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 Contents
Meyer Sound Named M’elodie Keeps Engines
Equipment Supplier for Revved for Broadway
2 Cirque du Soleil ® KOOZA™ 20 Musical Grease

MILO In-the-Round at Herbert Grönemeyer Tours

4 London’s O2 Arena with Massive System on
22 Stadium Tour
6 London’s Royal Albert Hall
MegaFrater, Latin America’s
Largest Christian Church,
Abercrombie & Fitch’s
8 Flagship Stores
24 Opens Doors

Historic Austrian Fortress

10 Texas A&M’s Kyle Field
26 Renovates

12 Metallica Tours Europe

28 Steely Dan on Tour

Westfield High School

14 Adopts Constellation
30 Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre

The Dalai Lama Delivers

Northland, A Church
Distributed Features First
32 Message to San Francisco
Worship Facility Installation
16 of Constellation 34 New Products

MILO Delivers the Message 36 New Personnel

to 55,000 at Nigeria’s
18 Faith Tabernacle
 Meyer Sound Named

Artist Photos: Olivier Samson Arcand, Costumes: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt © 2007 Cirque du Soleil Inc.
Equipment Supplier for OFFICIAL TOURING SHOWS SUPPLIER

Cirque du Soleil KOOZA ® ™

Meyer Sound and acclaimed Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil®

have enjoyed a fruitful relationship since the early 1990s, leading to superior-quality
audio for many renowned productions including 2005’s Corteo™. Now, Meyer Sound
has been chosen as Official Sound Equipment Supplier for the new Cirque du Soleil
show KOOZA , which debuted in April in Montreal, Quebec.

Written and directed by former Cirque du Soleil clown David Shiner, KOOZA is a return
to the origins of Cirque du Soleil, combining two circus traditions: acrobatic perfor-
OFFICIAL TOURING SHOWS SUPPLIER
mance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human
performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that em-
phasizes bold slapstick humor.

KOOZA’s eclectic musical score blends elements of hip hop, funk, ethnic, and classi-
cal music, all powerfully presented by sound co-designers Jonathan Deans and Leon
Rothenberg through an elaborate Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker system.
“Using the LCS Series
Deans, the sound designer for numerous Cirque du Soleil shows, and Rothenberg,
who served as his assistant on several productions, collaborated equally on the vibrant products, we’re able to
sound design for KOOZA. This is the first time Rothenberg has shared duties with Deans
on a Cirque du Soleil production. blend
OFFICIALperspectives
TOURING SHOWStoSUPPLIER
The Meyer Sound loudspeaker system, provided by Montreal-based Solotech, features
create an experience
12 M’elodie™ ultracompact high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers and 14 M1D
ultracompact curvilinear array loudspeakers, with additional Meyer Sound components that sounds like nothing
strategically located to add specific ambience and dimension to the mix. “One of the
great things about Meyer Sound speakers is that their specifications on paper are you’ve ever heard before
exactly the same as what we get in the theatre,” says Rothenberg, who has worked
with Deans on nearly every Cirque du Soleil production Deans has done since KÀ™ at in a tent...The LCS Series
MGM Grand, up through The Beatles LOVE™ at The Mirage in Las Vegas. “It allows us
to get very exacting when aiming the sound.” technology allows us to
The Grand Chapiteau, a purpose-built venue made of thick, highly reflective plastic-
access every speaker
OFFICIAL TOURING SHOWS SUPPLIER
treated canvas, posed a particular challenge when mixing the audio, as did changes in
humidity, temperature, and venue location. “What acoustics you do get from the tent are directly, all of the time.”
mainly extreme amounts of high end, while the low end goes right out,” says Deans.
— Leon Rothenberg,
The sound system also employs Meyer Sound’s LCS Series™ Matrix3™ audio show con-
Sound Co-designer, KOOZA
trol system, paired with both the CueMixer compact and CueConsole™ modular control
surfaces, to create an innovative spatial aspect for every seat in the house. “Using the
LCS Series products, we’re able to blend perspectives to create an experience that
sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before in a tent,” Rothenberg continues. “No
other system gives you the flexibility to make those kinds of choices. The LCS Series
technology allows us to access every speaker directly, all of the time.”

“The attention Cirque du Soleil puts toward all aspects of their productions places them
in a class of their own,” says Meyer Sound Executive VP Helen Meyer. “It is a thrill and
an honor to have Meyer Sound products play such an important role in their produc-
tions, and especially KOOZA.”

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 Meyer Sound’s MILO In-the-Round at
London’s O2 Arena

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Named as the 28th most influential art-
ist in the world by Rolling Stone maga-
zine, the artist made famous by his name
changes and a certain predilection for
purple used a Meyer Sound system for
his performances at London’s O2 Arena in
September, 2007. Major Tom Ltd. supplied
the audio for the in-the-round concerts
comprised of 104 MILO®, 20 M’elodie™,
40 700-HP and seven UPA-1P, all aligned,
processed, monitored and predicted
with Galileo™, SIM® 3, RMS™ and MAPP
Online Pro™.
“We have been doing in-the-round sys-
tems for over 15 years and have brought
them to near perfection,” says Lars
Brogaard of Major Tom. “Therefore, it was
easy for us to provide the sound system
for these shows. It sounded extraordinary,
in every seat.” Production manager for
the tour was Chris Reynolds, Bill Shap-
pell was front of house engineer, and
Concert Sound provided the monitors
and controls.

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 Meyer Sound On Tour In 2007

“We have been doing Alejandro Sanz Loreena McKennitt

Andre Rieu Marylin Manson
in-the-round systems
Casting Crowns Metallica
for over 15 years and Celtic Woman Michael Bublé
Dancing on Ice Modest Mouse
have brought them to
Dane Cook Norah Jones
near perfection. Dave Matthews Band Prince
Diana Krall Peter Maffay
Therefore, it was easy
Donny Osmond Ricky Martin
for us to provide the Generation Rising Rod Stewart
Tour Sisters in the Spirit
sound system for
Gotthard Snoop Dogg
these shows. It Gyuto Monks Steely Dan
Herbert Gronemeyer
sounded extraordinary, The Magic Numbers
Il Divo The Roots
in every seat.” John Legend/ Three Days Grace /
— Lars Brogaard, Corinne Bailey Rae Breaking Benjamin
Principal, Major Tom Ltd. Kylie Minogue Tragically Hip
Laith Al Deen and more...

