Clubbing is all about putting the real world on hold for a few hours. And that, finds Gez Kahan, means clubs are still investing in providing a better experience.
A popular arts venue with a distinguished history, The Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, has just taken a decisive step into the future by becoming the UK's first digital cinema to employ the K-array system. David Robinson reports on a landmark project for supplier/installer Stage Electrics.
Forget being blinded by science: the Acoustics unit of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is more likely to deafen you with silence. "People say they come in here and feel their ears collapse," Ian Butterworth (pictured), higher research scientist, tells Dave Robinson.
With a varied calendar of sporting and entertainment events, the audio requirements at France’s national stadium are particularly stringent. Paddy Baker reflects on a recent upgrade project that entailed the installation of new Nexo and AuviTran technology.
Paul Rodgers' appearance at Under The Bridge on 13 April, performing to and answering questions from an invited audience of fans, industry faces and media, was a fine piece of promotion all round.
The arrival of Tim Fox as sales manager at north London-based cable specialist VDC Trading has been marked by several highlights, each of which consolidates the company's position as a market leader in just about every market available.
Its real name is Atlantis, but the locals know it as simply ‘tis. The Basel venue has maintained a reputation as one of Switzerland’s largest and most popular music halls for over 60 years.
Had Europe's glorious churches and cathedrals not been built of stone, the better to impress God's majesty on those who had to make do with wood, installers would doubtless make a great deal more money (and more easily) from the European house of worship market.
The newly-opened state-of-the-art Rockheim pop and rock experience in Trondheim Norway makes extensive use of Genelec monitors, finds Dave Robinson. Oh, and there's a chicken shed celebrating 'black metal' too.
Sommer Cable apparently came from nowhere. Did someone just have an idea: let's start a cable company? Actually, yes, Gez Kahan discovers. Ten years ago, no one had heard of them - and now they are at every trade show,
With a total project value of $83 million and an estimated seven million visitors expected, the Australian Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 marks the country's largest commitment to a World Expo.
Alex Schloesser, director of pro audio at Latvia-based Real Sound Lab, tells Dave Robinson how he's been part of the company's recent rapid acceleration.
Intelligibility, control and dynamics are the key attributes of RCF's new VSA 2050 digital vertical steerable array, which has already been installed in four churches in Italy, writes Paul Watson.
