Berlin-based pro audio company, Holoplot, is celebrating a year in partnership with Creative Technology, part of the NEP Group. Creative Technology was the first UK Holoplot partner and the decision to join forces with the brand was, says Creative Technology UK’s head of audio, Mark Boden, quite simply because the…
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K-array enhances intelligibility at Canterbury Cathedral
Whitwam AVI has installed a K-array loudspeaker system at Canterbury Cathedral that has improved the intelligibility of the spoken word. The cathedral’s earlier sound reinforcement system, which was installed in the 1970s, was becoming intermittent and starting to fail. Ahead of a Lambeth Conference due to be held in the…
Audio Pro Business speakers are perfect fit for fashion store
An Audio Pro Business speaker system has been fitted in fashion retailer END's recently opened flagship store in Manchester. The system was provided by the Swedish speaker manufacturer's UK distributor Audio-Technica, and designed and installed by Tyne and Wear-based Blaydon Communications. Blaydon's managing director Paul Dougherty says the audio solution…
AtlasIED provides music to the beers at boutique US hotel
AtlasIED speakers are providing the entertainments for guests soaking in copper baths filled with beer at a boutique hotel in Texas. Pivovar, in Waco, is a Czech Republic-inspired hotel that is home to a bakery, restaurant, brewery, beer garden and spa. Beer is central to the Pivovar – the Czech…
Only actors will be saying ‘lend me your ears’ at RSC theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon installed an Ampetronic induction loop system during a recent refurbishment. The upgrade to the theatre's assistive listening provision was necessary to comply with the Equality Act and to ensure that every seat in the theatre is accessible to all patrons, including those…
ClearOne helps college improve remote education capacity
Covid shutdowns gave Arizona’s Mesa Community College (MCC) the opportunity to evaluate classroom technologies and pursue new solutions to enhance the flexibility and quality of remote learning experiences. The college, which is home to more than 20,000 students across three campuses, began evaluating its classroom solutions in the spring of…
Audiologic ensures insurance office meets global standards
When the global insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh McLennan decided to relocate its Norwich office away from the city centre to create a more flexible working space suited to hybrid working patterns, it asked Insight Visual Systems to lead the project. Marsh McLennan wanted a range of workspaces –…
Spatial sound design enhances immersive Dali exhibition
An immersive exhibition about Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí is utilising spatial sound designed by aFX Global. Dalí Alive, which has been created and produced by Australia-based Grande Experiences, features more than 1,200 sq metres of floor-to-ceiling projections. aFX Global specified Barco IOSONO software, with a hardware solution that connected…
Directional speakers deliver UN museum message of peace
A row of Audio Spotlight directional speakers has been installed as part of the AV display in a permanent exhibition at the United Nations Technology Museum in New York. The Delivering a Message of Peace exhibition provides an in-depth view as to how the UN has used technology to enable…
Panther speakers make Sheeran and Bublé’s tours greener
Meyer Sound’s Panther large-format linear line-array loudspeakers are boosting the sustainability credentials of Ed Sheeran’s + – = ÷ x (Mathematics) Tour and Michael Bublé’s Higher Tour. As well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the compact, energy-efficient speakers are providing savings in operating expenses in their first year of use…