One of the highlights of the two-day event was an awards ceremony held to recognize the contributions of several of the company's distributors. The Award for Concert Sound Sales went to John Hornby Skewes of the UK and was accepted by Dennis Drumm and Neville Raine. SDS of Switzerland picked up the Award for Portable Sound Sales, and Stefano Pagani, Ilan Kriesi and Christian Kraska were on hand to collect. In the field of Install Sound Sales, the Award was won by Space Lights of Greece and collected by Klem Tokatlidis and Christos Asproulis. There was also an award for the Most Improved Distributor, which was won by Show Service of Kasakhstan.
"It's always very difficult to single out distributors for individual praise, as every distributor has worked very hard for the success of the company," says Andreas Mayerl, HK Audio's international sales director.
Distributors were also treated to an outdoor demonstration of the company's Cohedra (Coherent Dynamic Response Array) system. A system of six CDR 208T and six CDR 208S cabinets was flown at a height of 7m and demonstrated in conjunction with 12 CDR 210 Sub subwoofers, a PR 16 Amprack and a PR 8 Amprack. The audience, listening at a distance of 120m, were impressed by the power and intelligibility of the sound, say HK, especially as the demonstration was conducted in strong wind.
(Lee Baldock)
