The new order is built around a 36-enclosure MLA system, comprising of 22 MLA top boxes, 12 MLX subs, and two MLD down-fill enclosures. It also includes 22 x Martin Audio W8LC Compact line arrays (and two W8LD down-fills), 10 x W8LM (and two W8LMD down-fills), 20 x WS218X 2 x 18" subs. Controlling the systems will be six new MA18K and 12 MA5.2K amplifiers, along with a pair of DX1.5 dedicate digital system controllers.
CitySound has also upgraded their floor monitors, adding 16 x Martin Audio LE1200, eight LE1500 and eight LE2100 low-profile wedges to their hire fleet.
This represents a massive investment and huge leap of faith in the British manufacturer. The order was supplied through Martin Audio's Russian distributors A&T Trade, and facilitated by account manager Dimitry Zhuravlev.
The purchase was rubber-stamped by CitySound director Alexander Kosarev after hearing the system at the iTunes Festival at the London Roundhouse, and under demo conditions at Martin Audio's headquarters in High Wycombe.
"When I first heard the MLA at iTunes I was completely shocked by the coverage and clarity of sound. I visited London with my Russian colleagues, all of whom are very experienced in sound, and for everyone the experience was absolutely unbelievable; we walked from the right side of the venue to the left, then from the stage back to the entrance - and the coverage, sound level and frequency response was exactly the same wherever we went. We did not hear any changes at all."
(Jim Evans)
