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June 18, 2014
Products & Solutions
QSC Introduces New Loudspeaker Models
INFOCOMM 2014, LAS VEGAS (June 18, 2014) — QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of three new loudspeaker models designed for fixed installation applications. The new AD-S6T and AD-S112sw surface-mount loudspeakers are additions to the popular AcousticDesign Series, while the new AC-C4T (part of the upcoming AcousticCoverage loudspeaker line) offers integrators a cost-effective, in-ceiling loudspeaker solution that is ideal for voice paging and light background music applications. “Today’s integrator is looking for a single solution system including loudspeakers and these new additions to the QSC loudspeaker lineup helps fulfill that growing need,” says Travis Nie, QSC Product Manager – Install Loudspeakers. “With the continuously growing acceptance of the Q-SYS platform and PLD/CXD amplifiers both of which feature Intrinsic Correction™…
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June 18, 2014
Products & Solutions
QSC Unveils New Interactive Catalog
INFOCOMM 2014, LAS VEGAS (June 18, 2014) — QSC is pleased to introduce its new full-line Pro and Systems Product Catalog Application, designed for use on tablet computer platforms. A companion to the product pocket guides introduced earlier this year, this new interactive app allows users the ability to browse the entire QSC product portfolio and get detailed product information including descriptions, key features, specifications and images. When connected to a WiFi hot spot, users can also link out to additional product information on the QSC website as well as, the QSC YouTube webpage (www.youtube.com/user/qscaudioproducts) where they will find a variety of product informational and educational videos. “One of the best things about the new app is our ability to provide users with up to date product information in a manner that is simply unavailable in a printed…
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June 18, 2014
Featured Case Studies
19th Century Connecticut Castle Modernizes with New QSC Audio System
Branford, CT (June 17, 2014) — Bill Miller’s Castle, a sumptuous, 24-acre wedding, corporate meeting and special events facility located east of New Haven on Connecticut’s central shoreline, recently completed a major upgrade to its installed sound system. Design and integration of the venue’s new multipurpose sound system was provided by KJR Engineering of Middletown, Ct and features 38 AcousticDesign™ and AcousticPerformance™ loudspeakers installed in 23 zones powered by CXD and CX amplifiers, all controlled by a Q-SYS™ Core 250i network audio system. Built in 1880 and maintained by the Millers—a family of renowned gymnasts, acrobats and dancers—since the early 1960s, this picturesque building was initially converted into gymnastics and dance studio before becoming what was then the first discotheque in Connecticut, the “Sugar Shack.” The present-day Bill Miller’s…
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June 16, 2014
Products & Solutions
New Immersive Surround Loudspeaker
QSC Audio Products is pleased to introduce the newest member of the SR Series surround loudspeaker family, the SR-1290. In response to new audio requirements created by immersive sound formats, the SR-1290 offers high power output, more flexible mounting options, and outstanding sonic performance in a stylish, cost-effective, compact loudspeaker enclosure. “The growing interest in object-based audio and so-called ‘immersive sound’ formats presents some new challenges to both the theatre owner and the sound system designer,” says Barry Ferrell, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Business Unit Manager for QSC’s Cinema Group. “A properly configured system requires many more surround loudspeakers and amplifier channels, which can mean a significantly higher cost compared to a 5.1 or 7.1 system. The loudspeakers must be capable of producing higher output,…
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June 12, 2014
Corporate
QSC Infocomm 2014 Preview
QSC will be exhibiting at INFOCOMM 2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in booth #C9917, June 18 through June 20, 2014. If you are coming to INFOCOMM, please stop by the QSC booth and check out new products and announcements. Here’s a quick preview: Transportation – Come see how Q-SYS, in conjunction with our passenger video and audio messaging partner SimpleWay, can be leveraged in Airports, Train and Light Rail stations and systems, Ferry and Cruise terminals. In addition to the advances Q-SYS has made into the passenger terminal market, at this interactive station, attendees can also check out the new Core-to-Core paging feature in the new Q-SYS Designer 4.0 software. Hospitality – SVSi’s Networked AV technology is one of the most proven and cost-effective solutions for video over IP on the market today. Infocomm attendees can see first-hand the power and…
