Explaining his company's ongoing investment in Lake, Mike Lowe, finance/production director, Britannia Row, said, "We got into Lake in the very early days when the late, great Bruce Jackson came and visited us here in Britannia Row two or three times and it was pretty amazing the stuff that he showed us then. On top of the fantastic facilities that the Lake processor brought to the party, the end result was a great improvement in sound quality, and that was really the kicker for making the move in the first place."
Bryan Grant, Managing Director at Britannia Row, said: "I think the purchase speaks for itself in many ways. We've moved pretty much exclusively to Lake units to control our systems and currently have them on the MTV EMA awards in Belfast where we have a multi zoned K1/Outline system, plus touring systems with Kasabian, The Cure, Will Young, Noel Gallagher, Beady Eye, Duran Duran, Jamiroquai, Young Voices, Tinie Tempah, Cliff Richard and many more."
The company has now cleared its stock of the original DLPs, and replaced these with LM 44s. The LM 44 benefits from the latest implementation of Lake's iconic 'Mesa EQ' configuration, utilising four Mesa modules, each with an independent input mixer and output signal processing chain.
With this configuration, the LM 44 is suited for a wider number of different FOH applications, including as a mix-matrix and full system EQ - sitting between a mixer and virtually any high-end performance loudspeaker system - switching between consoles on large events, inserted EQ for monitor systems, FOH to stage digital transmission, line driver for self-powered systems, and as a Dante break-in/break-out box.
The LM 44 was officially launched at PLASA 2011 in September this year, and is shipping now.
(Jim Evans)
