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KV2 Audio Debuts New VHD5.0 at Adelaide Fringe Festival
KV2 Audio partnered with local Adelaide production company Novatech to deploy their new VHD5.0 Constant Power Point Source Array at popular Fringe Festival venue the Royal Croquet Club. Andy Austin Brown, Technical Projects Director, flew in from the UK to join North America/APAC Technical Support Director Angus Davidson for a week of testing prior to…
Read MoreQu Price Drop
Paying it forward, Allen & Heath is passing on the benefits of volume production efficiencies for its hugely popular Qu Series digital mixers. The results are serious cost savings on all model in the Qu range highlighted by a huge 25% reduction on the benchmark Qu-16C – now listed at $2999RRP. With digital mixers increasingly…
Read MoreCMG Audio Visual launch new Meyer Sound Rental Division
L to R – John Mc Mahon (Meyer), Don Mc Connell (Audio Brands Aust), Tobi Pinazza (CMG AV), Steve Biermann (CMG AV), Helen and John Meyer, Ben Wright (CMG AV), Antonio Zacarias (Meyer), Aaron Taylor (CMG AV), Chris D’bais (Meyer). Australia’s first Meyer Sound LYON and 1100-LFC System has been confirmed for local arrival in…
Read MoreQSC Speakers Stack Up
QSC has added a range of column surface-mount loudspeakers to its AcousticDesign (AD) Series. Idea for a wide variety of foreground and background applications the new columns are particularly suited to difficult acoustic environments with reverberation issues or high-ceiling spaces. The new AD-S802T has eight 2.5” vertically-oriented drivers while the AD-S162T has sixteen 2.5” vertically-oriented drivers, both are high quality, 70/100V…
Read MoreHearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law
INSTALLATION Hearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law Hearing Augmentation Systems are a vital public service, and a legal requirement in many public spaces as defined in the Building Code of Australia. Their provision is mandatory in many public spaces that have installed PA systems, including educational institutions, places of business, auditoria, rooms used for legal…
Read MoreLSC Lighting Systems MDRR DMX Splitter vs. Diamond Carbide Concrete Drill
Who’s your money on? The LSC Lighting Systems MDRR is a five-way, 19” inch rack-mounted DMX splitter, not the sort of thing that usually gets in the way of a diamond carbide concrete drill. But, alas, at an install in Melbourne, this is exactly what happened. An unreasonably ‘enthusiastic’ worker was tasked with creating some…
Read MoreTheatrixx Technologies xVision – Video Converters for Grown-ups
GEARBOX Theatrixx Technologies xVision – Video Converters for Grown-ups By Jason Allen. According to market research, a full 60% of the market for new video converters is to replace units that have broken with use. This is not going to come as a surprise to anyone working with video who has wrangled cheap, plastic converters…
Read MoreUNSW Roundhouse re-opens
The Roundhouse UNSW is a multifunction venue that has featured some of the largest musical acts, conferences, theatre performances and private parties for over 50 years. The 2200 capacity venue has recently undergone an extensive refurbishment to ensure a spectacular experience for patrons into the future. The P.A. People Installed Systems team delivered the audio,…
Read MoreTelevic Plixus – Clever Conferencing
GEARBOX Televic Plixus – Clever Conferencing By Jason Allen. Belgium’s Televic make, amongst other things, high-end conferencing systems, the kind of thing you find installed in 200 delegate seats at the UN, which is in fact one of Televic’s customers. Their slick panels with built-in touchscreens, cameras, speakers, and microphones mount beautifully into custom made furniture,…
Read MoreWilliams Sound recognises Hills for outstanding sales achievement
Williams Sound, global designer and manufacturer of wireless communication technology, celebrated its 2017 international sales award winners at ISE 2018 in Amsterdam. Winner of the 2017 Outstanding Sales Growth Award was Hills Limited, exclusive distribution partner for Williams Sound in Australia. “Last year was pivotal for Williams Sound and Hills,” noted Doreen Ingebrigtsen, international business consultant for…
Read MoreAn ACME Double
GEARBOX An ACME double By Julius Grafton. Acme MP-400Z IP: This handy PAR has 7 x 30w Osram RGBW LED, and is IP 65 rated as “dust tight” and protected against water projected from a nozzle. The electronics are out the back in a die cast aluminum case, with the lens and zoom up…
Read MoreMidas MR18 Digital Tablet Mixer
GEARBOX Midas MR18 digital tablet mixer It’s M, not X, and there’s a BIG difference By Jason Allen. Uli Behringer’s ‘MUSIC Tribe’ now manufactures audio products that are remarkable similar, and separates them into ‘Behringer’ or ‘Midas’ branded product. Before reviewing the Midas MR18, I was very familiar with the Behringer equivalent, the XR18, having…
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