PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lorde’s sold-out show on March 8 at the 3,119-seat Tower Theater in Philadelphia was the fifth stop on the artist’s month-long first tour of the U.S. It was also the debut performance of the first L-ACOUSTICS K2 line array system in the City of Brotherly Love.
The system, which was recently purchased by Rick Bauder of Horsham-based Bauder Audio Systems, Inc., consisted of 24 K2 line source array modules flown 12 per side, a dozen SB28 subwoofers placed end up and positioned evenly across the face of the stage, and six KARA for front fill. Fifteen LA8 amplified controllers housed in five LA-RAK touring racks delivered the power and loudspeaker processing.
“The Lorde show sounded amazing,” says Bauder Audio Production Manager Brian Naab of the performance at the Tower Theater, a Live Nation venue. “Lorde’s front-of-house mixer, Philip Harvey, was thrilled with the rig. He was genuinely excited to do his first show on a K2 system. Tower Theater’s production manager, Malcolm Condie, said Lorde’s crew was ecstatic and he thought the debut of the new system was a complete success. Everyone also commented on the power and the coverage of the SB28 subs; they reached the rear of the main floor and upper-balcony seating without any problem. We watched the meters on L-ACOUSTICS’ LA Network Manager along with the engineer’s SpectraFoo window and they were regularly producing 40 Hz evenly and consistently all night with plenty of headroom.”
Naab explains the strategy behind Bauder’s recent purchase. “We were looking for a large-format line source array system to expand our client base, to be able to service larger venues up to sheds and arenas,” he says. “We chose several manufacturers’ systems to compare and in every aspect — performance, sound, weight and simplicity of rigging — the K2 came out ahead. It offered a number of operational advantages, such as the ability to groundstack the enclosures on their own ‘chariots’ and use screwjacks to stabilize them as needed. Plus, the enclosure sounds identical to the flagship K1 product, and L-ACOUSTICS is in the top three systems of every rider that comes across my desk. We expect a very good return on investment from K2.”
With K2 also recently used for a March 14 sold-out Ellie Goulding concert at Temple University’s Liacouras Center, the new rig is already paying dividends. “Lorde’s concert convinced the production manager at the Tower Theater that we can handle any show there now, and the sound that night drew very positive responses from other promoters,” he adds. “We couldn’t be happier with K2 and L-ACOUSTICS so far.”
For more info on Bauder Audio Systems, visit www.bauderaudio.com.
L-ACOUSTICS is a leading innovator and manufacturer of high-performance loudspeakers, amplifiers and signal processing devices for touring and installed sound markets. Known around the globe for pioneering and championing the modern line array loudspeaker concept with V-DOSC, the company has received numerous accolades for its K1, K2, KUDO, KARA, KIVA, ARCS, XT coaxial loudspeaker systems and SB line of subwoofer enclosures, all powered and processed with the LA4 and LA8 amplified controllers in fulfillment of a “total system approach.” Product distribution and customer service for the USA is handled by L-ACOUSTICS’ subsidiary in Oxnard, CA.
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