John Legend/Corinne Bailey Rae Tour

Norah Jones Tour

London’s Royal Albert Hall
Installs New Meyer Sound
M Series Loudspeaker System
In a city rich with culture, the Royal Albert Hall stands proud as one of London’s
most treasured historic landmarks, as well as one of the world’s leading entertainment
venues. Since Queen Victoria officially opened the venue in 1871, the Hall has hosted
“The new M Series system
more than 350 performances annually, including a staggering roster of world-renowned
builds on the legacy of the
musical guests, sporting events, awards presentations, and other entertainment.

As part of a £100 million refurbishment effort, Surrey, England-based Sound By Design, [previous Meyer Sound
Ltd. recently designed and installed a new in-house sound system for the venue’s
famously echoey main hall based on arrays of Meyer Sound M1D ultracompact and
system]. It provides us
M2D compact curvilinear array loudspeakers.
with a much more capable
The new system features 10 M2D cabinets, 20 M1D cabinets, two M1D-Sub ultracom-
pact subwoofers, and one M2D-Sub compact subwoofer. Six UPA-1P compact wide
system, while maintaining
coverage loudspeakers provide coverage to the seating surrounding either side of the
hall’s famed pipe organ. A Galileo™ loudspeaker management system handles system
the discreet physical
drive and processing.
presence which is so
The design collaboration between Sound By Design’s Principal Engineer Phil Wright and
Systems Engineer Dave Shepherd resulted in a system that can be reworked into several
important in one of the
configurations to suit the hall’s varied program requirements. Additional groundstacked
components, including four additional UPA-1P units, four UPM-1P ultracompact wide
world’s most prestigious
coverage loudspeakers, two UPJ-1P compact VariO™ loudspeakers, and four 700-HP
and instantly recognizable
ultrahigh-power subwoofers, can be employed when needed.

Sound By Design’s successful relationship with the Hall dates back more than 15 years.
concert halls.”
“The new system configuration was conceived well over a year ago, and Phil and Dave
— Phil Wright,
have fine-tuned the design over recent months prior to its permanent installation in Principal Engineer,
June,” says Sound By Design Managing Director Andy Callin. “The system had to fit Sound by Design
within a compact profile to allow unrestricted access to key rigging points for touring
shows, and our aim was to provide the best possible performance by creating a system
that would cater to a wide range of events.”

According to Wright, the company has known from the outset that the Royal Albert
Hall would require only minimal Meyer Sound product to adequately fill the room. “Our
original concert series system was in situ for 10 years, during which time it provided
exceptional sound for some of the most critically acclaimed productions to visit the
venue,” he says. “The new M Series™ system builds on that legacy and provides us and
our clients with a much more capable system, while maintaining the discreet physical
presence which is so important in one of the world’s most prestigious and instantly
recognizable concert halls.”

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 Abercrombie & Fitch’s
Flagship Stores Outfitted with Meyer Sound
In the world of high-fashion retail,
Abercrombie & Fitch has remained a front-
“We wanted to create runner with their popular, youthful brand of
a precedent-setting casual apparel. When the successful retail
and catalog operation decided to create a
sound system with the new class of flagship stores, they sought
top-of-the-line audio systems that were
impact of a full-blown in line with their reputation for quality and
style. The A&F team found the perfect fit
theatre experience. To with Meyer Sound’s UltraSeries™ self-pow-
ered loudspeaker systems.
me, there’s only one Each of the three new stores—on New
name synonymous with York’s Fifth Avenue, at Los Angeles’ The
Grove shopping center, and in London’s
theatre sound, and that’s ultra-trendy Mayfair district—has been
designed for maximum audio and visual
Meyer Sound.” impact. “Abercrombie & Fitch expects every
aspect of their stores to be stimulating,”
says David Schwartz, the company’s Direc-
— David Schwartz,
tor of Audio/Video Technology. “We wanted
Director of Audio/Video
Technology, to create a precedent-setting sound sys-
Abercrombie & Fitch tem with the impact of a full-blown theatre
experience. To me, there’s only one name
synonymous with theatre sound, and that’s
Meyer Sound.”
All three venues have been outfitted with
systems based around UPM-1P ultracom-
pact wide coverage loudspeakers and
UMS-1P ultracompact subwoofers, aug-
mented by strategically-placed MM-4 min-
iature wide-range loudspeakers to achieve
even coverage to every nook and cranny.
“The MM-4 has a tight coverage pattern,
and therefore we thought of the speaker as
a spotlight,” notes Schwartz. “We used it to
focus sound into areas we wanted sound
to be in, with a carefully planned overlap
from speaker to speaker. There isn’t a dead
spot anywhere.”
As Schwartz reports, the 23,000-square-
foot London location was a singular chal-
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lenge, with its 27-foot ceiling and seven-
second reverb time. “The building was
built in 1725 and is a designated land-
mark, meaning we couldn’t attach fixtures
or make any modifications that would
alter its historical attributes. Fortunately,
the UPM-1P loudspeakers are so tightly
focused that we were able to address
the sound where we needed it and avoid
excessive reflection.”
The fact that the UPM-1P and UMS-1P
are self-powered was another important
consideration. “In an environment like this,
self-powered loudspeakers are a huge
benefit because you don’t have to try and
drive the amplified signal over long cable
runs; these are big stores, and many of
those loudspeakers are quite a distance
from the head end,” says Schwartz.
Schwartz is also pleased with Meyer
Sound’s response to his relatively unorth-
odox loudspeaker application. “Meyer
loudspeakers are well known in concert
settings, but this is one of the first times
they’ve ever been used in a distributed
system in a retail environment,” he says.
“The Meyer techs were pretty surprised
when they saw the MM-4s hung on the
lighting tracks. It was so rewarding for me
to show them how we’re using their speak-
ers in a totally unique application.”
With the Meyer Sound systems in place,
the resulting sound in A&F’s flagship
stores is a milestone shopping experi-
ence. “Everyone has been impressed by
the simplicity and performance of the sys-
tem,” says Schwartz. “They can’t believe
we’ve used so few speakers to create a
richer sound than they had ever imagined
possible.”
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 Texas A&M’s Kyle Field
Installs Powerful MILO and SB-1 Sound System
Behind a mesh screen atop the 11-story
video scoreboard at Texas A&M’s Kyle
Field sit sixteen parabolic dishes. This
complement of Meyer Sound SB-1 para-
bolic long-throw sound beams is part
of the largest and most powerful Meyer
Sound system ever installed in a sports
facility. On game day, the system’s 54
loudspeakers deliver announcements
and the music-punctuated soundtracks
for “12th Man TV” (as the huge Mitsubishi
screen is known) to the far reaches of the
stadium with astounding clarity.
“It’s really mind-blowing how well this new
system works,” testifies Aaron Creasy,
chief engineer for 12th Man Productions,
the Texas A&M television network behind
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12th Man TV. “I’ve walked all the decks,
up to the cheap seats, and even in the
back rows the sound reproduction is phe-
nomenal. Voice intelligibility is exceptional,
and music sounds clean and full down
into the mid-bass.”
Kyle Field is not an easy place in which
to deliver sound. Its 82,600 seats make
it among the largest (and arguably loud-
est) football stadiums in Texas, and nearly
a quarter of those seats lie between 500
and 725 feet from the point-source audio
system. Achieving coverage at levels to
appropriately complement the towering
video screen was an integrated task from
the start, with design of both systems
assigned to the Dallas consulting firm
of WJHW.
Based on previous experience, WJHW
Managing Principal Chris Williams and
Senior Associate Gary White were con-
fident the SB-1s would take care of the
far-flung seating. They also chose Meyer
Sound MILO® high power curvilinear
array loudspeakers to cover the side
seating areas.
“The MILO is regarded as a high-end con-
cert system; it’s not typically associated
with sporting facilities,” says Williams.
“But beyond their ‘concert quality,’ MILO
is unbeatable for controlled directivity. The
MILOs cover the sidelines and much of
 “I’ve walked all the
decks, up to the cheap
seats, and even in
the back rows the
sound reproduction
is phenomenal.
Voice intelligibility is
exceptionally high, and
when we play music
tracks the sound is clean
and full down into the
mid-bass.”
— Aaron Creasy,
Chief Engineer,
12th Man Productions

