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EV X-Line a Fundamental on Pet Shop Boys Tour
Paragons of British electronic pop the Pet Shop Boys are touring North America for the first time since 2002, performing to packed houses with a set featuring hits from their 20-year career and new material from their latest album Fundamental. Houston-based LD Systems deployed EV X-Line, X-Array and remote-control Precision Series amplifiers for the tour, which wraps up in Monterrey, Mexico on November 16th.
“We already know how well the X-Line works as a rock box," says systems tech Mike "Monk" Shear of LD Systems, "and it's doing an equally impressive job handling the electronic music on the Fundamental tour. What sets the X-Line apart from other big arrays is its smooth HF response; digital signal reproduction can be a bit harsh in the high frequencies, but this rig sounds seamless and warm up in the mids and highs—we can hear the HF details without pushing them too hard. In that sense, X-Line has proved an ideal choice for this tour."
“Plus it's so easy to get a good, balanced mix on this system,” Shear continued. “You can hear the slightest EQ adjustment, and that responsiveness helps the FOH engineer work more efficiently—he can direct more time to getting coverage right in the room, which really helps in some of the older theatres with steep rakes and deep balconies on this tour. I've heard line arrays from many manufacturers, and X-Line is simply a cut above: quality audio is built into each box.
"The P-RL amps also save us a ton of time," Shear added, "and they're a big reason a tour like this can be handled by a minimal crew. I fire up the amp racks on the deck, walk out front with my laptop, and tweak my power settings and check the loudspeaker components in real time with IRIS-Net while FOH runs pink noise, all without running back and forth to the deck to turn amps down before repeating the process. We don't need an extra crew guy to yell back any problems from the room while I make amp adjustments at the rack—I can do it all myself from any point in the house. In that sense, the RL amps have definitely had a positive impact on touring in the last few years.”
7th November 2006
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