The venue has always offered something of an in-house PA system for touring acts, but recently secured funds to upgrade or replace its existing outdated system. It was at this point that production manager Nic Morris and the venue's in-house engineer, Lavar Bullard, discovered Tannoy's new VQ Live system through an encounter with Paul Nicholson of Red Square Audio, who made the recommendation to arrange a demonstration.
The VQ Live system surpassed all expectations with clarity, headroom and separation. Built-in amplification and processing ensures everything is matched and operating safely while removing the need for additional racks.
"Given a price point around half that of the competing systems (based on performance) it was an easy choice for us to make and combined with the excellent support from Red Square Audio we are very happy with the result." Morris said.
Red Square Audio's Paul Nicholson added, "We asked Nic if we could demo VQ LIVE in The Waterfront for a few days and having seen the product specs on paper, he duly agreed. So, we installed and set up four tops and six subs and left him to it. The results were exceptional and we won the contract against some very well respected competitor systems."
(Jim Evans)
