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TC Group Americas Inc. announces a new addition to head
their Tour and Install Sales Team. |
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Kitchener, Canada, August 2010 - TC Group Americas Inc. distributor of TC Electronic, TC Helicon, Dynaudio Acoustics Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, Linn and Audica is pleased to announce the appointment of Frank Loyko to VP of Sales for Tour and Install. Frank's extensive background includes over 30 years of successful sales experience.
Loyko's sales and managerial experience in the install and tour markets comes from his vast background and accomplishments within the professional audio and music industries. Frank's most recent role was President of RCF USA. Prior to that Frank was the Director of Live Sound for Digidesign a division of AVID Techonolgies, the industry leader of live sound consoles. Most notably, Frank was a co-founder of EAW and was the driving force in steering the brand to an industry leader. Frank remained through the Loud Technologies acquisition of EAW and had a successful tenure at LOUD as Senior VP of Worldwide Sales.
Marc Bertrand CEO of TC Group Americas Inc. is very pleased to welcome Frank to his new position. "Frank's background and experience are a great blend with the extensive talent we have here at TCGA. It really is a great opportunity for us to take our organization and specifically, the two market verticals he's responsible for, to greater levels of sales, support and market position more quickly and effectively."
Frank is now looking forward to being a part of the TCGA team. "My philosophy has always been to surround myself with the best in the industry. The TC Group has a strong, professional and knowledgeable team with superior products."
Frank can be reached at:
Frank Loyko - VP of Sales Tour & Install - TC Group Americas
phone: 425 242 1340 (West Coast Office)
cell: 206 300 7122
frankl@tcg-americas.com
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| National Museum of War |
| August 2010 |
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The National Museum of the Pacific War, located in Fredericksburg, Texas recently opened the George H.W. Bush Gallery, the most comprehensive exhibit on the history of World War II in the Pacific and East Asian theaters. The state-of-the-art 33,000 ft exhibition features 40 media installations that speak to visitors about the complex, difficult and ultimately inspiring story of America's war in the Pacific during World War II.
Bowen Technovation, located in Indianapolis, Indiana was chosen to engineer all control, audio, video, lighting and interactive exhibit technologies in the Gallery. Large scale content was provided by Bowen Productions with interactive content created by Boston Productions.
Jeff Bowen, president and creative director of Bowen Technovation, installed custom Tannoy-based loudspeaker systems for each exhibit.
"The exhibits feature Tannoy-based systems that are 5.1 channels but not in your typical L-R-C-Sub-Ls-Rs orientation," Bowen explains. "They behave more like six independent channels that we use for sound effects or to localize voice in the area of the visual images.
"In that respect it is not ‘surround sound' but is more like multichannel audio. We used Tannoy DC 6i loudspeakers for each channel and one or two DS 15i subwoofers as needed in each exhibit."
The Pearl Harbor Gallery, which is the largest exhibit in the new museum addition, demanded a bit more audio artillery.
"We used the same approach for the Pearl Harbor exhibit but with 8 channels, so the system is 7.1 but again, not in the "theater" sense," Bowen continues. "It is actually 6.2 with a L-R over two edge-blended wide projection areas, with two rears and with one speaker off to the audience's far left for dive bomber and teletype effects.
"The remaining speaker is mounted over one additional projection screen for explosions and voice sound effects. The subwoofers for the Pearl Harbor Gallery are two Tannoy DC 15i spaced far apart with separate sub bass audio effect on each."
A total of nineteen DC 6i loudspeakers and seven DS 15i subwoofers were utilized in the 40 exhibits.
In addition to the exhibit areas, eight Tannoy Di5 surface mount loudspeakers fire down in various zones for soundscapes. Six Tannoy CMS 501 and two CMS 601 ceiling speakers are installed under bulkheads and in ceilings for complete audio coverage. QSC amplifiers provide the power for all of the units.