the end zone with a uniformity that would
have been difficult to achieve with conven-
tional solutions.”
The system is comprised of left and right
arrays of 10 MILO cabinets each, with
a center array of eight MILO 60 high-
power narrow coverage curvilinear array
loudspeakers. Sidefill is provided by four
SB-2 parabolic wide-range sound beams,
with front seating covered by four UPJ-1P
compact VariO™ loudspeakers. A Galileo™
loudspeaker management system handles
system processing.
managing and David Bowers assisting. This
was Palavos’ first exposure to the sound
beams. “We were sitting in the upper deck,
listening to CD tracks, and saying, ‘Yeah,
this sounds great, very intelligible.’ Then
you look up and realize you’re 725 feet
away!”
Creasy is impressed with the power and
coverage, but even more so with the clarity.
“It does so much more than just make it
loud. It’s really about having a sound that’s
pleasant to listen to for three hours at a
stretch.”

Pro Media/UltraSound (PMUS) of Her- Williams sums it up best: “Compared to

cules, Calif., provided and installed the their old system, it’s the difference between
system, with PMUS’s Demetrius Palavos the stone age and the space age.”

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 Metallica
Tours Europe with Meyer Sound MILO, MJF-212A, and More
Legendary metal band Metallica
embarked on a series of European shows
at the end of June for their “Sick of the
Studio ‘07” tour. For its concert dates
the band carried a Meyer Sound system
built around MILO®, MICA™, M’elodie™,
MILO 120, 700-HP, 600-HP, and the new
MJF-212A high-power stage monitor.
A Galileo™ loudspeaker management
system provided system processing and
drive. Taylor, Mich.-based Thunder Audio
provided the sound system, with local
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support from Emsdetten, Germany’s
Westfalen Sound and Oslo, Norway’s
AVAB CAC.
“We’ve used MILO on a number of
major tours, so we know we can expect
loud, clean sound from MILO for every
performance anywhere in the world,” says
Thunder Audio Vice President Paul Owen,
also the band’s monitor engineer. “The
sound has to be consistent from night to
night, and we have complete confidence
that every Meyer loudspeaker we use will
be consistent and that Meyer’s technical
support will back us up.”
Metallica has used Meyer Sound
equipment in the past including during
their 2006 “Escape from the Studio Tour”
dates in Estonia and Holland. Earlier this
year the band upgraded their Northern
California rehearsal studio with Meyer
Sound M’elodie ultracompact high-power
curvilinear array loudspeakers and a
 “The sound has to be
consistent from night
to night, and we have
complete confidence that
every Meyer loudspeaker
we use will be consistent
and that Meyer’s technical
support will back us up.”
— Paul Owen,
Vice President,
Thunder Audio

Metallica in Estonia, 2006

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Metallica on Tour, Moscow

600-HP compact high-power subwoofer, The tour included stops in the UK,
and replaced their old monitors with new Spain, Sweden, Norway, and landed in
MJF-212A monitors, which were also Moscow, Russia’s historic Luzhniki
used on tour in Europe. Stadium for the final show on July 18,
where Metallica played for an audience of
Of the stage monitor, the band’s James
more than 75,000.
Hetfield has said: “The MJF-212A stage
monitors are able to cut through and still
sound full. I can hear and feel my voice
above the wall of ‘Tallica.” For some
reason we like it loud!”

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 Westfield High School
Adopts New Approach to Venue Acoustics with Meyer Sound’s
Houston’s Westfield High seems
like a fairly ordinary public high school,
with successful sports teams and
National Merit Scholars. But Westfield’s
1,200-seat Geiger Center is at the
leading edge of technology, housing
one of the earliest installations of Meyer
Sound’s Constellation™ electroacoustic
architecture.
Constellation, part of Meyer Sound’s
innovative LCS Series™ of digital audio
products, is a pioneering breakthrough
in venue acoustics, integrating rigorous
design, calibration, and certification
methodologies with a flexible hardware
and software package. Every Constellation
system is designed from the ground up
to match the specific venue in which it
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is installed, providing the ability to modify
room acoustics at the touch of a button.
Geiger Center hosts a wide variety of events,
from concerts to theatre performances,
guest speakers, class meetings, talent
and fashion shows; and the venue’s
acoustical needs posed a substantial
challenge. “The hall’s acoustics worked
well for drama and assemblies, but were
not optimal for musical productions,” says
Reggie Keith, senior consultant for Hoover
& Keith, acoustical consultants on the
project. “Rather than alter the acoustics,
we wanted a solution that would satisfy all
of Westfield’s needs.”
System installer, Texas-based Hairel
Enterprises, was instrumental in bringing
Constellation into the picture. “We heard
the quality of Constellation and, being a
Meyer product, we knew it would be well
supported,” says Daniel Wright, Hairel’s
project manager.
Though efforts to electronically enhance
acoustics date back decades, no system
before Constellation has proved flexible,
practical, and natural sounding; nor has
any previous attempt achieved the linearity
and consistency needed to produce
uncolored sound. This combination of
flexibility, natural sound, and a cost far
below that of architectural modifications,
makes Constellation an important step
forward in acoustics.
The newness of Constellation’s concept
necessitated some explanation in order
Constellation
“We’ve done
demonstrations for the
audience on what the
system is capable of, and
it always leaves them
speechless. It still brings
tears to my eyes when I
hear it. Amazing!”
— Jodie Rhodes,
Director of Bands,
Westfield High School

