BROOKLYN, New York – July 2008 – Independent concert promotion company Bowery Presents has long been associated with excellent live sound. The owner/promoters behind some of New York City’s most beloved rock venues, Bowery Presents has maintained consistently top-notch sound reinforcement across all of its clubs and concert halls, including Mercury Lounge, The Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall, and the new 3,000-capacity Terminal Five. Last year, Bowery Presents expanded to Brooklyn, opening the 550-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg, which boasts a powerhouse sound system by L-ACOUSTICS. more

Jobing.com Arena upgrades sound system with dV-DOSC®, dV-SUB, and SB28 rig powered by new LA8 amplified controllers

GLENDALE, Arizona – July 2008 – When a coyote howls, the world listens! Now, the Phoenix Coyotes NHL franchise at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona, can make the same claim. The 17,500-seat arena recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system with a major commitment to L-ACOUSTICS line arrays, subwoofers and amplifier-processors. more

OXNARD, California – July 2008 — Given the “total system approach” brought about by the debut of the LA4 and LA8, L-ACOUSTICS has revised its DOSC systems training seminars to incorporate the new amplified controller system architecture.

Designed for L-ACOUSTICS systems owners as well as technicians, mixing engineers and sound designers using the products, two summer sessions will be presented at L-ACOUSTICS US in Oxnard, California — one focusing on KUDOâ„¢ based systems, held July 23 and 24, and the other dealing with V-DOSC®, scheduled for August 26 and 27. more

SAN DIEGO, California – June 2008 – Founded in early 2000, San Diego’s Rock Church has earned a heavenly reputation for its uplifting, high-energy services and busy concert schedule that consistently draw large audiences week after week. Late last year, the Rock Church and Academy finally opened its own permanent facility in Point Loma, where the large sanctuary is equipped with a combination of L-ACOUSTICS KUDOâ„¢ and dV-DOSC line source array cabinets in a LCR configuration, plus ARCS® cabinets for side-fill coverage. more

LAS VEGAS – April 2008 – NAB stand N8229 – Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, Studer has selected NAB 2008 as the worldwide launch site for its new OnAir 2500 console for on-air radio use. Featuring a fully digital, all-in-one design and well-established software technology derived from the highly acclaimed OnAir 3000, the OnAir 2500 delivers a new standard in ease-of-use for radio broadcast. more

ANAHEIM, California – NAMM Show room #7800 – January 2008 – The highly acclaimed and successful Soundcraft GB Series has now gained another new member, the Soundcraft GB2R.

This 19-inch rack-mountable mixer is designed specifically for smaller installations in churches and performance venues, or for small portable PA systems. It will also find friends in broadcast where its high quality and feature set will be very appealing. more

ARCS® loudspeakers providing enhanced front-/side-fill coverage for legendary venue

NEW YORK CITY – December 2007 — Long revered as one of the Big Apple’s most renowned live performance venues, Radio City Music Hall offers its visitors the opportunity to enjoy a wide cross section of musical extravaganzas, including the world-famous Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring The Rockettes, which this year celebrates its milestone 75th anniversary.

As one can imagine, complex productions like the Christmas Spectacular require that intelligible, uniform audio be not only delivered to the audience, of course, but to the dozens of dancers gracefully executing their choreographed moves across the Great Stage. With this in mind, Radio City Music Hall’s production crew and owner, Madison Square Garden Entertainment, chose to ultimately update the on-stage monitoring system with a dozen L-ACOUSTICS ARCS® front- and side-fill cabinets supplied by Clair Brothers Systems. more

ELKHART, Indiana – December 2007 — Crown International proudly announces that Gerald Stanley, the company’s senior vice president of research, has just been selected by the Audio Engineering Society’s awards committee and board of governors to receive the distinguished AES Fellowship Award in 2008.

According to AES Secretary Han Tendeloo, Stanley’s award for “significant contributions to power amplifier design and electronic networking of communications systems” will be presented in San Francisco next October during the 125th AES Convention, which also marks the Society’s 60th anniversary year. more

ELKHART, Indiana – December 2007 – As Crown International has successfully transitioned to a lean manufacturing approach over the past few years, the company’s endeavor has not gone unnoticed. As a result of dramatically streamlining its manufacturing, further improving both efficiency and product quality, Crown recently had the distinction of being a tour site for the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) 2007 International Conference in Chicago. more

GLENDALE, California – November 2007 — Built in 1925, the historic Alex Theater is a landmark on Glendale’s Brand Boulevard, with its magnificent 100-foot-tall Art Deco neon column topped by a glowing starburst towering above the street. The Alex’s interior design is a marvel as well — its ‘atmospherium’ auditorium with open-air illusion and Greek and Egyptian motifs creates a unique ancient garden-like environment. Several restorations over the years have kept up the interior and exterior decor of the Alex, which is now a performing arts center. The latest addition to the theater is an L-ACOUSTICS KUDO™ line source array system, installed in July to optimize the venue for musical performances. more