"Tannoy products have worked very well on other projects during our 25 year history, this was no exception," Bowen concludes. "We also have very personal communications with all the Tannoy staff which makes working with them a pleasure." |
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| Gettysburg Cyclorama |
| July 2010 |
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To call the Gettysburg Cyclorama experience install impressive doesn't come
close to adequately describing the end result or the efforts that went into
creating it. The summer 2008 audio installation at the Gettysburg National
Military Park Museum and Visitor Center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the
culmination of a project that began with one of the most ambitious art
restoration efforts ever undertaken in North America. The subject, a
360-degree painting of the "Battle of Gettysburg", along with the setting
created for it and the Tannoy-heavy audio install that literally surrounds
visitors, are all equally massive.
To get a true sense of scale it's best to start with an explanation of the
Cyclorama painting itself. Created by French painter, Paul Phillippoteaux
and first exhibited in 1884, the Cyclorama had previously been installed, in
pieces, at nearby Cemetery Ridge. Now, after a five-year conservation effort
undertaken by Olin Conservation, Inc., the Cyclorama can be viewed as
originally intended.
Viewing the painting on its own is an experience in itself. It's a stunning
377 feet in length and 42 feet high - the largest painting of its kind in
the US. With the addition of a three-dimensional battlefield diorama
occupying the space between the painting's bottom edge and the visitors'
viewing platform, and a canopy placed above it to hide lighting, audio
fixtures and architectural features from view, visitors literally find
themselves immersed in Pickett's Charge. But what really brings this
depiction of the third and final day of the 1863 Civil War battle to life is
the sound and light show, which includes a suite of Tannoy V Series
loudspeakers placed to optimize the effect of a soundtrack created by Donna
Lawrence Productions.
The audio system was created jointly by A/V Designers PPI and Electrosonic,
explains Andrew Kidd, Business Development Manager and Senior Technical
Consultant at Electrosonic, who chose the individual Tannoy components as
the primary loudspeakers for the build. In conjunction with Bob Haroutunian
of PPI, Lighting Designers Ted Mather and Tim Becker of Available Light, and
Producer/Director Donna Lawrence of Donna Lawrence Productions, Kidd and
Electrosonic set about creating a system that would dramatically enhance the
viewer's experience of both the Cyclorama and the accompanying soundtrack
and lighting design.
Visitors view the 360-degree work from a raised viewing platform 36 feet
back from the painting, so that the horizon line of the work is essentially
at eye level. "You're absolutely surrounded," says Kidd, "by both the
painting and a sound and light show which tells the story of this point in
the battle."
Achieving their goal of bringing the painting to life and creating the
auditory illusion that visitors are indeed at the centre of a battle
presented challenges specific to both the medium, as well as the manner in
which the painting is hung. "As I understand it, the painting is actually
composed of several layers of canvas, so there was no way we could put
speakers behind the painting, but we really wanted sound to appear to come
from the painting," Kidd says.
To achieve that effect one ring of 16 equally spaced Tannoy V12's have been
mounted around the circumference of the painting off the rear catwalk
railing above it. These are used primarily for effects and are paired with a
second ring of 16 Tannoy V12's mounted discreetly in the diorama below -
roughly corresponding to the placement of the upper row of Tannoy. "Each of
those top and bottom pairs, we fed them exactly the same signal so the sound
appeared to come from the middle of the painting," says Kidd. Each speaker,
however, has its own DSP channel so that any EQ, level or delay required to
enhance the sense of the sound coming from the centre of the painting can be
adjusted at that point.
Lawrence's concept for the sound design was created in close collaboration
with principal recording and mixdown engineer Chris Greenwell, at Downtown
Recording in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to a variety of pre-recorded
period music, contemporary choral works, and a narrative written by John
Styron and voiced by Glenn Close, Lawrence's sound design required that
certain effects, such as cannon and musket fire, appear to travel from one
area of the painting to another. "To whiz over your head, and disappear
behind you," explains Kidd. To achieve that, 16 additional Tannoy V8's, each
on their own source channel, were mounted at roughly the same radius as the
outer rings of Tannoy, along a lighting catwalk located above the audience's
viewing platform. Eight third party subs on a single channel are similarly
located.
