JBL Professional EVO Installation at Huntington Beach Middle School.Business Editors NORTHRIDGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2001 Just blocks from the Pacific Ocean, Dwyer Middle School Ethel Dwyer Middle School is located in Huntington Beach, California. Its mascot is the Jr. Oilers. Students from 6th to 8th grade attend the school. Classes Dwyer has a wide range of classes and does include the GATE program and recently introduced the National Youth in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif., has been open since 1906. In a recent upgrade, the auditorium received its first ever sound system retrofit. The school determined that the best system for the upgrade was the new EVO EVO Evolution (Mitsubishi) EVO Extra Virgin Olive Oil EVO Evolution Engine (Harley-Davidson Motorcycles) EVO Emergency Vehicle Operator EVO Escape Velocity: Override (computer game) Intelligent Loudspeaker system from JBL JBL James Bullough Lansing (audio/speaker engineer) JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JBL John Bradshaw Leyfield (wrestler) JBL Jonathan Bell Lovelace (investment research) Professional. Designed for schools, churches and meeting places, EVO's total system approach, ease-of-use and JBL's reputation were all appealing to the 1,200 student school. "Dwyer Middle School presented interesting challenges in upgrading the sound system," stated Scott Ramsey, President of Sterling Ventures, Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. , Calif., who installed the system. "We met with the school's principal, Ian Collins Ian Collins may refer to:
Ramsey determined the best place to mount the speakers was on each side of the stage, about ten feet in the air. Physically installing the speakers took less than an hour, but getting the building ready took months. As with renovations at many older schools, bringing the internal systems up to current code standards was the primary challenge. The original sound system consisted of six small wood cabinets attached to the sidewalls, with the wiring inside the walls. Because EVO was to be installed at the front of the auditorium, it was not practical to try to utilize the old wiring. The solution was found in the heating ducts. Huntington Beach school engineers painstakingly routed conduit through the ducts between the speaker positions and the mixing location backstage. "EVO has been an excellent choice for us because we obviously needed an entirely new system. The complete sound system, with the speakers, wireless and wired microphones, mixer, cables and stands, were all sorely needed," stated Duane Cox, the new principal who replaced Collins at the school. "We especially like the automatic set up and feedback elimination that are built into EVO." The EVO System chosen by Dwyer Middle School includes two EVOi.324 powered speakers Powered speakers (or active speakers) are speakers that have built-in amplifiers. They can be connected directly to a mixing console or sound source, without the need for an amplifier. Such speakers are available with passive or active crossovers built into them. . Each speaker is plugged into the EVOi.net controller, included in the integrated rack, which also includes two wireless microphone A wireless microphone, as the name implies, is a microphone without a physical cable connecting it directly to the sound recording or amplifying equipment with which it is associated. receivers and a full-featured 16-channel mixer. The EVO System comes with six dynamic microphones, two wireless microphones, four microphone stands, a dedicated measurement microphone and all cables necessary for a typical installation. For more information, contact Staci Moore (smoore@harman.com). For complete story and pictures, visit http://www.jblpro.com/pressroom/index.htm |
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