to gain acceptance, but hearing was of, and it always leaves them speechless,”
believing. “To be honest, we were all very says Jodie Rhodes, director of bands at
skeptical about the system at first,” recalls the school. ”It still brings tears to my eyes
Rick Ghinelli, Director of Performing and when I hear it. Amazing!”
Visual Arts for the Spring Independent
“The most telling moment for me,” Wright
School District (SISD) to which Westfield
recounts, “was when half the band stopped
belongs. “But Meyer Sound’s reputation
playing because the system got turned off
convinced us to give it a try.”
and they lost the early reflection cues they
The Constellation processors can had been hearing. The sound seemed to
generate multiple presets with varying get sucked back into the stage.”
early reflection content and reverberation
“It’s pretty dramatic to experience:
times ranging from about 1.1 seconds
somebody pushes a button and you’re
to about 1.8 seconds, selectable from a
hearing a different room,” says Keith. “For
touch screen controller.
the cost of this system, Westfield High
To describe response to the system as School actually got three rooms.”
enthusiastic would be conservative.
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“We’ve done demonstrations for the
audience on what the system is capable

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 Northland, A Church Distributed
Features First Worship Facility Installation
of Meyer Sound’s Constellation
“A congregation isn’t
passive, like the audience
in a theater or concert
hall. Worshippers play
a vital, active role.
We needed to create
an environment that
connects them to each
other and supports
their participation.
Constellation was
the solution to all
our concerns.”
— Tim Tracey,
Executive Director of Worship,
Northland Community Church
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Northland, A Church Distributed
has been a pioneer in building networked,
multi-campus churches. With four central
Florida locations and worshippers exceed-
ing 12,000 per week, Northland decided
to build a new 3,300-seat facility in Long-
wood, Fla., featuring Meyer Sound self-
powered loudspeakers and the ground-
breaking Constellation™ electroacoustic
architecture system.
For the new sanctuary, Northland wanted
an audio system that would provide intel-
ligible sound and flexibility for a wide vari-
ety of presentations. It was also critical for
the system to enhance a sense of com-
munity and encourage participation of the
attendees.
“A congregation isn’t passive, like the audi-
ence in a theater or concert hall. Worship-
pers play a vital, active role. We needed to
create an environment that connects them
to each other and supports their partici-
pation,” says Tim Tracey, Northland’s Ex-
ecutive Director of Worship. “Constellation
was the solution to all our concerns.”
Meyer Sound’s LCS Series™ Constel-
lation system incorporates the physical
acoustics of a given space with powerful
technology and expert services to create
flexible acoustical environments. This fully
integrated turnkey solution is based upon
the company’s patented VRAS™ technolo-
gy that combines rigorous design, calibra-
tion, and certification methodologies with
a flexible hardware and software package.
Constellation gives venues the ability to
modify their room acoustics at the press
of a button, allowing them to provide the
most appropriate acoustics for various
types of performances, while remaining
invisible to the audience.
“Constellation really encourages congre-
gational singing, far more than any of
us anticipated,” comments Tracey. “The
congregants can hear each other, and
that encourages them to sing out.”
The Northland Constellation system was
designed by Sierra Madre, Calif.-based
Platt Design Group and installed by the
Burbank office of Electrosonic Systems,
Inc. The system is programmed with three
settings corresponding to physical spac-
es with reverberation times of 1.7, 2.2 and
3.0 seconds. Together with “off,” for a dry
characteristic, this affords four choices for
the church’s variety of presentations.
Independent of the Constellation system,
the sound reinforcement setup in North-
land utilizes 16 MILO® high-power curvi-
linear array loudspeakers, two CQ-1 full-
range wide coverage loudspeakers, six
UPJ-1P compact VariO™ Loudspeakers,
four UPM-1P ultracompact wide cover-
age loudspeakers, two CQ-2 full-range
narrow coverage loudspeakers, and six
M3D-Sub directional subwoofers. Galileo™
loudspeaker management system and
SIM®3 Audio Analyzer were used for
system processing and final tuning.
Northland’s Senior Audio Engineer Todd
Herrbach, looks forward to the creative
potential offered by Constellation: “It gives
me a level of environmental control that
I’ve never had before. It’ll be exciting as
we dive in even more.”
“Constellation’s remarkable,” Tracey adds.
“It’s subtle. You can’t just look at a
chart and see what happens. You have
to experience it to understand why it’s
so powerful.”
In addition to Northland, A Church Dis-
tributed, University of California Berkeley’s
Zellerbach Hall and Westfield High School
in Houston, Texas, have also installed Con-
stellation system’s of their own, enabling
them to host a variety of presentations and
enhance the experiences of performers and
audience alike.
Constellation MILO M3D-Sub CQ-1 CQ-2 UPJ-1P UPM-1P MM-4 SIM 3 Galileo FEATURED PRODUCTS
 Meyer Sound’s MILO Delivers the Message to 55,000 at Nigeria’s
“A congregant approached
me after a recent service
and said, ‘For the first time,
I don’t have to ask
someone what the pastor
said during sermons.
Everything is crystal clear.’”
— Peter Iriah,
President, GQAS
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Faith Tabernacle
With a capacity of more than 55,000,
Nigeria’s Faith Tabernacle is one of
the world’s largest church sanctuaries.
Opened in 1999, the building’s massive
size, high roof and reflective surfaces
precipitated acoustical problems that
plagued the church, until Lagos-based GQ
Acoustics + Sound (GQAS) installed a pow-
erful and sophisticated system of 57 self-
powered loudspeakers from Meyer Sound.
As GQAS President Peter Iriah observes,
with the professional audio industry still
somewhat underdeveloped in the region, it
was a significant challenge educating and
