Sydney-based production company Action Sound recently upgraded their wireless microphone inventory with four channels of Electro-Voice REV handheld systems – two REV-D dual-channel receivers and four performer handheld transmitters with RE510 condenser capsules.

The Pandemonium Tour by much-loved British electro-pop duo The Pet Shop Boys is the first touring show to use Britannia Row’s “new” X-Line system, which has recently been turbocharged by the implementation of EV’s ground-breaking FIR-Drive (Finite Impulse Response Filters) technology.

The front-loaded offering from the Electro-Voice EV-Innovation family of installation-dedicated loudspeakers, the new EVF series is designed to provide an optimal combination of value, versatility and excellent audio quality. A recent installation at Faith Bible Church in Canton, Ohio typifies the kind of application for which EVF was created. Alstage Sound & Lighting, Inc. of Apple Creek, Ohio completed the job in record time, readying the space for the holiday season.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH recently renovated their GameDay Stadium theater – the crown jewel of the football shrine. Pigskin fans are now treated to a modern AV experience at the theater featuring a full Electro-Voice PA system.

An extensive Electro-Voice sound system at the new BB King’s Blues Club & Grill in West Palm Beach, Florida does justice to the legendary guitarist’s reputation for excellent tone. The West Palm Beach location joins a growing list of BB King’s around the U.S., including Memphis, Nashville, Orlando and Las Vegas.

Held at the Twin Cities’ largest live performance venue, the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the annual KDWB Jingle Ball kicked of the holiday season with big name entertainment and big sound to match, thanks to an Electro-Voice X-Line sound system deployed by local production company Eternal Systems, Inc. The December 6th event featured a host of top pop acts including Jordin Sparks, Pitbull, Colbie Caillat, Boys Like Girls, 3oh!3, Justin Bieber, Jay Sean, and local rising stars Owl City.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, festival organizers engaged street theatre specialists Royal de Luxe to provide a 'gigantic' spectacle. TSG AG of Berlin was responsible for the sound production as the performance wound its way through the docklands. The Electro-Voice equipment deployed included X-Line and XLD line arrays, TG-7 amplifiers and NetMax N8000 controllers.

Electro-Voice loudspeakers, amplifiers and microphones can be found throughout the new Gurdwara Sahib, (House of the Guru), the multi-million pound Sikh temple which has just opened its doors in Leamington Spa, England.

Capable of accommodating up to 32,000 spectators, the new Rudolf-Harbig Stadium in Dresden meets the highest international standards – both as a sports arena and as a pro audio installation. Hesse & Partner of Rostock worked with EVI Audio’s Technical Support Team to design and install a world-class sound system featuring DYNACORD ELA and Electro-Voice equipment.

The Electro-Voice team recently visited Mexico and Colombia for two IRIS-Net software certification training sessions – presented for the first time in Spanish. The sessions were lead by George Georgallis, EV’s Senior Technical Support Applications Specialist, with translation by Nicolas Betancur, Inside Sales Engineer – Latin America, with assistance from sales managers Juan Montoya (Colombia) and Ernesto Montanez (Mexico).

Shuttlesound is in the final stages of one of its largest hotel installations, the audio component of a complete integrated hotel-wide AV system for the latest opening in the Grange Hotels chain, the Grange St Paul’s Hotel in the city of London. The project has demanded over 1/4 million GBP of Electro-Voice professional sound reinforcement products, including an extensive networked audio solution and two complete line-array systems for the main conference facilities, installed and programmed by Kingdom Services.

Effective immediately, Venuetech LLC becomes an Electro-Voice distributor for the U.A.E. In parallel, the existing partner, NMK Electronics Ent., will continue to market the products until mid of April 2010. This change doesn't affect the distribution of Electro-Voice microphones, which stays with AVL Electronics.

Considered one of the world’s finest cricket stadiums by the U.K.’s Architects' Journal magazine, the 70,000-seat DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, India recently upgraded its sound system with 112 Electro-Voice EVA line array loudspeaker modules. The world’s first stadium installation of EVA, the system also represents the largest EV installation ever completed in India.

The Electro-Voice team recently rolled into Orlando, Florida for a special Roadshow event hosted by regional EV reps Sales Force & Associates and Full Sail University – one of the leading media arts schools in the world.

Fairport, NY - Bosch Security Systems, Inc. will realign its sales, marketing, and customer service and support organizations in a move that will combine the Security Systems and Communications Systems Divisions in the Americas. Effective January 1, 2010, the changes will result in a fully integrated organization that makes it easier for customers to do business with Bosch.

