Following SSE’s launch of the Nexo GEO speaker system at the beginning of May the company has supplied a number of high profile events with GEO sound systems. A giant TV screen and sound system was erected outside the final show of the musical Cats in Covent Garden, in order to allow more people than the theatre could accommodate to view the show. SSE supplied a 24 box GEO system for the event.

Hire director Emma Barwell commented:"With a deep site to cover, a conventional system would have required unsightly and expensive delay towers. GEO was able to uniformly cover the audience from directly below the speaker hangs to a point 68m back using only 12 boxes per side. The system looks minute but delivers fantastic sound levels with quality performance."

Most recently, over the Golden Jubilee weekend, SSE supplied a GEO system for the BBC celebrations in Centenary Square, Birmingham. With a large audience and varied programme material, GEO excelled, proving that this compact, lightweight system can hold it’s own in the most demanding of applications. Due to its very small size, sightlines were completely free of obstructions.

The five-high ground stack of CD12 subs provided clear low frequency reproduction throughout the sizeable audience area in Centenary Square. The entire system used only three Camco Vortex 4 amplifiers per side and achieved SPLs of 98dbA Leq(5) full range. SSE has been designated a GEO training and sales centre.

(Lee Baldock)


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