enlightening the client. “It was difficult intro-
ducing technology this unique, because a
system of this scale has never been done
in this part of the world. That makes our
success that much sweeter.”
The building’s hexagonally-shaped main
seating area, with a capacity of 10,000, is
served by three arrays of four MICA™ com-
pact high-power curvilinear array loudspeak-
ers and a single 600-HP compact high-
power subwoofer, with arrays of six MICA
cabinets covering each of three balconies.
Three 15,000-seat wings each employ an
array comprised of one M3D-Sub directional
subwoofer, three MILO® 60 high-power nar-
row coverage curvilinear array loudspeak-
ers, three MILO high-power curvilinear array
loudspeakers, and a MILO 120 high-power
expanded coverage curvilinear array loud-
speaker. Two Galileo™ loudspeaker man-
agement systems handle processing, and
a SIM® 3 audio analyzer covers tuning and
alignment.
The project’s tight timeline afforded less
than four months to design, install and tune
the complex system. Remarkably, once
under way the project was completed in
only six days, including training the local
staff. Iriah points to the indispensable sup-
port of Meyer Sound’s design services and
technical support staff: “Most manufactur-
ers tend to disconnect at the point of sale,
but Meyer Sound was there for us 100 per-
cent, and that made the critical difference
to the project’s success.”
Meyer Sound’s Intelligent AC proved
invaluable in the face of the region’s under-
developed electrical grid. “Meyer Sound’s
self-powered design and universal voltage
selection are more than a convenience for
us, they’re essential,” observes Iriah.
Of course, the customer’s response is the
bottom line. “We had just dead-hung the
last of the MICA arrays, but had not yet
tuned the system,” Iriah recalls. “Dr. David
Oyedepo, founder and presiding bishop,
strolled in and asked us to turn it on. Even
in its untuned state, he could immediately
hear the difference.”
“After six solid years, we have finally con-
quered our sound problems,” added pas-
tor Isaac Ndubisi.
Iriah recounts, “A congregant approached
me after a recent service and said, ‘For the
first time, I don’t have to ask someone what
the pastor said during sermons. Everything
is crystal clear.’ Comments like this from an
everyday member of the church are worth
more than a million dollars to me.”
The difference was significant enough that
Dr. Oyedepo, addressing an assemblage
of over 300,000 via live television and
webcast, stated, “The church’s new Meyer
Sound system is our single largest invest-
ment, and it’s been well worth it. Meyer
Sound is truly the number one loudspeaker
manufacturer in the world.”
MILO MILO 60 MILO 120 M3D-Sub MICA 600-HP UM-100P SIM 3 Galileo FEATURED PRODUCTS
 Meyer Sound M’elodie Keeps Engines Revved for
Broadway Musical Grease
With a string of Broadway and off-
Broadway hits to his credit, sound de-
signer Brian Ronan is in the midst of a
hot streak that’s moving into the red with
the Broadway revival of Grease, currently
playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in
New York City. To ensure that the rock
‘n’ roll high school celebration reaches
each audience member with the opti-
mum impact, Ronan specified a Meyer
Sound loudspeaker system centered on
the M’elodie™ ultracompact high-power
curvilinear array loudspeaker.
The production’s loudspeaker system
features one center array of 12 Meyer
M’elodie M1D 600-HP
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Sound M’elodie cabinets and an addi-
tional M’elodie cabinet placed to the right
and left of the stage. The robust M’elodie
loudspeakers provided the pure, even
coverage needed for an eight-piece rock
band and 22 actors performing in a rela-
tively small space.
“This musical requires a sense of realism
so the audience feels a true connection
to the music—that’s what I strive for in
each show,” says Ronan. “Meyer Sound’s
M’elodie is ideal: It fits in the space, gives
me the coverage I wanted, and has the
power that allows me to put my foot on
the gas a little more.”
UMS-1P USW-1P MAPP Online Pro
To complement M’elodie’s excellent
power-to-size ratio, Ronan called upon
two arrays of six Meyer Sound M1D
ultracompact curvilinear array loudspeak-
ers to cover the balcony seating. “Be-
cause the band is 16 feet off the floor, I
had to fly my system much higher than I’d
like to,” says Ronan. “The M1Ds deliver
terrific accuracy, so I knew I would be able
to paint the seating area with pure sound
and nothing else.”
One Meyer Sound 600-HP compact high-
power subwoofer, hung at both the left
and right of the M’elodie array, along with
two USW -1P compact subwoofers hung
FEATURED PRODUCTS
 Theatrical Productions
Using Meyer Sound
Equipment In 2007
WEST END
“When I’m standing
Avenue Q
in the venue with the Lord of the Rings
The Sound of Music
director, composer and Spamalot
musical director, I need The Lion King
Wicked
the tools to support their Evita
Joseph and the Amazing
vision. With Meyer Sound, Technicolor Dreamcoat

I can give them exactly

BROADWAY
what they want.” Avenue Q
Curtains
— Brian Ronan,
Grease
Sound Designer, Grease
Legally Blonde
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Rent
The Ritz Musical
Photos by Joan Marcus. Used with permission.
Spring Awakening
Wicked
Young Frankenstein
on the balcony truss and four UMS-1P With the Meyer Sound system operating
ultracompact subwoofers positioned on seamlessly for one of Broadway’s top-draw AUSTRALIA
the floor, complete the system. Meyer musicals, Ronan continues his long win- Billy Elliott
Sound’s MAPP Online Pro™ acoustical ning streak as a veteran of theatre sound.
prediction program ties the entire system “Grease is an awesome piece of theater,”
together. he says. “And when I’m standing in the GERMANY
venue with the director, composer, and Wicked
“With MAPP Online Pro, you can accu-
musical director, I need tools that support
rately predict what’s happening in the
their vision. With Meyer Sound, I can give HUNGARY
theater,” Ronan notes. “That guides your
them exactly what they want.”
choices in the process. You want to know Dance of the Vampires
the system is correct right away, without
any second-guessing. MAPP is instru- JAPAN
mental in helping my team stay on course
Wicked
and on budget.”