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June 12, 2014
Featured Case Studies
EightyTwo Lounge Opens with an All QSC Sound System
Los Angeles, CA, (June 11, 2014) — QSC K Series and AcousticDesign™ Series loudspeakers are delivering tunes to the gamers at EightyTwo, a new 4,000-square-foot classic video arcade and pinball bar that recently opened in L.A.’s Downtown Arts District. EightyTwo—a reference to 1982, the peak year of the golden age of arcade games—features a DJ, a dance floor and video games in one room with pinball machines in another room, with the sound system controlled by a Q-SYS™ Core 250i integrated platform. EightyTwo features more than 40 period arcade games from the 1980’s, such as Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac-Man, and Space Invaders from the personal collection of Scott Davids, who co-owns the venue with Noah Sutcliffe. Across the 1,700-sq.-ft. outdoor patio is a roomful of vintage pinball machines supplied by “Pinball Molly” Atkinson, owner of the Pins and Needles arcade in Echo…
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June 12, 2014
Featured Case Studies
QSC Helps Casino Refurbishment Project Achieve Handsome Savings
Melbourne, Australia, June 2014 — When the Crown Spas complex in Melbourne, Australia decided to upgrade their audio systems, Digital Living, a Melbourne based AV integrator, was contracted to do the work. In the process, Digital Living helped Crown Spas save an estimated 15 to 20 percent on the project by installing a QSC Q-SYSCore 500i processor at the heart of the system. In addition to the cost-effective and powerful integrated Core 500i processor, the Crown Spas complex audio upgrade also utilises 22 QSC TSC-3 touchscreens and 15 QSC CX254 four-channel amplifiers. The Crown complex, located on the south bank of the Yarra river, is renowned for incorporating one of the largest casinos in the world, as well as three hotels, luxury shopping facilities, several nightclubs, a cinema, various restaurants and two spas, including the five-star Crown Spas. The brief for…
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May 29, 2014
Corporate
QSC Strengthens its Sales Team in the U.S. with New Appointments
Costa Mesa, CA (May 28, 2014) – QSC is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its Systems sales team with the appointment of Mike DeFreece and Frank West. Mike DeFreece has been named Director of Sales for the Eastern Region while Frank West has been named Director of Sales for the Central Region, joining Director of Western Regional Sales Ray Biba in the company’s Systems business unit. “I am thrilled to have Mike DeFreece and Frank West join the QSC Systems Team,” says Joe Pham, QSC President and CEO. “Mike and Frank each have in-depth experience of the marketplace as well as track records of providing customers with outstanding solutions and service. I am very excited about what they will bring to our customers and to QSC.” DeFreece brings more than 20 years of industry experience to his new role at QSC. Most recently, DeFreece served as the Southeast…
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May 7, 2014
Featured Case Studies
QSC Sets The Scene At Auckland's Urban Turban
Auckland, New Zealand, May 2014 — AcousticDesign loudspeakers from QSC, driven by GX3 and RMX850 amplifiers, have been installed at a stylish new bar/restaurant in the Wynyard Quarter, a recently redeveloped harbourside area in New Zealand's second city, Auckland. The splendidly named Urban Turban wears its Mumbai influence on its sleeve, offering fine Indian cuisine and beers and a high-quality sound system in a top people-watching spot on the waterfront. Local AV contractor Halogen Audio was asked to install some loudspeakers for the restaurant's external pavement areas. As a long-standing user of QSC products, and mindful of the restaurant's north-facing waterfront location, Halogen's Rick Senekal chose models from the QSC AcousticDesign series for their durable construction and ability to endure constant exposure to the wind, sun, salt air and water. After a short…
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May 7, 2014
Featured Case Studies
Oklahoma’s Pioneer Cellular Event Center Opens with QSC Equipped Arena
Weatherford, OK (May 1, 2014) — Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening of its new Pioneer Cellular Event Center, a 93,000-square-foot multipurpose sports and event facility which was constructed at a cost of approximately $20 million. The new venue features a 4,000-seat arena equipped with a 360-degree QSC WideLine Series Line Array System driven by PowerLight 3 Series amplifiers, AcousticPerformance loudspeakers to provide monitoring in the control booth, and a Q-SYS™ Core 250i integrated system platform which handles signal processing and distribution. AVL Systems Design, LLC, a design-build firm located in Edmond, OK, supplied and installed the QSC Audio equipment as part of an integrated audio, video and control system at the venue. “We installed 48 of the WideLine WL2082-i arrays,” says Marc…
