With an ambitious tour schedule that included stops in Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI, Washington, DC, Boston, MA, New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA, the musical extravaganza made its Southern California appearance at the San Manuel Amphitheater - formerly known as Glen Helen Pavilion. There, an appreciative crowd of approximately 14,000 revelled to the music delivered by a pulse pounding sound system consisting of components from D.A.S. Audio's Aero 2 catalogue.
Irwindale, CA-based DBS Sound & Lighting was contracted to provide sound reinforcement for the event. Ruben Silva, owner/operator of DBS Sound & Lighting comments, "Providing coverage to the main seating areas in front of the stage is one thing," explained Silva, "but the grass lawn area further out is an entirely different matter, as the high winds can wreak havoc with the sound. In order to provide the long throw and broad horizontal coverage we needed, the system required serious power.
"Because of this, I was very concerned about rear rejection (sound emanating from the back side of the array clusters), as it complicates on stage monitoring and the ability of the performers to hear clearly. This was a huge consideration and one of the key reasons we decided on D.A.S. Audio's Aero 50 line arrays."
The primary sound system that DBS Sound & Lighting deployed consisted of 24 D.A.S. Audio Aero 50 line array enclosures - flown 12 per side at a height of approximately 40ft for the top enclosure. The Aero 50 line array clusters were driven by Crown Audio's I-Tech Series I-T8000 power amplifiers.
Low frequency support was partially provided by eight D.A.S. LX-218 high performance subwoofers -distributed evenly across the lower front of the stage. The D.A.S. Audio LX-218 subwoofer features Power for the subwoofers was also provided by Crown Audio I-Tech Series I-T8000 power amplifiers. DBS Sound & Lighting's own house brand subwoofers, stage monitors, and side fill enclosures completed the system.
(Jim Evans)
