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Gofer Gold with KV2 Audio Treasure Trove of Sound
Ipswich-based sound and lighting hire company, Gofer Ltd has bolstered its hire inventory with the small footprint/high output of a KV2 Audio ES system and simultaneously created a tale that has woven the company inextricably into the fabric of KV2 Audio legend.
No sooner had the powerful system arrived with Gofer, it was redirected in its entirety towards the 260-acre, 18th Century estate of Lydiard Park, where Britain’s brightest energy supplier, NPower – for its 500+ capacity, marquee-staged, Christmas event, for the staff of its Swindon-based Headquarters – became Gofer’s first major client to benefit from the KV2 sound.
Left and right ground stacks comprising two KV2 ES 1.0 lightweight, compact, mid-high cabinets with a single KV2 ES 2.5 high-output subwoofer and two KV2 ES 1.8 reflex horn-loaded single 18-inch subwoofers – with each stack controlled and driven by two KV2 EPAK2500R Amplifier packs – were very quickly and simply optimised so that the event’s sparks could truly fly.
The Gofer production team on the night were immensely impressed with the both the ease of set up and the quality and level of sound. FOH engineer, Nat Clarkson, commented: “It was so unbelievably quick and pleasurable to sound check and levels of coverage and output were, well, just unbelievable!”
Production manager Nic Forsdyke’s appreciation had a more practical definition: “We saved ourselves time using the KV2 Audio system and in this game that is important. The time saved, and the lack of problems both with the load in and out, combined with the ease of use and transportation, made it a pleasure to use.”
The purchase was initiated following a random visit, made by technical director, Andy Austin-Brown, to Gofer Ltd’s showroom. Not one to usually entertain hawkers, Gofer MD, Dave Miller quickly realised he was going to have to put the KV2 Audio ‘fighting talk’ to the test.
24-hours after a very successful demonstration which brought about a feeling of ‘genuine amazement and disbelief’, the old system, against which the KV2 ES System had been compared, was literally taken apart and in pieces. As Doling explains: “We were convinced our old system was broken and started trying to establish the cause of the missing top end. Then of course we realised that it had never been there!”
Sales manager Simon Doling explains: “We wanted a modular system to replace a previous one and the KV2 Audio ES system operates at a far higher standard than what went before. Hiring out very high quality systems reflects well on Gofer – it’s been a natural and growing progression from our core generator hire business and as a company we feel there’s nothing better than KV2 out there at the moment.”
Incidentally, a further order for two of the recently launched KV2 Audio EX6 two-way, full-range cabinets, with a KV2 KX1.2 subwoofer and preamps have also been ordered and received for the company’s in-house sales and demonstration area.
Doling continues: “The KV2 sound is truly incredible and now everyone who walks into our showroom is introduced to it – some have even come back to hear their favourite ipod tracks as they’ve never heard them before!”
The purchase, in combination with the acquisition of more experienced sound personnel, marks an exciting stage in the growth of Gofer Ltd. Doling confirms: “KV2 have a great direction, they are genuinely open and approachable and their support is first class. That will work now with us. We’re putting a far greater emphasis on the sound side now than has been the case in previous years. Great sound engineers, and new sound stock with ES and EX to take us to a new level on the audio side.”
Andy Simmons, KV2 Audio’s operations director, explains the difference the KV2 Audio offers: “Until they’ve heard the difference most people don’t realise what a true ‘system’ has to offer. We don’t just manufacture loudspeaker cabinets at KV2 and use someone else’s amplifier and another’s processing. We manufacture complete systems - signal processing, specific amplifiers designed to drive specific loudspeakers, the drivers themselves and the cabinets etc. It makes a real difference when you have a perfectly matched system like that; it’s all designed to complement each other and you can hear the difference. Plus, through the technologies that we employ in each area we produce systems that are more efficient and thus physically smaller than most of our competition - that means cost savings to hire companies as Gofer have found out - and without a line array in sight!”
In picture: Will Duehring (marketing manager), Holly (Dog), Dave Miller (MD), Nic Forsdyke (project manager), Simon Doling (sales manager) and Nat Clarkson (senior sound engineer).
23rd January 2008
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