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Rhino Sound is Korea's New Sound Rental Resource
At the end of 2007 the rental company Rhino Sound was founded by director Sungwon Park and general manager Chang Gyn Choi. After several years of freelance work, these two sound engineers wanted to establish themselves with their own company. The Rhino Sound crew is made up of experienced technical specialists who have been on the Korean scene for years. Director Sungwon Park, especially, has had lengthy experience in the rental and broadcast business. Among his credits is his work as monitor engineer for Korean superstar Cho Young Phil.
A mutually beneficial coincidence brought Rhino Sound and HK Audio together. As a result of earlier projects, the principals of Rhino Sound were already on good terms with Midi & Graphics, HK Audio's Korean distribution partner. While Rhino Sound was looking for a "New Sound for Korea," Midi & Graphics was searching at the same time for a demo-partner for HK Audio Concert Sound systems, i.e. a rental company that could demonstrate Cohedra and ConTour Series systems for Midi & Graphics.
One conversation led to another, and toward the end of 2007 the crew from Rhino Sound paid a visit to HK Audio headquarters in St.Wendel, where they went through comprehensive product training and participated in thorough system tests. Rhino Sound thereupon decided to work together with Midi & Graphics, and has been the HK Audio demo-partner in Korea ever since.
Rhino Sound director Sungwon Park states: "We are very happy with HK Audio equipment. It is quality made in Germany with excellent value for the money. And the naturalness of the sound is especially impressive. The huge success of the first few gigs that we've already had in the Korean market-such as equipping the Cho Young Phil tour with ConTour Series monitors, or the GrandMint Festival and the gig with Lim Jae Bum in the Olympic Hall-have confirmed for us that we made the right decision."
2008 was a very successful year for Rhino Sound. The company was involved with a great number of projects. For example, for top Korean star Cho Young Phil's tour, Rhino Sound provided complete stage monitoring, with over thirty ConTour Series CT 112, CT 115 and CT 108 cabinets. On Rhino Sound's recommendation, the traveling company "Total Korea" also invested in their own ConTour Series monitors. Rhino Sound outfitted the concert of another Korean superstar, Lim Jae Bum, in the Olympic Hall in Seoul with HK AUDIO equipment as well. COHEDRA served as the main PA, ConTour Array as sidefills, and ConTour Series cabinets were used as the stage monitors.
At the GrandMint Festival, Rhino Sound deployed a Cohedra system with 20 CDR 208 mid/high units and 32 CDR 210 subwoofers for the Forest Garden Stage. At the Incheon Grand Park World City Festival, Rhino Sound also used a Cohedra system.
Kang Sun Mo, managing director of Korean HK Audio distributor Midi & Graphics, has enjoyed their collaboration with Rhino Sound: "With their wealth of experience, we are happy to have the Rhino Sound crew on board carrying out our professional product demonstrations and helping us boost HK Audio's brand image throughout Korea."
13th February 2009
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