Out Board has appointed Phoenix Audio Distribution as the new TiMax distributor for mainland China and Hong Kong including Macau and Taiwan. Phoenix Audio Distribution has strong links with the team at Out Board and the TiMax product range, already holding stock at its Guangzhou and Hong Kong offices, with plans to invest immediately into inventory for demonstration and support purposes at its offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The team at Phoenix Audio, headed up by Chris Zhang and Mac Lo, is well versed in the needs of the pro audio market in its territory, servicing a wide range of premium specifiers, integrators…
Author: James Robertson
Situated in Rennes, Les Champs Libres is not only the main city library (Rennes Métropole) and Museum of Brittany, but it also incorporates a science museum with planetarium, a conference room and exhibition hall. Designed by architect Christian de Portzamparc 11 years ago, this cultural centre recently hosted a highly progressive multipoint sound system installation that would permit six sound designers to ‘sculpt’ artworks that could be moved in space. At the hub of the system is an ingenious ‘engine’ in which advanced Powersoft tools communicate with QSC Q-Sys integrated AV technology control over an AoIP platform. This enables the…
When Grammy Award-winning musician Billy Strings stepped onto Roadrunner’s stage for his sold-out show in March 2022, the brand new Boston facility officially became New England’s largest general admission venue. Although the 50,000-square-foot space at Allston-Brighton’s Boston Landing development was initially conceived as a Celtics training facility before the team decided to move across the street, The Bowery Presents (TBP) and AEG saw the available space as the ideal location for a 3,500-capacity live music venue that would put a premium on both the artist and audience experiences. To fully realize the sonic end of that mission, the venerable concert…
Motion. Autos, Art, Architecture is a landmark exhibition organised by the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in collaboration with the Norman Foster Foundation. The legendary architect and renowned car enthusiast curated the exhibition, and collaborated with another well-known car fanatic, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, for the sound design of some of its galleries. Immersive sound specialist Sennheiser was invited to deliver an innovative audio experience for the showcase. Running between April and September this year, Motion. Autos, Art, Architecture is an epic installation that plots the history of the automobile with the evolution of modern art, celebrating the artistic dimension of…
As the dust settles on the 2022 MONDO-DR Awards, we highlight all of this year’s shortlisted and winning venues. It was a thrill to host a physical ceremony in Las Vegas last month after two years of online events, and it is a privilege to showcase such a high level of creativity from this industry. This year proved exceptionally tough for our judges, with some of our favourite submissions not even shortlisted, such was the high quality of the projects. The details of next year’s awards will be announced shortly, as will new categories, so watch this space! Read the…
Think of BAFTA and you will most likely picture the glitz and glamour of their annual ceremonies, but pull back the curtain and you’ll reveal a world-leading independent arts charity which supports the growth of creative talent in the UK. Working in film, games and television, BAFTA’s aim is to inspire, support and celebrate new talent, and the organisation’s capability to deliver on this has been future-proofed with a total renovation of its headquarters at 195 Piccadilly in London, with around £3m worth of AV technology being installed over a two-year period. Read the full story in the latest issue…
Kinly has announced its official entry into the DACH market, with the opening of two new offices in Germany and Switzerland. Part of Kinly’s Global Services proposition – borne out of a deep commitment to deliver high quality, globally consistent services and 24/7 support to customers with a local and international presence – the latest expansion increases Kinly’s office numbers to 20, across 12 countries, with operations being established in Zurich, Frankfurt and Berlin. Harnessing more than 20+ years of specialist AV and video collaboration experience, Kinly works with more 2,500 customers (including many Fortune 500 companies) and is backed…
On 16 August 2022, ADJ will launch its new Future Focus Road Show series with a special social mixer event in New York City. Held at a penthouse venue in Manhattan, it will showcase ADJ’s latest new product releases, including shoot out comparisons with products from other brands. The event will also offer an opportunity for industry professionals to gather, socialise, share ideas, and start to focus on the next step in the evolution of their business or career. Following the success of ADJ’s Reunited Thru Light Tour which hit 17 cities across the US between summer 2021 and spring 2022, the…
King Jesus Church in Miami, Florida is taking their production to the next level with a recent upgrade to their Clear-Com intercom system. The upgrade incorporated their existing Clear-Com Encore analog partyline intercom system and now additionally includes an Eclipse HX digital matrix system fitted with an E-IPA card, FreeSpeak II digital wireless transceivers and beltpacks, HelixNet digital partyline, LQ Series of IP interfaces and finally the Agent-IC mobile app, creating a dynamic and robust intercom communications system designed to support the organization’s growth with plenty of room for expansion in the future. For over 20 years, King Jesus Church…
The Warsaw branch of Brill AV Media, a proactive, fast-growing company specialising in B2B events and conference productions as well as AV systems integration / installation, has invested in more Robe moving lights for its equipment inventory, with the purchase of LEDWash 600+s, Tetra2s and Pointes from Robe’s Polish distributor, Prolight. These have been added to their stock which already contains around 200 Robe fixtures in total with Pointes, BMFL Spots, BMFL Blades and Tetra2 moving LED battens in Warsaw and there is an even wider selection of Robe products available across the Group of companies. The current Brill AV…