Finally, to complete the illusion, 4 Tannoy V8's on a single source channel
are mounted directly above the viewing platform pointing down. "In all there
are 34 independent channels of sound," says Kidd. "All fed by a pair of
Fostex 24 channel HDD player/recorders, synchronized with each other and the
lighting rig via a master SMPTE track."
To imply that ordinance is literally flying over the audience's heads,
individual effects are assigned to one or more of the paired painting
channels, and subsequently panned in an arc across the intervening rings of
speakers and the diameter of the space. An additional 12 Tannoy i6 AW
loudspeakers are also used in the entryway to the space to provide program
reinforcement for those entering to view the Cyclorama.
An equal amount of detail and care was taken to ensure that Lawrence's
soundtrack achieve the optimum acoustical balance in the space. "They
prepared as much as they could in the studio, then brought the ProTools rig
to Gettysburg," Kidd says. After the system was fully installed and an
initial tuning completed by Tony Peugh, the Electrosonic onsite A/V system
engineer, the soundtrack was remixed in the actual venue by Chris Greenwell,
with initial assistance from Jim Flynn, consulting mixdown engineer - "They
more than mixed it," Kidd adds. "They moved channels around for days, taking
it from a 2D to a 3D experience."
While Kidd could have considered another product for loudspeakers, the
choice of Tannoy, he says, came down to his background and experience with
the product. Though Kidd has been with Electrosonic for 32 years, he cut his
teeth in the business as a broadcast audio engineer in the UK. "I've been
using Tannoy speakers for decades. I know them. I know what I'm going to
get. They're relatively small. They have a very even sound and work very
well for this kind of mixture of sound effects and narration."
"They're very even, very easy on the ear," he adds. For this installation
that was of prime importance - The whole point of the audio install was to
provide clear, defined sound reinforcement to complete and enhance audience
experience discreetly.
That's a job Tannoy traditionally does exceptionally well, and the
Gettysburg install is no exception. Now, as the project approaches the
two-year anniversary of its grand opening, well over a million people have
filed through the gallery. Some of them, like the Civil War veterans who
originally viewed the painting in the 19th century, have been literally
brought to tears by the experience.
As an artifact, says Dru Neil, Director of Communications & Marketing at the
Gettysburg Foundation, the Cyclorama is a tangible link to the late 19th
century and to the veterans who first viewed the painting in its original
form. "The whole point of the experience, now and historically, was to make
you feel as if you are surrounded by the event taking place on the canvas.
The sound that's now added to the experience just takes that to another
level. It's a phenomenal experience." |
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| McPherson Opera House |
| July 2010 |
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Tannoy QFlex/McPherson Opera House Release
For immediate release - 21st century makeover of 19th century McPherson
Opera House features innovative Tannoy QFlex install
Historic buildings tend to go through catastrophic changes over the course
of time. All too often that means they meet an unfortunate end, becoming
little more than a collection of fading memories hovering over a brand new
parking lot - which was exactly the fate the McPherson Opera House faced,
until it was saved from destruction in 1986 by the McPherson Opera House
Preservation Company.
One of the most prominent buildings in the downtown core of McPherson,
Kansas, the opera house is known for its superb acoustics and has hosted
everything from Vaudeville shows and films from the golden age of cinema
through to political rallies and suffrage meetings. Correspondingly, says
Michael Dunn of Sounds Great Music, designer and installer on the project,
"They wanted a sound system that performers would find not only adequate,
but impressive" - One that would provide not only good, natural sound, but
achieve a look in keeping with the buildings' roots and legacy.
The refurbishment of the 1888 opera house was virtually a complete rebuild,
Dunn explains, the final phase of which was completed in December 2009 with
the installation of the venue's new lighting rig, and an audio system
featuring Tannoy's compact, digitally steerable QFlex arrays.
Tannoy wasn't the first solution considered, Dunn says. But after a closer
look at the initial concept, one based around a conventional line array
system, with the inherent bulk and significant architectural impact that
such a system would bring to the space, the benefits of QFlex swiftly became
apparent. "We started to look at the lines of sight and the 3D models the
architect had, and we realized that more than half of the audience would not
be covered by the traditional line array concept, and would have to be
covered by additional under balcony fills."
