PA PLUS ACES NELLY FURTADO’S CANADIAN HOMECOMING WITH JBL PROFESSIONAL VERTEC® LINE ARRAYS

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, July 30, 2004 – Demonstrating the reliability of JBL VERTEC? line arrays in acoustically difficult venues, Toronto-based PA Plus handled the sound duties for pop star Nelly Furtado’s Canadian tour, which took place during July. The sound system for the tour featured 16 VERTEC VT4889 line array elements, powered by Crown I-Tech amplifiers.

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The tour’s largest show took place July 15 at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, an open-air facility that includes a covered pavilion with reserved seating for 9,000 as well as lawn seating for an additional 7,000. The show, staged in a reverberant setting, was a resounding success, related Neil McDermott, Vice President of PA Plus. “The Molson Amphitheatre is always challenging in that its construction is mostly glass and concrete surfaces,” he said. “The venue is reflective and very hard-sounding. So the challenge is precision focus for system control—keeping the speakers focused to take the architectural elements out of play as much as possible.”

PA Plus was able to address the venue’s acoustical challenges with the VERTEC rig, which can be set up and controlled in a precise manner. “The best-sounding shows I’ve witnessed at the Molson Amphitheatre have all been line array systems, and those with JBL VT4889’s have been the best,” McDermott added. “We’ve had our VERTEC system for about a year, and it never ceases to please in its application. The FOH engineer, Jeffrey Holdip, had never mixed in the venue before, but was able to dial everything in quickly, and our VERTECs maintained his mix and the focus of the show’s energy throughout the evening.”

The VERTEC VT4889 was the first in a growing family of line array system products that now includes the VT4880 and VT4881 subwoofers along with mid-and small sized line arrays. The enclosures can be mixed and matched to accommodate nearly any concert, special event or other sound reinforcement application.

PA Plus can be contacted at www.pa-plus.com, or (416) 429-9249.

Caption (left to right): Neil McDermott, Vice President, PA Plus
Productions; Mark Radu, Head Systems Engineer, PA Plus Productions; Pip Betteridge, Production Manager; Jeffrey Holdip, FOH Engineer; and Gabor Szepesi, President, PA Plus Productions.

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Headquartered in Northridge, California, JBL Professional is the world’s leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of professional loudspeakers for recording and broadcast, musician, cinema, touring sound, commercial sound and contracting applications. JBL Professional is part of the Harman International network of professional and consumer audio companies. For complete product and company information, go to the JBL Professional website at www.jblpro.com.

About the Harman Pro Group:
Headquartered in Northridge, California, the Harman Pro Group is part of Harman International Industries, Incorporated (www.harman.com), a leading manufacturer of high-quality, high fidelity audio products and infotainment systems for the automotive, home and professional markets. The Company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: HAR. Harman Pro Group companies include AKG Acoustics, BSS Audio, dbx, Crown International, JBL Professional, Lexicon, Soundcraft, and Studer.

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