Rental companies in the United Arab Emirates are under enormous pressure. Admittedly, the region is still enjoying a real boom, but more rental companies are entering the market than ever before. For sound experts in and around Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the result has been even fiercer competition. One thing is certain: if order books are to be filled, no compromises can be made with respect to quality. That's why the Dubai-based company EPIC Events L.L.C. has just invested heavily with NMK Electronics in equipment from Electro-Voice.

The UK debut of Electro-Voice’s new EV-Innovation family of loudspeakers will be one of the highlights of Shuttlesound’s Big Day Out, being held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England on November 3rd, 2009.

The Ulster Hall, a concert hall and listed building in the city center of Belfast, has been equipped with a new Electro-Voice XLD line array PA system by Park Audio Productions, after winning a multi-way tender from companies all over the UK and Ireland.

Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division is delighted to present Jess Ashby with the National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) Education Foundation Robert Bosch Scholarship. A native of northern Virginia, Ashby, 22, will receive a $2,500 scholarship, which is dedicated to the memory of Robert Bosch and awarded to students entering the commercial electronics systems industry.

Spokane, WA – Spokane Country Raceway recently renovated both their drag strip and oval raceway facilities. Lift AV (Renton, WA) provided a new announcement system. Both the drag strip and oval raceways are using Electro-Voice paging horn speakers, new CPS multi-channel amplifiers, and RE-2 wireless systems.

Austin City Limits Music Festival, one of the premier music festivals in the U.S., recently capped-off another fantastic year of musical festivities. Held from October 3rd to the 5th, 130 bands gathered in the Texan capital to treat music fans to three full days of performances across eight stages. Robert Ausmus of LD Systems (Houston, TX) and his crew relied on an Electro-Voice X-Line line array loudspeaker system to provide exceptional sound reinforcement for the Xbox 360 stage.

Preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are gathering pace in South Africa, as the newly constructed Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth – one of the key venues for the tournament – has been installed with an impressive sound reinforcement system comprising an abundance of Electro-Voice loudspeakers.

On the 4th and 5th of September 2009, six of the finest pyrotechnic teams in the world competed for the Pyronale Gold Cup in Berlin. Some 60,000 spectators shuffled through the Maifeld and the Olympic Stadium and marveled at the spectacular fireworks displays. TSE AG was responsible for the audio production, deploying an extensive line-up of Electro-Voice equipment including X-Line and XLD line arrays, TG power amplifiers and NetMax N8000 processors.

Seattle’s Decibel Festival had another stellar year in 2009, celebrating electronic music performance, visual art and new media.

THREE products from the Electro-Voice family have won Readers’ Choice Awards from ProSoundWeb and Live Sound International magazine! Over 35,000 votes were cast by readers of both two publications to determine the “Best Product” in specific categories.

An extensive Electro-Voice XLD line array loudspeaker installation has raised the bar for the James T. Jeremiah chapel sound at Cedarville University in Cedarville, near Columbus, Ohio. Designed by Todd Gathany and Jeff Sanderson of consultants Onpoint Designs and integrated by AGI Professional (Kelly Baum & Kyle Anderson), the system features 36 XLD281 line array elements, 12 XCS312 cardioid subwoofers and 2 NetMax N8000 processors.

Following the success of last year’s event, Shuttlesound is announcing another Big Day Out, a celebration of all things Electro-Voice for the UK’s pro-audio industry professionals. This is a unique opportunity to get hands-on with the full range of EV products, from the four different line-array formats to the latest in wireless microphones.

The third season of AMC’s hit drama “Mad Men” premiered in New York’s Times Square with suitably classy sound reinforcement from Zeo Brothers (Hatboro, Penn.) and Electro-Voice.

(Burnsville, Minn., Oct. 7, 2009) Burnsville, Minn.-based professional audio equipment manufacturer Electro-Voice has announced that it will be joining forces with local rockers GB Leighton for a free fundraising concert event at the new Burnsville Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Nov. 17th.

Bosch’s Communications Systems Division is proud to be a sponsor of InfoComm AV Week, celebrated at a wide range of events by AV industry professionals around the world from October 18-24, 2009.

Bosch’s Communications Systems Division has partnered with the NSCA Education Foundation to establish the Monte Wise Scholarship, named in fond remembrance of Monte Wise — "one of the pro audio industry’s great personalities and mentors” — who passed away on September 30th, 2009. Monte was Systems Applications Specialist, Pro Sound, for Bosch’s Communications Systems Division.