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May 6, 2014
Featured Case Studies
Toronto’s New Ripley’s Aquarium Takes Control with Q-SYS™ Core 500i
Toronto, ON, Canada (April 27, 2014) — Located at the base of the iconic CN Tower in Toronto, the state-of-the-art Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada opened earlier this year. The new high-tech building, shaped like a multi-faceted shell, features an open window on the roof above the main entrance, which represents a window to the aquatic world. The facility’s new sound reinforcement and paging systems feature a full complement of QSC loudspeakers and amplifiers, managed by a Q-SYS™ Core 500i integrated system platform. The Q-SYS system centralizes the control of all background audio content throughout the new aquarium and represents the first large-scale installation of the processor to feature the optional MTP-128 playback engine, which expands the system’s capabilities from the standard 16 tracks to 128 tracks. At 135,000 square feet (12,542 square meters), Ripley’s…
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March 25, 2014
Products & Solutions
QSC Launches New Online Design Tool
QSC has launched a new online tool to help make it easier to select the most appropriate system of QSC cinema products for a specific application. QSC offers the industry’s most comprehensive catalog of cinema audio products, including processors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers. Although such a wide selection assures that we can provide the most appropriate solution for any specific cinema application, we also recognize that so many choices can make it challenging to select the best package. The new Online Application Guide makes that selection much easier. Simply enter a few basic parameters for your application, click “View Results”, and you’ll get a basic system package which can be used as a starting point to tailor the most optimal system configuration for your requirements, at the most cost-effective price. The new Online Application Guide can be accessed at…
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March 25, 2014
Products & Solutions
QSC Introduces New DPA-Q Network Amplifiers
Designed specifically for use with the Q-SYS™ Network Audio Platform, QSC Audio Products, LLC is pleased to announce the new DPA-Q Network Amplifier Series. DPA-Q amplifiers combine high power output with Q-SYS network connectivity and processing to create the ultimate audio routing and power solution for cinema sound applications. Q-SYS, introduced by QSC in 2007, is an extremely powerful yet simple-to-use digital audio network platform that has been installed in hundreds of large commercial applications around the world. Since it is completely scalable, it’s also a cost-effective option for cinema operators who want to take advantage of the benefits offered by a networked audio solution. With the new DPA-Q amplifiers, putting a cinema’s audio system on the network is as simple as plugging in an Ethernet cable. Network access offers many benefits, including the…
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March 20, 2014
Products & Solutions
Q-SYS for Cinema Immersive Audio
At CinemaCon 2014 in booth 213F, QSC Audio Products will be demonstrating a versatile processing platform that can accommodate any object-based or channel-based immersive sound format. Q-SYS, the company’s network audio platform, now has the capability to directly accept a network connection from a Dolby® CP850 processor, and it can also function as the rendering engine for MDA, the multi-dimensional audio format developed by DTS®, Inc. Immersive sound, which features a three-dimensional array of loudspeakers and the ability to place sounds anywhere in the cinema, offers filmmakers more creative freedom in the production of a cinema soundtrack. It also offers cinemagoers a much greater sense of engagement with the action on screen. Although standards are still being proposed, there are several formats which have been developed to produce the immersive audio…
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March 19, 2014
Corporate
QSC Ships Colossal Cinema System for CinemaCon 2014
At CinemaCon, the Colosseum is used for all screenings and product reels sponsored by the major film studios and distributors. Since the room is far larger than most cinemas, a combination of QSC professional audio gear and cinema products are used.
