South African based Surgesound recently supplied a quantity of Lab.gruppen’s acclaimed FP+ and fP Series power amplifiers to Johannesburg-based production services company, The Sound Corporation, for installation at some of the key FIFA Fan Fest™ outdoor fan parks across the country.
The Sound Corporation, one of the biggest professional-audio production houses in South Africa, is the only company to have been awarded more than two officially designated FIFA Fan Fest parks out of a total of nine designated fan parks across the country. For the thousands of eager football fans out there that haven’t been lucky enough to get tickets for the big matches, FIFA Fan Fest areas are the perfect alternative, allowing people to share in the football fever and take in the match on giant screens supported with world class audio systems. That’s where Lab.gruppen’s world renowned power amplifier expertise was brought to the game.
The Sound Corporation provided the audio systems for 4 of the fan parks, including one of the largest in Soweto where over 75,000 fans watched the opening match between South Africa and Mexico, as well as those at Rustenburg, Bloemfontein and Nelspruit. The systems have been based around Lab.gruppen FP+ and fP Series amplification powering EAW loudspeakers.
Racks of Lab.gruppen’s ultra reliable and high power density FP 10000Q (4 × 2500 W) power EAW KF 760/761 and KF 730 line array systems, with a combination of Lab.gruppen fP 6400 and fP 2600 driving EAW SM 12 monitors, ensuring the fans enjoy world-class tour sound quality at the FIFA Fan Parks.
Surgesound’s founder, Andrew Rowan, commented “The Sound Corporation has been a great client of ours for many years and currently has an extensive inventory of Lab.gruppen product as well as the biggest EAW system in Africa. We are extremely proud that a production house of The Sound Corporation’s calibre happily put their trust in Lab.gruppen and EAW products when it comes to their most high-profile gigs”
Mark de Klerk, owner of The Sound Corporation, said “We’ve invested heavily in Lab.gruppen amplification technology, and with good reason…they are in my opinion second to none, giving us absolute peace of mind when it comes to reliability as well as delivering a natural sound quality that makes the difference when it comes to the most demanding live sound applications, such as here at the FIFA Fan Parks.” Johan Griesel, who is an engineer with a respected reputation, had the following to say: "During the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup I was stationed at the Nelspruit Fan Fest Park, as front-of-house engineer.
My system consisted of 16 x EAW KF760 line-array systems with 4 x KF761 as centre front fill and SB1000ZR sub-woofers.
All the speakers were powered by Lab Gruppen FP10,000Q amplifiers and processed via EAW UX8800.
In my opinion this is a very, very good system; clear and undistorted. The throw of this system is quite unbelievable.
The SB1000’s are definitely the best subs I have ever heard.
All-round excellent.
Johan Griesel"
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