New Crown for Bruce Springsteen

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Andrew Low Aug 27 2008, 10:00am

Bruce Springsteen used Crown's I-Tech Series for the North American leg of his recent tour

Asbury Park, New Jersey's most renowned artist, Bruce
Springsteen, know to the world as 'The Boss’; recently hit the road touring North America and Europe.

Springsteen had a host of Harman gear supporting the tour, including Crown Audio’s I-T4000 and I-T8000 amplifiers from its I-Tech Series powering JBL VerTec VT4889 and VT4887 line array elements and JBL VT4880 arrayable subwoofers. Audio Analysts of Colorado Springs, Colorado chose the Harman equipment for the tour.

Audio Analysts’ FOH engineer for Bruce Springsteen, John Cooper, said, “When Bruce performs, he wants to ensure his fans get the best audio experience possible. We turn to Crown’s I-Tech Series because we know these amps will deliver the power and performance Bruce requires and they will function again and again. My RMS to peak voltage requirements are very wide and the I-Tech amps are able to deliver that dynamic performance that I need.”

“When Bruce performs on the edge of the stage, he likes to feel the power of the PA and wants to make sure that the fans at the barricade get the same impact that those people 10 or 20 rows back experience as well as those fans that are 650 feet away in the top seat of the stadium,” Cooper added.

“By using the VerTec line array, we are able to unhinge the last one or two boxes to create downfill.”

“I-Tech amplifiers feature advanced DSP processing which was used for additional adjustment of the JBL line arrays. With the built-in LCD screen on the front panel, basic features and amplifier status can be accessed from the amplifier’s location. Additionally, the added convenience of HiQnet networking allows a FOH or monitor engineers to easily monitor an amplifiers status from their location” stated Bert Pare, president of Audio Analysts.

Harman’s proprietary connectivity and control protocol, HiQnet, integrates all products categories in the signal chain of professional audio systems. It enables one central program to manage multiple operating systems and programming of signal processors, speaker controllers, wireless mic systems and mixing consoles.
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