A new venue was built on the same site and has continued to thrive, welcoming the likes of Sammy Davis Junior, Liza Minnelli, Tower of Power, Grace Jones, Rod Stewart and many, many more. Now part of the Wallmans group of dinner show clubs throughout Scandinavia, Hamburger Börs continues to host major international artists and prestigious corporate events.
When the time came to upgrade their reliable but aging FoH and monitor consoles, Hamburger Börs FoH engineer and head of sound, David Granditsky, had no hesitation in opting for a pair of Innovason Eclipse GT consoles complete with two DioCore racks - one with 64 inputs and the second with 48 outputs to handle the monitor systems - and three SR16 mobile stageboxes that replace the venue's old analogue snakes. The entire system was supplied and commissioned by Brollan Söderström of Electrosound, Innovason's exclusive distributor in Sweden.
"We've had two Innovason Grand Live consoles since 2001, and while they still work perfectly well, they are quite old ladies now and we felt it was time to upgrade to more modern technology," explained Granditsky. "We explored a number of other options, but ultimately we decided to stay with Innovason because firstly, they ticked all of our boxes in terms of system requirements, and secondly we've always had excellent support from Electrosound and Innovason. We are a very demanding client from the point of view of technical support and service, and Brollan and Innovason have never let us down. We have never, ever had to cancel a show due to technical problems."
(Jim Evans)