Beyond offering a solution that would enhance the experience of both patrons
and visiting performers without detracting from the venue's historic
elegance, particularly given the very delicate and compact dimensions of the
performance space, QFlex also overcame other challenges presented by the
build. Specifically, in providing clear, even coverage without forcing users
to resort to butt thumping levels of volume. "It's very close," says Dunn.
"The front of the balcony is about 25' from the stage. The farthest corner
balcony seat is only 65' from the center of the stage.
Additionally, care had to be taken to ensure no damage was done either
during the install, or during subsequent performances, to the venue's
fragile leaded glass windows, or to the plaster and lathe fresco above the
proscenium - a work originally created by artist G.N Malm in 1913, and
painstakingly restored by EverGreene Painting Studios and Belle Restoration
from the original 1888 stencil.
Overall, the low profile, self-powered QFlex arrays were a perfect fit for
the 550-seat venue's needs. "Aesthetics were critical; equally as important
as the desire for good, natural sound," Dunn continues. " In the end QFlex
made for both far less visual clutter, as well as substantial gains in terms
of coverage and overall clarity.
Initially, however, those gains sounded too good to be true to the client.
"When Sounds Great first proposed Tannoy's QFlex and showed us how small
they were, we were highly skeptical," says John Holecek, Executive Director
at the McPherson. "It actually created a bit of a crisis there for a minute,
but you either trust your vendors or you don't," he adds.
In the final analysis, Holecek is glad he did. "The fact that the speakers
are so unobtrusive is a huge plus in an historic theater. I can't emphasize
that enough. They blend in wonderfully well. The acoustics were always good.
Now they're magnificent."
With both aesthetics and coverage in mind, Dunn installed one QFlex 32 on
either side of the proscenium to cover the main floor and the first balcony,
while another pair of QFlex 24's - mounted above the proscenium arch - cover
the second balcony.
To flesh out the bottom end Dunn specified two Tannoy Power VS 15BP subs and
hung them from the second floor of the Juliet balconies to either side of
the stage. "You can't see the subs, can you?" Dunn asks, laughing. "We
ported them through the wall and then sealed the ports, so that even in the
Juliet balconies, while audible, they aren't overwhelming."
Performers will also benefit from Tannoy's trademark clarity, owing to six
V8 Dual Concentric stage monitors, chosen, again, to achieve maximum
coverage with a minimal footprint.
The clarity of the system is further enhanced by key recent developments in
QFlex's digital connectivity. Ultimately that's a product of the install
coinciding with the culmination of Tannoy's development of digital audio
input cards and digital audio break in boxes for QFlex systems - The testing
of which had only just been completed when the parts were shipped from
Tannoy in Scotland to McPherson.
"We're actually running to the QFlex system using AES 110 digital audio,"
Dunn explains. Thus achieving even cleaner sound by maintaining the digital
signal throughout the system, eliminating any additional processing and
minimizing distortion. It's the first full digital installation of QFlex in
North America, and a second technological first for the McPherson, which, in
its infancy, became the first 'electrified' venue between St. Louis and
Denver.
More importantly, the full digital configuration provided an added layer of
quality for the client. Always important, but even more so when doing
business in a small town of 17,000 like McPherson, "where things aren't
always based on price," Dunn says, "but on quality, close personal
relationships, and whether you're going to be here ten, fifteen, twenty
years from now and still be able to service the product."
That quality is reflected in the level of support Dunn received from Tannoy,
in the care that both Dunn and Sounds Great owner Chuck Vetter took to
provide the venue with the system they required, and, most critically, in
the experience the Opera House has offered audiences for over 120 years.
The end result - high impact sound with a low impact visual profile across
the board - Already, Holecek says that artists who've performed at the venue
have expressed a wish to "take the theatre with them wherever they go". As
praise goes, it just doesn't get any better than that. |
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| St Marks Church - San Antonio |
| July 2010 |
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St. Mark The Evangelist Catholic Church, a thriving parish in San Antonio,
has been outfitted with a dynamic new sound reinforcement system headed by
Tannoy Qflex Series self-powered, digitally steerable column array
loudspeakers working in tandem with Tannoy CMS Series ceiling loudspeakers.
