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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Auckland International Airport is the biggest and busiest airport in New Zealand—and it just got bigger with the completion of the first stage of an extension to its international baggage hall. The 300-foot extension is capable of housing more than 500 passengers and is one of several construction projects for the airport’s new combined international and domestic terminal. Auckland systems integrator Bartons Sound Systems installed the PA for the new space, which employs HARMAN’s JBL Intellivox DC280 digitally steerable, self-powered loudspeaker arrays.

STRATTON MOUNTAIN, Vermont – The Wild Honey Pie, a Brooklyn-based media and experiences company that produces and records live performances, recently released its latest season of On The Mountain, an original music video series recorded on location at Stratton Mountain in Vermont. With all options available, The Wild Honey Pie recording team chose a HARMAN Soundcraft Si Performer 2 digital audio console and JBL EON portable loudspeakers for extreme sessions.

The 87th Academy Awards took place on Sunday, February 22, once again being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. While it marked the first year with Neil Patrick Harris as the host, it was yet another year of ATK Audiotek providing the live sound reinforcement system, highlighted by HARMAN’s JBL VERTEC® line arrays.

NEW YORK, New York — Madison Square Garden in New York City and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn recently hosted the NBA All-Star Weekend, a celebration of the most talented professional basketball players in the world. To match the talent on the court, Firehouse Productions supplied world-class sound reinforcement systems at both venues, relying on HARMAN’s JBL Professional VTX and VERTEC® line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers.

LOS ANGELES, California – For Sunday’s 57th Annual GRAMMY® Awards, HARMAN’s JBL loudspeakers were once again a major part of the live sound and broadcast elements of the event, with ATK Audiotek providing a JBL VERTEC® line array system at the STAPLES Center, and JBL’s brand-new studio monitors used in the Television Committee Room and Audio Post Studio

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Cape Town, South Africa’s Cape Audio College has been training newly minted sound engineers for more than 18 years. Boasting 52 fully equipped multitrack recording studios, mixdown and editing suites and live sound work areas, the school takes a practical approach to audio training and has offers a diploma in sound technology and production among its courses of study. Recently Cape Audio College acquired a complete HARMAN JBL VRX loudspeaker system and Crown I-Tech HD Series amplifiers that will be used when training student sound engineers.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — HARMAN’s JBL Professional continues to provide the systems integration community with EN54-compliant solutions with the introduction of new ceiling loudspeakers at ISE 2015. The JBL Control 10C-VA Series features three new models that are EN54-certified versions of the JBL Control 10 Series, while the CSS-15C-VA is ideal for voice announce applications

In one of the most exciting Super Bowls in history, ATK Audiotek once again provided sound reinforcement for Super Bowl XLIX, which took place at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. ATK Audiotek deployed its custom-designed, cart-based audio system, equipped with HARMAN’s JBL VERTEC® line array loudspeakers, for the game’s halftime show and pregame performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful.”

As the organization behind the GRAMMY® Awards, The Recording Academy® has been dedicated to honoring achievements in the recording arts for more than 50 years. In preparation for the upcoming 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremonies, the Academy equipped its listening rooms with HARMAN’s JBL Professional 3 Series and new 7 Series studio monitors, for critical listening in the 2015 GRAMMY Awards screening sessions.

All things come to those who wait, as Mitchell Frank can attest. Owner of the newly revived Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles, it took Frank almost 10 years of dreaming about it, acquiring a long-term lease for it in February 2012, then waiting through 19 months of construction before the Regent finally reopened last November as a premier venue in LA’s reemerging downtown music scene. Originally built in the 1920s, the 1,100-capacity venue has been renovated with an eclectic combination of preserved historic architectural details and up to the minute furnishings and amenities – including a HARMAN Professional audio system based around JBL VTX Series line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD Series amplifiers.

ANAHEIM, California — HARMAN’s JBL Professional today announced the introduction of its SRX800 Series portable powered loudspeakers, which incorporate premium JBL transducers and built-in Crown DriveCore amplifiers to deliver exceptional sound quality with user-configurable DSP speaker-tuning capability.

Building on its industry-leading line of Intellivox loudspeakers, HARMAN’s JBL Professional is introducing the new Intellivox 380 Series. The DC380, DS380 and DSX380 offer unmatched control, complex room coverage capabilities, and pinpoint steerability, making them ideal for applications where intelligibility and accuracy are critical.

Namdhari AV is one of India’s leading audio/video rental companies, having provided sound, lighting, staging, exhibit design and other services for a number of the country’s biggest events and concerts since 1982. Continuing their commitment to providing clients with nothing less than the very best, Namdhari AV became one of the first companies in India to purchase a complete HARMAN Professional JBL VTX Series line array system, along with Crown I-Tech HD Series amplifiers.

In the revitalized neighborhood of south Philadelphia, famous chef and Philly native Luke Palladino is returning to his old stomping grounds with a new restaurant called (what else?) Palladino’s. The restaurant opened on December 17 and features gourmet Italian cuisine and world-class atmospherics courtesy of a HARMAN Professional audio system.

In an effort to support the most influential economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region, local HARMAN distributor ACE recently provided sound reinforcement for the welcome banquet of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Beijing.

With two headline shows in Ontario, Alice In Chains recently completed its North American tour, where the band performed in theaters and arenas with capacities ranging from 1,500 to 4,000 seats. Having stocked HARMAN inventory for 25 years, live production company Creative Audio provided full production elements for the show including JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD power amplifiers.

Featuring free performances by Pharrell Williams and Soundgarden, the 2014 NFL Kickoff Event scored big with sonic capabilities provided by New York-based Firehouse Productions. Held outside Seattle’s iconic CenturyLink Field, the annual event’s musical guests were backed by an audio system featuring HARMAN’s JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers.

As befits its Nashville location, Belmont University has close ties to the music industry—its Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business (CEMB) is the world’s only AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business)-accredited Music Business program as well as the first ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)-accredited Audio Engineering Technology program.

Dutch audio rental provider Story Sound has recently completed what has unquestionably been the most diverse range of projects in the company’s history, all with a rig of HARMAN’s JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers.

While working as a Senior Manager of Product Development for event production company JHE Production Group, Greg Smith channels much of his professional expertise into his passion for audio production at his home studio.