"What prompted me to look at the SolaSpot PRO CMY was how brilliant they are for theatre," Nate explained. "So many other fixtures in the same range don't offer nice variable colour correction and don't have a quality frost. The Pro CMYs are stunning in their intensity. They can match to a conventional halogen rig and give us that quality we need in theatre lighting, even with an LED engine."
Assisting Nate with his choice, facilitating the sale and providing local service was Graeme Hicks of Entertainment Production Supplies. "Nate had some existing fixtures that were starting to fail, and I thought the SolaSpot PRO CMY would suit the Civic Theatre well," Graeme related. "It's bright and punchy, running costs are minimal, and the LEDs and optics are very good. When used as a profile, you don't get multi-coloured shadows. The whites are white and the colours are great."
Matching whites and dimming curves with existing equipment was important to Nate, as it would be to any LD in theatre. "The SolaSpot PRO CMYs are matching against ETC Sources Fours and old Strand fresnels. We have an eclectic conventional rig, and the clean white has been amazing for texturing on stage and on cyc." High End also hit their mark with another theatre must; quiet operation. "They are so quiet!" agreed Nate. "They're quieter than my LED pars! I've had people stand next to them and ask to turn them on when they were already operating."
(Jim Evans)