Dickensheets Design Associates, from Austin, Texas, was retained to design
the new system. Consultant Ken Dickensheets has enjoyed a long working
relationship with St. Marks and was responsible for the design of the
original sound system which was installed when the main sanctuary was built
back in 1997.
"The system had to accommodate a new pipe organ and address system needs for
the more contemporary service that they offer on Saturday evenings,"
explains Dickensheets. "Like many churches, the space had many reflective
surfaces. It is always a challenge to create a system that provides musical
clarity as well as vocal intelligibility."
Dickensheets chose the Tannoy QFlex 24 steerable array because of its
excellent sonic quality and ability to focus the acoustic energy exactly
where it's desired.
"The extreme steering capability was key," says Dickensheets. "The speaker
had to be mounted within the new organ chamber and provide coverage almost
directly in front of the head wall of the sanctuary. The quality of musical
sound and speech intelligibility were very impressive as well. It sounded
great."
As a self-powered loudspeaker, the QFlex 24 it was easily built into the new
structure which was designed to accommodate the pipe organ behind the
chancel. In the end it was virtually invisible to parishioners - another
request from the church leaders and architects.
To fill in the rear and sides of the church, Dickensheets used the existing
distributed ceiling speakers along with 18 Tannoy CMS 6TDC ceiling speakers.
The CMS 6TDCs feature custom cans built by Tannoy that match the church's
lighting fixtures and blend seamlessly into the church architecture. The
entire distributed loudspeaker system was then rewired to accommodate dual
delay zones originating from the chancel and the choir area simultaneously.
"Like most churches, St. Marks had a limited budget," adds Dickensheets. "So
in addition to the ceiling speakers we repurposed the original loudspeakers
from the old center cluster as source speakers for the choir area. One of
the subwoofers from the cluster is co-located with the Qflex array while the
other is installed along with the source loudspeakers in the choir area."
In the main seating area near the center rear of the sanctuary is the FOH
mixing area equipped with a Roland V400 digital mixer. The ministerial mics
are automixed by a Biamp AudiaFlex system which also handles all of the
cross-source delays and system processing.
QSC power amps power the distributed system and the choir source speakers.
The amps and controller are located in a rack in the sacristy behind the
alter area.
"Sound Distributors, also located in San Antonio, did an excellent job
installing the system," notes Dickensheets. "B&A Architects provided the
architectural work needed for the organ installation. It was a great team
effort with outstanding results." |
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| TC Group Americas Inc. to Distribute Audica Professional |
| May 2010 |
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TC Group Americas Inc. (TCGA) has announced it is to distribute Audica Professional in North, Central and South America, adding the brand to its existing portfolio of Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC-Helicon, Dynaudio Acoustics and Linn Products. TCGA will introduce Audica Professional formally at Infocomm Las Vegas in June.
Audica Professional manufactures the MICROseries range of electronics and loudspeakers, combining leading-edge design in flexible audio solutions for commercial background music, corporate AV and audio communications. For applications such as retail outlets, restaurants, hotel public areas and guest rooms, meeting rooms, museums and visitor centers the MICROseries systems fit neatly below the level serviced by Tannoy's product range and both TCGA and Audica Professional view the expanded offering of the two brands as very complementary.
"America is key for most pro audio manufacturers", commented Derek West, Audica Professional's Sales and Marketing Director. "When we started the company just over 3 years ago we first had to develop the European markets to take our business to a structure and turnover that would enable us to support this substantial market. Despite the economic climate we have successfully expanded and now work with leading distributors in 38 countries, including all of the major European markets. Entering America is in itself important, but to be doing it in partnership with a true first division distributor like TCGA is very exciting".
"Audica represents an opportunity for TCGA to offer a more complete range of solutions to our diverse base of integrators, contractors and consultants.
It's outstanding product, sounds fantastic, is very discreet visually, easy to use and priced very competitively. Audica is an excellent fit for TCGA and we are looking forward to growing a great business", comments Marc Bertrand, CEO of TC Group Americas Inc.