US TOUR
Wicked
Herbert Grönemeyer
 Tours with Massive Meyer Sound M3D,
MILO System On Stadium Tour
Herbert Grönemeyer is legendary among the German-speaking public. The tal-
ented rocker and activist has sold over 15 million recordings since his 1979 debut solo
album, garnering dozens of Gold and Platinum awards. His recent tour of Germany, “Grönemeyer is an
Austria, and Switzerland played in stadiums to sold-out audiences of over 60,000
through a massive Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker system provided by Ha-
exceptionally powerful
nover, Germany-based Rocksound Management GmbH.
performer, and his fans
The main system used a total of 80 M3D line array and 24 MILO® high-power curvilin-
ear array loudspeakers. The M3D complement was configured as six arrays: two main expect a very special
arrays of 14 cabinets, two arrays of 14 cabinets covering the sides of the stadium,
and two delay towers holding 12 M3D units each, situated some 100 meters from the experience. The power
stage. The MILO cabinets, flown from the roof in six arrays of four cabinets, covered
the upper level seating. and performance of the
Rocksound’s audio director, Lothar Strunk explains that the sheer size of the venues Meyer system allowed
demanded an exceptional sound system. “Germany rebuilt many of their soccer sta-
diums in preparation for hosting the FIFA World Cup, and most of these venues are us to give them that kind
massive, holding between 50,000 and 75,000 people,” he says. “Creating a system
that can deliver great sound to that kind of coverage area can be a challenge. The M3D of experience.”
can easily throw 1,000 feet, but we’ve found that using the MILOs gives us a much
smoother transition and better imaging to those upper level areas.” — Lothar Strunk,
Audio Director,
Up front, three MSL-4 horn-loaded long-throw loudspeakers at the left and right edges Rocksound Management GmbH
of the stage offered near-field coverage, while a pair of MSL-6 horn-loaded high-Q main
loudspeakers handled sidefill. “The MSL-4 and MSL-6 cabinets kept that downfill area
near the front of the stage from being too overpowering, and allowed us to bring the
image down and in for that area,” says Strunk.

Low-frequency content was handled by 32 700-HP ultrahigh-power subwoofers, which

shared the understage area with “monitor land.” A Galileo™ loudspeaker management
system utilizing four Galileo 616 processors handled time alignment, air absorption
compensation, and other DSP tasks, as well as system drive.

FOH engineer Colin Norfield mixed the show on a DiGiCo D5 console; monitor engineer
Wayne “Heights” Gittens worked with an identical setup under the stage; and systems
engineer Sven Waldheim sized up each venue and tweaked the system design using
MAPP Online Pro™ acoustical prediction software.

“It’s always a bit of a compromise in stadiums that large,” Waldheim observes. “In a
sense, those arenas are designed for sporting events, where it’s more exciting to reflect
the sound of the crowd back inward. It would be impossible to deliver this kind of a
show without the Meyer system.”

“Grönemeyer is an exceptionally powerful performer, and his fans expect a very special
experience,” Strunk says in conclusion. “The power and performance of the Meyer
system allowed us to give them that kind of experience.”

FEATURED PRODUCTS MILO M3D MSL-4 MSL-6 700-HP Galileo

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 MegaFrater, Latin America’s Largest
Christian Church, Opens Doors
with New Meyer Sound System
Guatemala’s Fraternidad Cristiana
de Guatemala (also known as MegaFrater),
is the largest Christian church in Latin
America, measuring 1.217 million square
feet, including a school, restaurant,
swimming pool, full television and radio
production facilities, a heliport atop an
eight-story parking garage, and a 12,500
seat theatre in their main sanctuary, and
much more. To provide exceptional audio
in the massive theatre, MegaFrater turned
to Guatemala City-based Pro Sound, for a
powerful sound system capable of filling the
space while switching between spoken word
and live music applications instantaneously.
After serious consideration involving many
people including the church’s senior pastor,
Jorge Lopez, a self-powered system
based on Meyer Sound’s MILO® high-
power curvilinear array loudspeaker series
was chosen.
With four clusters of nine MILO high-power
curvilinear array loudspeakers and one
MILO 120 high-power expanded coverage
curvilinear array loudspeaker each, and
eight M3D-Sub directional subwoofers
flown for low end, the arrays provide
even, consistent coverage throughout the
theatre. Six M1D ultra-compact curvilinear
array loudspeakers and 12 UPM-1P ultra-
compact wide coverage loudspeakers
provide fill in the front and under-balcony,
with two networked Galileo™ loudspeaker
management systems for processing.
Already the largest church in all of Latin
America, the congregation continues to
grow and set new standards for technology
in houses of worship around the world.

MILO MILO 120 M1D M3D-Sub UPM-1P Galileo FEATURED PRODUCTS

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 Historic Austrian Fortress
Renovates with Meyer Sound M’elodie
Festung Kufstein (which translates
as “Fortress Arena Kufstein”), a state-of-
the-art multimedia event center located
just below Austria’s northern border,
recently received an extensive and
thorough makeover of its stage and media
technology systems. Most notably, the
historic site’s 4,500-seat arena acquired
an impressive Meyer Sound audio system
featuring M’elodie™ ultracompact high-
power curvilinear array loudspeakers.
Kraftwerk Living Technologies, a leading
stage and entertainment technology
company based in Wels, Austria, designed
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a system comprised of two arrays of eight
M’elodie loudspeakers, augmented by
two UPA-2P compact narrow coverage
loudspeakers for nearfield fill, and a pair
of 700-HP ultrahigh-power subwoofers
to cover low frequencies. A Soundcraft
mixing console completes the audio
system. Kraftwerk also designed the
venue’s lighting system and other visual
elements.
“The M’elodie system was the ideal choice
for the Fortress Arena Kufstein,” says
Christian Hofer, Kraftwerk’s managing
director and technical manager. “The
quality of sound the system produces is
absolutely superb, and far more powerful
than one would expect from a system
of its size. And equally important, the
system’s size creates minimal impact on
the aesthetics of this historic venue.”
Hofer also points out that the retractable
roof offers more than just protection from
bad weather. “The acoustical performance
of the M’elodie system, while excellent in
an open air setting, is actually enhanced
when the roof’s fabric is in place,” he
says. “And the roof also makes an
excellent atmospheric backdrop for the
 “The M’elodie system was
the ideal choice for the
Fortress Arena Kufstein.
The quality of sound
the system produces is
absolutely superb, and
far more powerful than
one would expect from
a system of its size. And
equally important, the
system’s size creates
minimal impact on the
aesthetics of this
historic venue.”
— Christian Hofer,
Managing Director/
lighting, which can be used to accent Technical Manager,
and underscore the uniqueness of the Kraftwerk Living Technologies
structure’s architecture.”

