Chromatica, Meyer Sound's Hungarian dealer, organised the highly successful event with the assistance of the loudspeaker maker's European team. "This is the first time that any dealer or distributor has set up a complete loudspeaker system in a theatre in Hungary purely for demonstration purposes," explains Chromatica's Imre Makkay. "It has created a real buzz in the market here. Around 35 guests from various Hungarian theatre and rental companies were present."
Luke Jenks, Meyer Sound's European technical support director, introduced the company and provided background information. Then Moln·r, also from the technical support department and based in Budapest, gave a short explanation of line array theory, introduced the system that was being demonstrated and explained how it had been designed.
Jenks was pleased with the demonstration's success and Chromatica's work. "As with the seminar we held in Budapest this past spring, I am very happy with the effort and organisation shown by Chromatica," he reports. "The event itself was first class, and I enjoyed listening to the music as much as the invitees. The combination of education and system demonstration showed impressive synergy and I look forward to future collaborations. The Hungarian market is growing quickly for Meyer Sound because of efforts such as this and our shared love of music and quality sound."
Before the public demo, the National Theatre of Gyor used the system for a week for the Musical Festival of Gyor. Vilmos Opra, head of sound for the theatre, sums up his reaction by saying, "We couldn't have imagined before this that sound can be so dramatically improved by using a properly designed and carefully set up Meyer Sound system, but this event has shown just what can be achieved."
(Jim Evans)
