Last year, LD used an Electro-Voice XLC rig to provide coverage at the 18,500-seat Thomas and Mack Centre on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. This year the WNFR returned to the Thomas and Mack Centre, and so did LD Systems' XLC rig.
The system, comprising XLC127DVX cabinets and XLC215 subs in two-over-six combinations, was deployed in four arrays surrounding the arena's central scoreboard and video wall.
Robert Ausmus, director of production services, LD Systems, reports, "Our clients and the show's FOH engineer Derreld Yost were both amazed by the sound of this year's system in comparison to last year's. The combination of the DVX upgrade and NetMax with FIR-Drive is simply superb. It's absolutely dialed-in precise in every venue we bring it to. We can't stop talking about it, and neither can our clients after they hear it."
Derreld Yost adds, "The sound of the DVX upgrades was excellent right from the start. I could hear more intelligibility from the new boxes right away, and we didn't have any coverage issues; the two things we need most for this show are coverage and intelligibility, so it was great to have so much of both. This was the best I had ever heard this arena sound, and I've been FOH at this event for the last six years. Even after a run of 10 performances, I didn't have one issue with any of the gear or a single complaint about the sound."
(Jim Evans)