Fortress Arena Kufstein was originally

built as a defensive stronghold in the
steep Dolomites region of the Alps that
runs between Switzerland, Austria,
and northern Italy’s Tirol area. After
an extensive renovation process that
began in 1997, the expansive castle was
restored and redeveloped to become
a popular tourist attraction, as well as
a unique, multipurpose event center for
weddings, conventions, concerts, and FEATURED PRODUCTS M’elodie 700-HP UPA-2P
other special events.

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 Steely Dan
Tours with Thunder Audio, Meyer Sound MILO and MJF-212A
The duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, otherwise known
as Steely Dan, have long been known for their legendary perfec-
tionism, both in the studio and on stage. That makes it hardly
surprising that, on the U.S. leg of the band’s international “Heavy
Rollers Tour 2007,” the band is being heard through a powerful
Meyer Sound system provided by Taylor, Mich.-based Thunder
Audio.
The main system is built around two arrays of eight MILO® high-
power curvilinear array loudspeakers and two MILO 120 high-
power expanded coverage curvilinear array loudspeakers each
for the main system, with six 700-HP ultrahigh-power subwoofers
covering the bottom end.
“Steely Dan places a premium on audio excellence, and there’s no
other speaker that can compete with the MILO by way of power
or performance,” says Thunder VP Paul Owen. “For an act with
the sonic pedigree of Steely Dan, it’s the gold standard.”
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Two side hangs of five M’elodie™ ultracompact high-power cur-
vilinear array loudspeakers augment the main arrays, with eight
UPJ-1P compact VariO™ loudspeakers covering frontfill. On stage,
the performers hear everything loud and clear from 18 of Meyer
Sound’s new MJF-212A high-power stage monitors and two
UM-100P wide coverage stage monitors, along with a pair of
600-HP compact high-power subwoofers. A Galileo™ loudspeaker
management system provides system processing and drive.
FOH engineer John Robins mixed the show on a Midas XL4 con-
sole. Systems engineer Keith Jex set up loudspeaker deployment
for each venue using MAPP Online Pro™ acoustical prediction soft-
ware, while systems tech George Chapman watched over the
system with Meyer Sound’s RMS™ remote monitoring system and
SIM® 3 Audio Analyzer.
On stage, monitor engineer Peter Thompson used his DiGiCo
D1 console applying virtually no output processing to the
 “It’s nice to have stage
monitors that sound
like studio monitors.
I’m running all the
mixes out of the D1
flat, other than some
minor EQ adjustments
I make to the vocal
mixes during the show.
The MJF-212A wedges
make my job easy.”
— Peter Thompson,
Monitor Engineer,
Steely Dan Tour

monitor mixes. “It’s nice to have stage monitors that sound like
studio monitors,” says Thompson. “I’m running all the mixes out
of the D1 flat, other than some minor EQ adjustments I make to
the vocal mixes during the show. The MJF-212A wedges make
my job easy.”

“Beyond making great-sounding speakers, Meyer Sound’s

approach to technology is ideally suited for touring,” says Owen.
“The self-powered design, the rigging schemes, technologies like
MAPP Online Pro and SIM 3—these things all make it easy for us
to do what we’re hired to do: provide great sound.”

When Steely Dan crossed the Atlantic in July, European fans

heard their heroes through a Meyer Sound system, courtesy of
UK-based rental company Major Tom Ltd.

FEATURED PRODUCTS MILO MILO 120 M’elodie 600-HP 700-HP MJF-212A UPA-1P UPJ-1P UM-100P MAPP Online Pro Galileo SIM 3

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 Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre

MM-4 MSL-4 CQ-1 CQ-2 UPA-1P UPM-1P UM-1P PSW-2 MAPP Online Pro FEATURED PRODUCTS
Achieves Natural Sound with Discreet
Meyer Sound System
WITHIN months of opening, Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre vaulted to the pinnacle
of the world’s fine arts performance venues. Home to the Canadian Opera Compa-
ny and the National Ballet, the steel-and-glass complex’s 2,000-seat R. Fraser Elliott
“In opera getting everything
Hall features breathtaking architecture and acoustics finely tuned by Robert Essert of
London’s Sound Space Design.
to blend, especially offstage
Concealed in the majestic hall’s proscenium, walls and ceilings, a system of more than voices and choruses
150 self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeakers works hand-in-glove with the auditori-
um’s acoustics to provide flexible support for any type of production, though opera requires great equipment
usually proves the most demanding.
to do it right. It speaks well
“The hall has extraordinary natural acoustics, which makes it more challenging to intro-
duce reinforced sound,” comments Al Merson, the Centre’s head of sound. “For opera, for Meyer Sound that, when
it’s critical to carry all the subtleties, with sounds totally transparent and appearing to
originate exactly where the director wishes. The Meyer Sound system accomplishes everything is on, this room
just that.”
is dead quiet. People who
The design brief for the system was a collaborative effort involving, among others,
project manager David Clark of Toronto-based Engineering Harmonics, and Centre listen to opera unamplified
technical director Julian Sleath. Also involved was renowned sound designer Roger
Gans, a veteran of the San Francisco Opera. can pick a hiss out of
The goal was a flexible system that could create the illusion of sounds coming from
nowhere, and just become
anywhere on stage or in the auditorium, and blend seamlessly with the live sounds
coming from the stage and orchestra pit. In addition, the system had to provide robust incensed by it.”
playback of orchestral music to accompany ballet performances.
— Al Merson,
The main system is comprised of a CQ-1 wide coverage main loudspeaker, a UPA-1P
Head of Sound,
compact wide coverage loudspeaker, and two UPJ-1P compact VariO™ loudspeakers Four Seasons Centre
framing the top of the proscenium, while either side contains a CQ-2 narrow coverage
main loudspeaker, a UPA-1P cabinet, and a PSW-2 high-power flyable subwoofer.

Covering the front rows are 58 MM-4 miniature wide-range loudspeakers along with four
UPJ-1Ps and a pair of UPM-1P ultracompact wide coverage loudspeakers. A separate
surround system uses 56 MM-4 units distributed around the hall, while a directional
effects system comprises matched pairs of PSW-2 subs and MSL-4 horn-loaded long-
throw loudspeakers. The hall also keeps a complement of five UPM-1P units, eight
UPJ-1P cabinets, a UPA-1P, and four UM-1P narrow coverage stage monitors.

