Partially televised on NBC and attended by 10,000 of NFL's 'closest friends', the invite-only Tailgate 2009 concert featured ground-stacked arrays of six Kudo enclosures per side paired with four SB28 subs, all positioned beneath large video screens adjacent to the stage. Four tiny MTD108 enclosures were spread out across the stage lip to provide front-fill coverage, with eight 115XT HiQ wedges available for monitoring. Loudspeakers were driven with LA Series amplification.
"The Kudo system sounded phenomenal," says Scott Briese, Clearwing's audio shop manager. "The layout of the audience area required that we use a system with a wider dispersion pattern than V-DOSC but still have plenty of horsepower and throw, and Kudo did not disappoint. The client is fairly particular about where sound is and isn't, so, thanks to the excellent pattern control of the enclosure, they were very happy with the sound."
(Jim Evans)
