"When EAW's UK sales manager Kevin McNally first mentioned they were coming out with the KF740 and gave us the rough dimensions of the box, being smaller and more manageable than some of our current inventory, I knew this would be something we would be interested in," stated Eurohire owner Mervin George. "We've had the KF760's for some time, which are great for outside in the summer, long-range or arena-type shows, but we wanted to get into a new system opening up the possibility of an additional client base - and I thought the 740 could be that box."
After finally hearing a KF740 system at the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke, both Mervin George and Eurohire's operations manager Jools Warren were significantly impressed. "When we heard the 740 system, I was really taken aback, really surprised," stated George. "One of the benefits I see is that although it's only a three-way box, the low-end on the 740 is particularly strong, going down to 50Hz according to EAW, yet when I heard it, it sounded even lower to me. That is a real benefit, because some shows, some acts, where you've got sight line problems and you only want a little bit of sub, you can just put the 740 system up and away you go."
"Outside of the clean sound, I'm amazed at the amount of sub-bass when you just run the box three-way. The amount of bottom-end out of the boxes is phenomenal," commented Warren. "We already have the 740 system booked starting next month for the European tour of Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel. And the great thing is he will be doing venues that range between 800- to 3200-seat capacity, mainly theaters indoors. With the 740's, we can fly them in certain venues, and if they need to be used in a ground-stack configuration, we know that regardless of the venue, we're covered."
(Jim Evans)
