joining R.W. Salt, he worked for Stage Craft Systems for 10 years and has a thorough understanding of audio sales.

Commenting on his move to Deco, Kitson told PLASA Media: "As Dare Pro Audio and QAD are unique to the pro audio industry, I am looking forward to developing the products within the pro-audio market." Kitson's appointment closely follows that of Alex Kay, who joined Deco as technical manager, and also that of Carl Robinson, who recently joined as production manager. Robinson's experience with mineral composites fibreglass, as well as metal and wood laminates, will prove useful for Dare Pro Audio, whose innovative en

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UK - Turbosound is celebrating the first installation of its QLight loudspeakers in a London West End theatre. The acclaimed show Rat Pack at the Strand Theatre, which showcases the voices, music and lifestyles of Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sinatra, features over 30 QLight enclosures in a sound system designed and installed by WE Audio, and supplied through Marquee Audio.

Turbosound TQ-440 speakers form the core of the show's system, which utilizes TQ-220 and TQ-230 models for under-balcony delays and fills, with sub-bass support from TQ-425 and TQ-115 enclosures. TQ-310 speakers are also included, configured as stage monitors.

The show recreates the style and ambience of Sands casino in Las Vegas, the scene of many performances by the original Rat Pack members. To this end, WE Audio's Wayne Barker, working with associates Tim McCall and Andy Playford, design

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UK / USA - HHB and Sennheiser Electronic Corporation (SEC) have reached an agreement whereby SEC will handle the distribution of all HHB professional audio products in the USA, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. This agreement goes into effect on October 1 this year, with SEC responsible for the distribution of HHB's Portadisc and Portadrive location sound recorders, CDR830 BurnIT and BurnIT Plus CD recorders and HHB Professional Recording Media, along with other new products currently in development. Distribution arrangements for HHB products in Canada remain unchanged.

"With a staff of more than 100, regional branch offices and an in-house technical service facility, SEC will give more coverage to HHB products and a better service to our customers than we could ever hope to achieve working independently," commented HHB managing director Ian Jon

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USA - The Venetian Resort hotel and casino in Las Vegas has chosen Digigram Audio Manager and NCX Networked audio terminals to distribute background music over the existing Ethernet network throughout the casino. "We were looking for a system that worked operationally, allowed flexibility and was cost-effective," said Paul Vella, engineering supervisor at the Venetian Resort.

The flexibility of Digigram Audio Manager allows the hotel to control the background music to reflect situations and demographics that change by the day or by the hour in the various locations of the $1.5billion complex. Digigram Audio Manager is a software suite for A-to-Z management of multi-zone audio installations, including play list creation, sound library management and signal routing. NCX Networked audio terminals, which are hooked into the Venetian's existing Ethernet, are used as I/O ha

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UK - The UK launch of the new E Series at PLASA 2003 was a resounding success for MC2 Audio. Interest in these switchmode amplifiers was extremely high from both existing customers and also from potential new customers from the touring/DJ markets, who know the brand well and have been eagerly awaiting the addition of a lightweight series to the MC2 portfolio of products. The first production run of the E Series was pre-sold before the exhibition and a number of new orders were taken during the show.

Ian McCarthy, managing director of MC2 Audio, told us: "This year's PLASA was one of the busiest yet and gave us the opportunity to showcase the E Series to our overseas and UK visitors. I was very happy with the way the exhibition went and particularly with the highly positive response we had from everyone to the new amps. I had a tight schedule of meetings with customers and n

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UK - In a move that brings the two brands closer together and heralds the direction of the company for the future, David Cooper has been appointed to the new position of sales and marketing director for Midas and Klark Teknik worldwide. Reporting to managing director John Oakley, Cooper will head up the company's sales and marketing activities on a global basis.

Based at company HQ in Kidderminster, Cooper will maximize business opportunities by marketing all products under the Midas and Klark Teknik brand names. He will also manage customer accounts and be accountable for the smooth running of the extensive Midas and Klark Teknik distribution network.

After six years in the position of Midas sales manager, as well as previous roles within the Midas engineering and manufacturing departments, Cooper has extensive experience in console sales and distribution management and is al

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UK - Wayne Barker's WE Audio were busy shoppers at this year's PLASA Show, as they boosted their inventory in preparation for several key events for which they will be providing the audio reinforcement. Among several items purchased from their preferred suppliers, Marquee Audio, were two 52-channel Yamaha PM5000 desks.

A long-time customer of both Marquee and Yamaha, Wayne Barker has created a niche for himself in the industry for servicing one-off specialist projects, musical theatre tours (including Dionne Warwick and Elaine Paige), and corporate events. All this activity has necessitated he purchase of the new Yamaha desks, which he will be debuting on two upcoming West End events.

The shows in this case will be a Tribute To Richard Harris at the Strand Theatre and a corporate event surrounding the Rat Pack West End show, at the Hilton Hotel. The Sunday night Richard Harris

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UK - Wigwam Acoustics has appointed Jon Sugden as client manager. Sugden is an experienced audio professional: after working and touring with Wigwam on Lord of the Dance, Ronan Keating and numerous events over a 10-year period, he decided to head south, where he spent time working for Cinevideo in Borehamwood, and most recently at Gearhouse Broadcast in Wembley, one of the UK's top broadcast rental companies.