Brand new Electro-Voice EVA line array loudspeakers are providing exceptional style and sound quality as part of an installation at Salem High School (Salem, Ohio).

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague Mr. Monte Wise, Systems Applications Specialist, Pro Sound, for Bosch’s Communications Systems Division.

Suntory Hall is the first building in Tokyo to be created solely for live concert events. Opened in Oct. 12, 1986, Suntory Hall has a well-established reputation for its excellent acoustics, and, with its location in central Tokyo, has consistently high annual attendances. The addition of an elegant Electro-Voice XLVC (X-Line Very Compact) sound system enhances the sound and speech intelligibility at the historic Hall.

Nihon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan can seat up to 10,000 people and plays host to 900,000 guests annually. A leading venue for amateur and pro sports events, the hall also regularly features concerts by top musicians like Eric Clapton and Yumi Matsutoya, as well as a wide range of exhibitions. In February 2009 the hall upgraded their sound system with state-of-the-art equipment from Electro-Voice.

World-renowned Japanese DJ Towa Tei, most renowned as a founding member of seminal New York club trio Deee Lite, started his latest 10-location, 10-stage Japanese “DJ Tour” with an album release party dubbed “Motivational Special – Big Fun Release Party,” held at Air Tokyo Daikanyama on February 13th, 2009. Special guests from Japan and around the globe made appearances and performed in front of 1,200 enthusiastic spectators. Electro-Voice microphones helped ensure the event sounded superb.

The 3,000-seat Takeshi Mitarai Memorial Hall, named for the Canon’s first president, Takeshi Mitarai, was constructed at Canon headquarters to commemorate the company’s 70th anniversary. The hall will be primarily used for shareholder meetings, and was planned with close attention to clearer speech intelligibility. The project began soon after a Canon staff member visited a well-known competitor’s shareholder meeting hall and heard Electro-Voice sound.

Launched to great anticipation in June, 2009, the new Electro-Voice EVA (line array) and EVF (front-load) loudspeakers from the new EV-Innovation family of installation-dedicated loudspeakers are providing an elegant, high-performance sound solution for Snoqualmie Valley Alliance Church in Fall City, WA.

Nestled like a gem in Buenos Aires’ Villa Urquiza neighborhood, the Teatro 25 de Mayo has experienced many changes since being built in 1929. During its Tango-era heyday as one of the city’s top dance spots, the theatre enjoyed an illustrious reputation to match its imposing façade. As with many theatres of that era, it fell into a state of disrepair over subsequent years, even becoming home to a supermarket for a time…

Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division is very pleased to announce the appointment of industry veteran Steve Johnson to the position of Business Line Manager, Pro Sound.

In early August, Electro-Voice seminars were conducted in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. “We made further inroads into the South African market”, says Oliver Sahm, Director of the Technical Support Team Pro Audio.

Popular Dutch band Moke have selected Electro-Voice audio equipment for their current tour of Holland’s top clubs, ensuring their fans enjoy the best possible reproduction of their distinctive sound.

Electro-Voice is pleased to announce the release of LAPS V2.2A; this new version of LAPS, the Electro-Voice line array modeling and design program, is available for free download from the EV website at: http://www.electrovoice.com/documents/ev/LAPS%202.2A%20Installer.zip

Numerous products from the Electro-Voice family have been nominated for the first annual ProSoundWeb and Live Sound International Readers’ Choice Awards.

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, held from August 15th – 23rd, 2009 in Berlin, was one of the major sporting events of the year. With half a million spectators and nine medals this year for the hosts, Germany had plenty of reasons to celebrate. TSE AG, Berlin, was responsible for the audio production and relied on equipment from Electro-Voice.

Elite Multimedia (Memphis, Tenn.) added to their already extensive Electro-Voice PA inventory this year to meet the growing production demands.

Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division is proud to announce the hiring of Steve Quillin as Regional Account Manager for the Indiana & Kentucky region.

The Arena Zagreb, which opened in December 2008, has raised the architectural profile of the Croatian capital, Zagreb. Tehnozavod Marusic installed an extensive pro sound system from Electro-Voice in the multifunction hall, which seats up to 22,000 visitors. High-calibre concerts from acts such as Beyonce and the London Symphony Orchestra crowned the highly successful inaugural event season.

In true Texan tradition, everything about the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, Texas) is bigger and better, including its state-of-the-art Electro-Voice sound system – the largest fixed installation EV sound system in history.

Oxford, Ala.-based Sound Solutions recently completed one of the first house of worship installations of the new Electro-Voice EVA compact line array at Center of Hope Church in Anniston, Ala.