Based near Ibbenbüren in northern Germany, the company extended its already large EAW fleet by adding 16 of the KF740 full range enclosures, containing four 10in woofers in dual phase-aligned pairs, along with eight matched dual 21in SB-2001 subs - and eight MicroWedge MW15 stage monitors. The deal was concluded at the recent Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt and the order fulfilled by Trius GmbH & Co, EAW's German distributors.
L&S MD Tobias Berghaus comments, "Having used many other line array systems in the past we are familiar with the market - and it was simply that the EAW / Trius combination offered the best price/performance ratio. Since Trius are based just 15 minutes away we know we can rely on them for fast back-up response."
The timing of the acquisition will enable the company to push further into its core market segments - particularly in the corporate events sector, where they run a number of variable size indoor and outdoor mobile stages under the Easystage, Quickstage and Arcostage categories.
"The line array hangs needed to fit into our stages for multipurpose use and be easy to handle," says Berghaus. "At the same time the flight-cased enclosures needed to be 'truck-size' compatible for economy of transport - and all this criteria the KF740 fulfills."
Sales and marketing director, Stefan Werthmöller adds, "However fantastic the speaker system sounds, if we cannot depend on the trust and reliability of the distributor then we don't buy. In the case of Trius, they are a long term partner of L&S, with very high business and technical expertise - so it was a no-brainer."
The new system will be driven by Lab.gruppen PLM 10,000Q and PLM 14000 amplifiers, which also formed part of the recent tranche of acquisitions by L&S, along with further moving lights. This will enable the company to provide advanced, fully-integrated technical coverage for audiences up to 15,000.
(Jim Evans)