A Webinar will be called for all TCGA Representatives before the end of May to go over all the details. |
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| Sona™ AEC Algorithm, the most authentic distance conferencing sound available. |
| March 2010 |
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| Make your meetings and your conversations even better with Biamp's newest acoustic echo cancellation algorithm innovation, Sona™. No matter where your people are, Sona AEC Algorithm delivers full, real sound to nearly any conferencing environment. |
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| TC Electronic PolyTune Poly-Chromatic tuner |
| March 2010 |
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| ALTHOUGH THE POLYTUNE is about the size of an MXR Phase 90, it has an oversized, brightly lit display that is easy to see onstage. The only control on the pedal’s face is a true-bypass footswitch. A miniature recessed toggle switch located on the left side at the top of the unit lets you select Needle and Stream (strobe) modes for guitar or bass. A mini toggle switch on the right side drops the Poly mode’s reference pitch up to five semitones to accommodate guitars tuned down to Ef, D and so on, and the reference pitch can be calibrated from 435 to 445Hz. Other features include a DC output jack that lets you daisy-chain power to other pedals and a light sensor that automatically dims or brightens the display to the optimum setting for your environs... |
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| TC Group Americas Inc. Announces a new Marketing Manager - MI & HD Divisions |
| February 22, 2010 |
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Kitchener, Canada, February 2010 - TC Group Americas Inc. distributor of Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC Helicon, Dynaudio Acoustics and Linn is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Clapp Davidson as Marketing Manager - MI & HD Divisions. |
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| Located in College Station, Texas, Covenant Family Church found itself growing steadily, but lacked the space to expand further in its existing facility. To accommodate its new parishioners, the church decided to open a second facility in nearby Bryan. "The two towns border each other; you wouldn't know the difference if not for the population signs," says Communications Pastor Steve Livingston. |
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| TC Group Americas Inc. promoted Jenny D'Andrea to Customer Service Representative - Team Leader. |
| February 2010 |
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| Kitchener, Canada, February 2010 - TC Group Americas Inc. distributor of Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC Helicon, Dynaudio Acoustics and Linn is pleased to announce the promotion of Jenny D'Andrea to Customer Service Representative - Team Leader. |
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| TC Group Americas Inc. announces a new key role on their sales team |
| February 2010 |
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| Kitchener, Canada, February 2010 - TC Group Americas Inc. distributor of Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC Helicon, Dynaudio Acoustics and Linn is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Cook to Key Accounts Manager. |
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| Listen Tech In The Cash Cab! |
| September 11, 2009 |
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| In the true spirit of Listen’s mantra to “Personalize, Simplify, and Customize”, RP Dynamics, a Listen dealer from Mississauga, ON, Canada, has Listen products incorporated as a key component in the hit Canadian cable TV show Cash Cab on the Discovery Channel! Participants enter the cab and on their way to their destination they answer questions for the chance to win cash... |
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| Listen Introduces ListenPoint |
| June 17, 2009 |
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| Listen Technologies Corporation announced the launch of ListenPoint™ - Audio Structure for Rooms Made Easy. ListenPoint™ is a simple way to provide complete audio infrastructure for small or medium size rooms. ListenPoint™ integrates and amplifies all sound sources - DVD, computer, MP3, teleconferencing, room microphones, and VOIP systems to accelerate participant productivity up to 30%*. ListenPoint™ is ideal for the government, corporate and education markets where the need to accelerate retention and reduce speaker fatigue is an advantage. |
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| Stewart Audio Announces BG Media Solutions as Rep |
| February 2009 |
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| Mountain View, California - February 2009 - Stewart audio is pleased to announce the appointment of BG Media Solutions as the authorized sales representatives for Ontario, Canada. BG Media Solutions Inc. specializes and provides manufacturer representation for the commercial, professional and consumer AV market. |
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| BG Media Solutions Welcomed as New Listen Rep Firm |
| January 2009 |
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| Listen Technologies Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of BG Media Solutions as the company's representative for Ontario, Canada. BG Media will be working Listen's full line of FM, Infrared and Conferencing products for assistive listening, soundfield, tour group, language interpretation and applications... |
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| Queen of Peace Church |
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| Compact and flexible, Tannoy's new QFlex line is ideal for acoustically challenging venues where aesthetics and intelligibility are of equal importance - Exactly the kind of solution needed to surmount an increasingly frustrating problem at this Norval, Ontario Ethnic Croatian parish... |
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| Design Theory Park Lane |
| November 2008 |
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Upscale club owners tend to want it several ways when it comes to their systems choices. They want to seduce the bottle-service crowd with customizable class, but they also want to rock the dancefloor crowd. And if they're catering to corporate clients, they'll need to tailor the settings anew. Seasoned Toronto club owners Chris Catsanos and Dmitri Sergiou knew this going into the installation phase of their newest nightlife offering, Park Lane, and came out with a versatile yet powerful lighting, sound and video package that's ingratiated itself not only with its target market, but with competing club owners, as well...