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January 10, 2014
Corporate
QSC Promotes Danny Pickett
QSC Audio Products is pleased to announce the promotion of Danny Pickett to Director, Global Cinema Sales. Danny Pickett joined QSC Cinema in 2005 as Key Accounts Manager, and was tasked with selecting and setting up European cinema dealers for QSC Audio Products. In 2010, he was promoted to Cinema Sales Manager, taking on management and support for domestic and international cinema dealers. As Director, Global Cinema Sales, Danny will have overall responsibility for all domestic and international sales operations and customer technical support. “Danny has proven to be one of our strongest assets in cinema sales,” says Barry Ferrell, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for QSC Audio Products. “Since he became Cinema Sales Manager, our global cinema sales have grown significantly, and a large percentage of that increase was directly related to the…
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December 5, 2013
Products & Solutions
QSC Announces New Small Room Loudspeakers
QSC Audio Products announces three new cost-effective loudspeakers for smaller cinemas that meet sound output requirements without compromising sound quality. The new models include two passive full-range, two-way screen channel loudspeakers and a compact, narrow profile subwoofer. Combined with the QSC SC-2150 screen channel loudspeaker and SR-8101 surround, QSC now offers the most complete range of loudspeaker products tailored to the needs and budgets of small room cinema applications. Optimized for rooms up to 35 feet (11 meters) from the screen to the last row of seating, the new SC-1120 two-way screen channel loudspeaker features a 12-inch low frequency driver and a 1.75-inch voice coil high frequency driver. The new SC-1150 two-way screen channel loudspeaker is designed for rooms up to 45 feet (14 meters) in length, featuring a single 15-inch low frequency…
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November 19, 2013
Corporate
QSC Appoints New Head of R&D
QSC Audio Products, LLC., is very pleased to announce the appointment of John White to the position of Vice President, Research and Development. In his new role at QSC, White will be providing technical and managerial leadership to the development programs at the company, and proactively plan and execute personnel development, process management and infrastructure management within the R&D department. White will report to the COO of QSC, Jatan Shah. “We are tremendously excited to have Dr. John White join the dedicated professionals at QSC, “says Jatan Shah. “As QSC continues to develop new, revolutionary technology platforms to serve our customers, we look forward to having John offer his leadership and expertise to our cutting-edge research and product development team.” White brings his vast amount of technical experience at some of the world’s leading…
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October 31, 2013
Featured Case Studies
Q-Sys Controls Chills and Thrills at Plano’s Dark Hour Haunted House
Plano, TX (October 31, 2103)-- The latest addition to the billion-dollar haunted house industry, the new Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano, Texas featured an extensive all-QSC Audio multi-zone sound system controlled by dual redundant Q-Sys Core 500i processors. The high-tech haunt, comprises three terrifying realms -- dominion of the dead, coven manor, and voodoo vengeance -- all outfitted with a variety of QSC Audio active K Series, KW Series, and KLA Series loudspeakers, as well as AcousticPerformance and AcousticDesign loudspeakers driven by CX Series and PowerLight 3 Series amplifiers. Throughout the Dark Hour attraction, which begins in a graveyard, continues through the haunted house and finishes in a voodoo-themed area, Q-Sys and a full complement of QSC loudspeakers reinforced the chills and thrills with special effects and ambient sound. The entire audio…
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October 25, 2013
Products & Solutions
New Post-Production System from QSC
At ShowEast in Hollywood, Florida this week, QSC Audio Products introduced a new complete loudspeaker system for critical listening applications. The Reference Monitor System (shown here with optional baffle wings) includes screen channel and subwoofer loudspeakers, signal processing, and power amplifiers, resulting in a fully-optimized system for the best possible listening experience when high quality sound is paramount. The Reference Monitor System loudspeaker components are the new RSC-112 three-way loudspeaker and the new RSB-212 subwoofer. The RSC-112 is the screen channel component of the Reference Monitor System. It features a 12” (305 mm) woofer with 4” (102 mm) voice coil for exceptional low frequency bandwidth reproduction. The LF driver crosses over into a high power capacity, neodymium mid frequency compression driver with 3.5” (90 mm) voice coil and…
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