Carlson Audio was on hand with the system and support – including EAW KF761 line arrays – for the official launch gig of Microsoft’s new Zune digital media player held at Westlake Center in downtown Seattle. Popular indie band The Secret Machines (pictured here with EAW KF750′s in the background) provided the entertainment for a large crowd that also heard introductory remarks from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
Carlson Audio Production Manager Chez Stock also said that in addition to the four-box KF761 line arrays flanking the stage, the system also featured…

Gemini Sound of Dallas has just commissioned an innovative new system to serve the Paul J. Meyer Arena at Baylor University (in Waco, Texas), with EAW KF761 line arrays selected for coverage and sound quality criteria as well as their qualifications for a unique dual-use system concept. Specifically, Gemini Sound worked with Meyer Arena Operations Manager Drew Pittman to create a system equally capable of serving basketball games and high-level concerts that frequently appear at the venue.
We’re still assembling details on this new system, but…

The Rose Center, a beautiful new multipurpose meeting, conference and reception facility located in Westminster, California, is getting the full benefit of EAW DSA (Digitally Steerable Array) Series technology, which has been deployed by systems integrator Be Media to help tame a highly reverberant acoustic environment.
Be Media, headquartered in El Segundo, California with offices in Georgia, Canada and the Bahamas, turned to DSA250 loudspeakers to provide full-range coverage in a highly trafficked concourse/atrium that’s comprised of hard, reflective surfaces from floor to ceiling. The result is sound reinforcement that’s tightly…

The Stones chain of entertainment venues is rapidly becoming one of South Africa’s most established and successful hotspots and has been successfully franchised across 19 branches nationwide. Two of the chain’s key venues in Cape Town and Pretoria now boast state-of-the-art EAW sound systems throughout, supplied and installed by EAW’s South African distributor, Johannesburg-based systems specialists Surgesound.
Offering customers a huge choice of entertainment, Stones venues incorporate chilled lounge areas, upbeat dance floors, live music stages and a relaxed bar and pool table environment, all open seven days per week.

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EAW is reporting massive sales in Europe of the KF730 premium compact line array system. Year-to-date sales alone have topped the $2 million mark with further significant sales scheduled before the end of the year.
According to European technical sales manager Sean Martin, these figures offer ample testament to the fact that KF730 is the leading system of its class, and that the European EAW line array network is a highly productive organization. “We have customers all over Europe, from as far afield as Rumania (where we’ve just sold another large system…

Power – one of the most nagging issues with loudspeakers. Ask any two people about proper loudspeaker powering and you’re likely to get two different (and perhaps wrong) answers. EAW has stepped up to provide the important essentials with a technical guide entitled “How Much Amplifier Power Do I Need?”
The guide, available in handy pdf format, addresses the key issues, including an explanation of loudspeaker power handling ratings, selecting an appropriate amplifier “size,” preventing loudspeaker damage and much more. Click here to download your copy now. (Again, it’s a pdf.)

Peter Brüning of EAW-Mackie in Germany sent along the following. For those who speak the German language, enjoy. For those who don’t, legendary band Deep Purple is currently on tour in Germany with an EAW rig supplied by TDA Rental while up-and-coming band Bullet For My Valentine toured Germany with an EAW-based system provided by GO AUDIO.
Nicht nur DEEP PURPLE, sondern auch die Newcomer BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE setzten jüngst auf den Sound von EAW. DEEP PURPLE, die Urgesteine der Rockmusik, vertrauten auf Ihrer Frankreichtour Anfang September auf die Erfahrung…

How do you overcome a wild, seemingly “untamable” acoustical environment? A good place to start is EAW AX Series loudspeakers, as evidenced by this expert installation at the “Dutch Dome” – also known as the gymnasium of Holland (Michigan) High School.
This system upgrade, provided by Parkway Electric & Communications (also of Holland), was an early application of the AX Series, designed specifically to present an optimum solution in “higher horsepower” fixed installations. With dual-trapezoidal enclosures and rotatable horns, the AX Series provides an unprecedented degree of freedom to configure…

EAW Online Forums are a great resource for specific information about “everything EAW” as well as a valuable place to get tips, guidance and “how to” advice.
This week, we highlight a user question regarding tools that are useful in helping to properly set up line arrays. Lasers, inclometers… Laser inclometers? Several good ideas are presented by the community, including a suggestion to take advantage of EAW Wizard software for setting up KF760 Series and KF730 Series line arrays.

Skylands Professional Audio recently provided all sound reinforcement systems, including EAW KF730 line arrays and EAW SB730 flyable subwoofers, to serve the main performance stage for the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, the largest poetry event in North America.
Marking its 20th year, the 2006 Dodge Poetry Festival returned to its birthplace of Waterloo Village, a National Historic Site in Stanhope, New Jersey, offering more than 60 live performances on 13 stages over the course of four days with more than 17,000 in attendance. Each stage featured accomplished poets, storytellers and…