Sugden's role with the latter company saw him establish a highly successful broadcast audio division, where he built an impressive client roster, including the BBC's Parkinson show, Channel 4 Cricket, Carlton 021 The Club and Granada TV's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! on location in Australia. Sugden's specialist knowledge of radio mics and broadcast equipment allowed Gearhouse to establish itself firmly in the audio market.

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UK - A new table dancing bar in Rotherham has been fitted out with Wharfedale loudspeakers. Eight Programme 60s were supplied to Blue Minx owner Tim Naylor by Doncaster dealers Electromusic. Naylor has a long relationship with the retailer through his other venues in the town, Mazeppa Bar and Millennium Bar.

When he allocated the £200,000 necessary to refit the former Traveller's Rest, Naylor confessed he had his eyes fixed on another speaker brand. That was until he experienced a demo of the Programme 60s. "After listening to them, I realized they offered outstanding reproduction." There were other attributes of the Programme 60, including the long rectangular, trapezoidal geometrics of the enclosure. As he was fitting the venue out to a high standard, he admits aesthetics was an important consideration. "I expected to have to spray paint the speakers to match t

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UK - Allen & Heath recently hosted an awards ceremony at London's Globe Theatre, with over 60 guests from its network of UK dealers and overseas distributors. Held during PLASA, the purpose of the evening was to recognize individual achievements behind Allen & Heath's most successful year to date.

In the UK, Musicland was awarded 'Best Retailer of the Year', Batmink was presented with the 'Best Reseller of the Year' award, and Sapphires Sound & Light was decorated with 'Best DJ Retailer of the Year'. International distributors were also acknowledged, with Pro Audio Marketing in Germany, PT Santika Multi Jaya in Indonesia and Distribuidora Gonher S.A. de C.V. in Mexico, receiving awards for 'Most Improved Territory'. Korean distributor, Dai Kyung was credited for 'Best Technical Support'.

However, the most prestigious award of the evening went to Italy, as Grisby Music Srl was

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UK - The need to provide customers with an expanded version of its existing QUE-8 and QUE-10 foldback mixers has led to the launch of a brand new Formula Sound product which was shown for the first time at the recent PLASA Show.

Offering users high levels of flexibility, the new QUE-18 foldback mixer has been created in close collaboration with sound designers working on musical theatre productions to include the facilities and options that they have specifically requested. The result is a unit that combines the proven reliability of its predecessors with a high degree of versatility.

The new QUE-18 foldback mixer is a development of the original Formula Sound technology which has proven consistently popular with artists and audio engineers in over 20 years of professional use. The QUE-18's extended signal handling capacity (up to 18 audio inputs configured as 14 mono and 2

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UK - The first order for Martin Audio's new W8LM Line Array was confirmed during this month's PLASA Show - and a major order it was too. Martin Audio confirmed that they had sold a 64-enclosure Synco W8LM system to Synco Europe, for distribution among the Synco Network partners in Europe. Ampco Pro Rent in Holland will be one of the first network partners to use the new system on its theatre projects. Synco Europe also purchased all necessary flying hardware, along with 16 Synco MA2.8S amplifiers.

Fred Heuves, MD of Synco Europe, commented: "The Synco Network of PA companies will now have all three of Martin Audio's proprietary Line Array systems in their inventories - the Synco W8L, Synco W8LC and now the Synco W8LM. They not only match perfectly together, but will serve independently in their own market segments as well. With these three Synco Line Array systems, combined

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Spain - D.A.S. Audio has expanded the new Dynamics series with the addition of the DS-108 passive systems. The Dynamics series provides users with loudspeaker systems that are easy to carry, simple to set up and possess the sound quality that characterize all D.A.S. sound products.

The DS-108 is a versatile two-way system designed to provide full-range reproduction. Low frequency reproduction is handled by a high efficiency 8" loudspeaker with 1.5" voice coil. High frequencies are reproduced by the M-3 compression driver - a 1" exit driver incorporating a 2" titanium diaphragm and EFW (edge-wound-flat-wire) voice coil. The unique enclosure design has an ergonomic handle for easy carrying and will accept a standard 35mm mounting stand. The M8 rigging points and optional mounting bracket facilitate use in permanent installations.

D.A.S. Audio, based in Valenc

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USA - Shure Incorporated and Middle Atlantic Products have become the latest manufacturers to endorse Stardraw Weblink, the new service from Stardraw unveiled at InfoComm this year that allows linkage of Stardraw product symbols to any online data. The two companies join other industry leaders including Audio-Technica US, BSS and TOA as early adopters of this program, which enables manufacturers to exploit the power of the internet to better serve their customers.

Manufacturers enrolling in the Weblink program can embed custom data within the symbols that represent their products across the range of Stardraw design and documentation applications, including Stardraw.net, the world's first online CAD application. The custom links can point to simple web pages, or retrieve sophisticated parameter-driven information. Using Weblink, manufacturers can deliver any kind of resource to c

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