New model housed in NEMA enclosure an ideal solution for fixed installation market

BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania — SurgeX International announces the worldwide introduction of its SXN1230, a ï¬?xed installation unit that joins the award-winning SX1200 series of surge eliminators and AC power conditioners. Housed in a 12″ x 12″ x 4″ NEMA enclosure meeting code for use in ceiling plenums, the industrial-grade SXN1230 provides guaranteed surge protection for dedicated power lines.

Designed for international use in 230-volt systems with single phase requirements, the SXN1230 incorporates “tried and tested” proprietary SurgeX technologies such as Advanced Series Mode surge elimination and Impedance Tolerant EMI/RFI ï¬?ltering. more

SURABAYA, Indonesia — The Bethany Christian denomination church, which has many houses of worship across Indonesia, has installed an L-ACOUSTICS dV-DOSC system into the 4,000-capacity Bethany Manyar Church in East Java.

Located in an old building on Manyar Street in Surabaya, the church opted to ground-stack its new system, which consists of 12 dV-DOSC modular line source cabinets (six per side), four dV-SUB subwoofers (two per side) and four SB28 subwoofers (two per side) powered by five LA8 amplified controllers. more

One of The View‘s new L-ACOUSTICS
KIVA arrays (upper left)

PRG Audio installs full amplifier/loudspeaker package for popular daytime talk show

NEW YORK CITY – March 2010 — The View, ABC Daytime’s Emmy award-winning talk show featuring Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd, kicked off its current season with a brand new set design and complete overhaul of its studio audience sound reinforcement system. more

David Yates

MARCOUSSIS, France — L-ACOUSTICS has strengthened its technical support team with the appointment of two new staff members: David Yates and Germain Simon.

David Yates has joined as fixed installation manager, with more than 10 years’ experience in acoustics and AV consultancy. Yates has worked on a diverse range of building projects ranging from performing arts centers, art galleries and theatres through to government facilities, airports and transport terminals. more

OXNARD, California — L-ACOUSTICS is announcing the progressive deployment of a certified System Integrator Network for the fixed installation market in France, Germany, the Netherlands, UK and USA. more

Niki Barr Band warming up the crowd on
the pool deck

Loud & Clear Inc. supplies multiple concert sound systems for festival cruise featuring Queensryche, Tesla, Ratt and Skid Row

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — Hailed as “the ultimate rock and roll vacation and backstage pass”, ShipRocked recently put Queensryche, Tesla, Ratt, Skid Row and half a dozen other bands together with nearly 1500 fans onboard the luxurious MSC Poesia cruise ship for an intimate five-day music festival and party. more

OXNARD, California — SOUNDVISION, L-ACOUSTICS’ powerful 3D acoustical simulation program, has now been further refined with the launch of version 1.6.

Features of the new 1.6 software include:

- Air absorption as a function of humidity and temperature, affecting target SPL calculation

- Updated data product library including the new K1, K1SB, 8XT, 12XT, 108P, 112P, SB15P, and SB28 products

- The adoption of the unified contour template for WST line sources and a gain structure matching the new V2.0 preset libraries. This allows each product to reach the maximum SPL with the same input level. more

OXNARD, California — L-ACOUSTICS is pleased to announce the formal appointment of Scott Sugden to the newly-created post of Head of US Touring Support. The announcement comes from L-ACOUSTICS Head of Touring Support Florent Bernard to whom he reports.

Over the past two years, Sugden had been contributing to L-ACOUSTICS US’ success as an independent contractor. Now officially a full-time staff member, Sugden will continue to be based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. more

FUZHOU, Fujian, China — L-ACOUSTICS’ Chinese distributor Rightway Audio has supplied the Fujian Broadcasting and TV Center with a dV-DOSC sound reinforcement system for its multi-functional studio theatre. The nearly 10,000 square foot theatre, which has a 1,069-capacity auditorium, hosts large-scale drama and musical TV productions, both live and recorded, as well as conferences and parties. more

Polynesian Cultural Center installs dV-DOSC for new show at Pacific Theater

LAIE, Oahu, Hawaii – January 2010 — Three years and $3 million in the making, Ha: Breath Of Life has now made its premier as the new production staged nightly at the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Presented in the redesigned 2,675-seat Pacific Theater, the 90-minute show features over 100 performers — many of whom are students at neighboring Brigham Young University Hawaii — an active backdrop of volcanoes, waterfalls and fountains, and a new amplifier and loudspeaker package from L-ACOUSTICS. more