Park Lane
www.parklanetoronto.com |
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| Sound Explosion Gets Amped On Lab.gruppen |
| August 2007 |
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Duke Foster, monitor tech/engineer for Sound Explosion, was System Tech for Rogers Bayfest 2007 in Sarnia, ON. Ajax, Ontario (August 22, 2007)--Sound Explosion Productions of Ajax, Ontario recently got its hands on a slew of new FP+ Series amplifiers from Lab.gruppen. By the time the summer festival season rolled around, the Canadian sound hire company was up to full power with 40 FP+ Series FP 13000 amps for FOH arrays plus six FP 10000Q four-channel units for stage wedges. According to company president David Gardner, they've been working nonstop all summer.
"We've been swamped," says Gardner. "Since we've taken delivery of the Lab.gruppens, they've hardly had a chance to cool down." Gardner says he started looking for new amplifiers after a number of his previous units had failed during performances. "I'd heard that Lab.gruppen had an excellent reputation for reliability," he says, "so I ordered my first batch of FP 13000s. The performance has been flawless, and they sound phenomenal. My VerTec rig has never sounded better."
Gardner is using his two dozen FP 13000s to drive the main FOH arrays, which are normally configured as 12 per side VerTec 4889 mid-high boxes and 12 4800 subwoofers. The six four-channel FP 10000Qs drive up to 24 EAW SM15 wedges in a bi-amplified configuration. The 16 remaining FP 13000s are available as needed for fill and delay systems. Gardner is driving his Lab.gruppens with new Dolby Lake Processors, and the amplifier-processor combination has made a remarkable difference, he claims. "It's added a lot of warmth to the system. The mids and highs sound a lot cleaner than they did before. With the high power and headroom of the Lab.gruppens I can run almost twice as many boxes per amplifier as I could with the old amps. We've done between 30 and 40 very high-stress shows so far. We've pushed them hard and they've stood up very well."
As for headroom reserves, Gardner points out that his three lightweight amplifier racks served up ample power to excite a crowd of 25,000 Aerosmith fans at the Rogers Bayfest near Toronto; other Bayfest headliners were Toby Keith, Def Leppard, and Nickelback. The same system also powered the main stage at the Caribana Festival, Toronto's annual celebration of Caribbean music and culture.
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| Biamp Appoints BG Media Solutions and RF Media as its Newest Sales Representatives in Canada |
| April 2007 |
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April 30, 2007 - BG Media Solutions to represent Ontario, Canada; RF Media to represent Quebec, Canada.
BEAVERTON, OREGON, April 30, 2007 — In an effort to provide systems integrators, consultants and end users throughout Eastern Canada with the most effective sales, service and support available, Biamp® has appointed BG Media Solutions as its new representative for Ontario, Canada and RF Media as its new representative in the Quebec, Canada market areas.
"We feel very confident about selecting BG Media Solutions and RF Media as our sales representatives in these two important Canadian areas," said Todd Bergum, North Central Regional Manager, Biamp Systems. "BG Media Solutions and RF Media offer a great combination of industry expertise and support to all those working with our products." |
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