Despite an impressive 150-plus loudspeakers, the system is designed for flexibility and
transparency, not for power, says Sleath. “One of the main considerations was the ability
to introduce amplified sounds that sound natural,” Sleath contends. “To the listener, the
sound seems to emerge naturally from the stage.”

According to Merson, quality loudspeakers are key to making the effect transparent.
“In opera getting everything to blend, especially offstage voices and choruses requires
great equipment to do it right. It speaks well for Meyer Sound that, when everything
is on, this room is dead quiet. People who listen to opera unamplified can pick a hiss
out of nowhere, and just become incensed by it.”

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 The Dalai Lama
“You could understand
every word His
Holiness said, whether
during the sold out
public seminars, or in
the private sessions,
where the hall was
only partially full.”
— Howard Danchik,
FOH Engineer
MILO M1D Galileo
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Delivers Message to San Francisco
Through Meyer Sound MILO System
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama—
spiritual and political leader of Tibet, Nobel
Laureate, and global ambassador for peace
—visited San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic
Auditorium in late spring to give two days
of teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa’s text “In
Praise of Dependent Origination.” The Dalai
Lama’s message of non-violence and com-
passion was delivered clearly to more than
10,000 people through a powerful Meyer
Sound self-powered loudspeaker system.
The Gyuto Vajrayana Center, a Tibetan Bud-
dhist Monastery in San Jose, Calif., and its
founder, Venerable Thupten Donyo, played
an integral role in organizing the event. Pro
Media/UltraSound of Hercules, Calif., pro-
vided the Meyer Sound system, while Mike
Brady, a systems engineer for the company,
teamed with Meyer Sound associate, sound
designer Dave Dennison to handle audio-
visual coordination and stage management.
Brady and freelance engineer Howard Dan-
chik handled FOH duties for the event.
The Meyer Sound system comprised a
center cluster of three arrays of 10 MILO®
high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers.
The arrays were angled about 60 degrees
apart. Eight M1D ultracompact curvilinear
array loudspeakers were used for frontfill,
while a pair of legacy, unpowered MSL-2A
reinforcement loudspeakers sat on stage. A
Galileo™ loudspeaker management system
drove the system in a venue known for its
challenging acoustics.
Legacy Products FEATURED PRODUCTS
“The Civic has always been a rather un-
friendly acoustic environment,” says
Danchik, “but you could understand every
word His Holiness said, whether during the
sold-out public seminars, or in the private
sessions where the hall was only partially
full. He was so inspirational. I came away
with a great feeling that stayed with me
long afterward.”
“Speech intelligibility was the best I’ve
ever heard in that venue,” agreed Denni-
son, who acted as technical director for
the event, “and the performance of the
system certainly complemented the noble
intention of the teachings. The MILO sys-
tem worked exceptionally well, and system
alignment was quick and painless.”
Meyer Sound has enjoyed a close relation-
ship with the Gyuto Vajrayana Center for
more than a decade. The Berkeley, Calif.-
based company has provided technical
and audio resources for many of the Gyuto
Monks’ U.S. tours, as well as a sound sys-
tem installed in their headquarters in India.
Preceding their 2007 U.S. tour, the Gyuto
Monks visited the Meyer Sound factory
and conducted a ceremonial blessing.
“Being in the presence of His Holiness the
Dalai Lama is a striking experience,” says
Helen Meyer, executive vice president of
Meyer Sound. “While his message is pow-
erful, he is a soft-spoken man, so it was
fulfilling to hear his teachings come through
the MILO system clearly and know that
people could hear what he had to say.”
 New Products from Meyer Sound

Introducing our
newest shooting star!

MM-4XP
Self-Powered Miniature Loudspeaker
The MM-4XP miniature loudspeaker is a self-powered loudspeaker designed for high-quality
distributed systems. Housed in a compact aluminum die cast enclosure, the MM-4XP is especially
suitable for installations involving space limitations and visibility concerns, such as fill and spot
coverage, and hidden locations like chancel steps in a house of worship. Its flexible and easy-to-
configure mounting options, as well as its ability to effortlessly reproduce both speech and music,
make it an excellent choice for fixed applications, theatrical presentations (stage lip frontfill), and
small portable systems for corporate AV solutions.

Features and Benefits Applications

• Extremely compact enclosure • Space-sensitive fill and spot coverage
• Self-powered • Reinforcement invisibly concealed in steps and
• Wide-range frequency response at ultralow other hidden locations
distortion • High-quality distributed systems for paging
• High speech intelligibility, and punch and and music
bandwidth for music • Small, portable systems for corporate AV
• Amazing SPL/size ratio
• Enables runs of hundreds of feet of light-gauge
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 UPJunior
Ultracompact VariO Loudspeaker
The UPJunior™ ultracompact VariO™ loudspeaker brings the sonic signature,
versatile rigging, and extraordinary power-to-size ratio of the UPJ-1P to a
smaller package. The UPJunior combines the advantages of a self-powered
system with the placement and arraying flexibility afforded by a VariO
rotatable horn.

Features and Benefits Applications

• Rotatable VariO horn provides
versatile coverage options,
whether loudspeakers are oriented
horizontally or vertically
• Exceptional fidelity and power-to-
size ratio
• Extraordinarily flat amplitude and
phase response for tonal accuracy
and precise imaging
• Constant-Q horn affords uniform
response throughout coverage area
• Predictable and consistent
performance ensures system
design flexibility
• Portable and installed audio-visual
systems
• Theatrical sound reinforcement
• Frontfill and under-balcony
coverage
• Conference centers, presentations,
ballrooms and houses of worship
• Stage monitoring (with optional
MAAM adapter)

MJF-212A
Self-Powered Stage Monitor
The MJF-212A is a self-powered stage monitor loudspeaker designed to meet critical requirements in
professional applications. Exhibiting flat amplitude and phase responses, full-range bandwidth, and
exceptional impulse response, the MJF-212A far exceeds the capabilities of conventional stage monitors
while offering the simplicity of setup and operation provided by self-powered systems.

Features and Benefits

• High peak power ensures excellent
transient response
• Flat frequency and phase responses
afford high levels of gain before feedback
• Low profile preserves sightlines
• Symmetrical, medium-Q pattern
provides even coverage

Applications
• Main vocal monitor
• High-output drum or keyboard monitor
• Sidefill monitor for small- to medium-
scale applications
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