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Indaba Beach club and disco opens in Turkey |
OHM Products have featured heavily in a recently opened dance club in the Turkish resort town of Cesme. The "Ibiza" style Indaba Beach Club and Disco was packed on opening night, with the main attractions of the evening being Take That star Howard Donald and ex Culture Club singer, now turned DJ, Boy George.
The OHM line-up consists of a main Smak Stak system augmented by BR-Subs and infills all driven by CFU amplifiers and CRED Controllers.
Howard Donaldwas born just a few miles from our Knutsford factory - Take That for a coincedence
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ERSA MAJOR...Takes to the field again. |
Continuing with the Ersa Major field trials, in mid-June,
ten thousand fans descended on Hanley Park for Saturday's concert and were treated to performances from X Factor star Diana Vickers, Craig David, Lee Ryan, The Saturdays, Dane Bowers and many other well known names.
As well as teenage revellers the concert also attracted families.
The system consisted of two hangs of eight Ersa Majors at the stage with twelve PUKK-218 subs. The delay tower consisted of TRS-118Hs and TRS-115s. The stage monitors were TRS-115s and TRS-218s.
Several different sound engineers ran the system and comments were made about the ease of use and sound clarity.
View the gallery for 2010 Live
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OHM Line Array takes centre stage at Hanley parks, 2010 Live festival. |
On the 19th June 2010, our new Line Array system comprising of 16 ERSA MAJORs and 12 PUKK-218 subs will be Blowing away 10,000 Fans at the 2010 live festival at Hanley Park in Stoke.
The line up includes Diana Vickers, currently number 1 in the charts, Craig David with tracks from his latest album, The Hoosiers, Dane Bowers from Big Brother, Tiffany Paige, Lissie – an up and coming vocalist and Gabriella Cilmi of Sweet About fame.
We will be running a sound check on the 18th of June, taking the system to its full potential. If you would like to come to the event on either day, please contact our office. We only have a limited number of VIP tickets so act fast if you want to secure your place.
Visit the TWENTY TEN LIVE website here www.2010live.co.uk |
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ERSA MAJOR... enjoys rising popularity. |
During the last month OHM have had a series of very successful road tests of the new ERSA MAJOR line array.
Over the May bank holiday weekend in England, ERSA MAJOR was used at Stoke Premier League football club’s “Player of the Year” event in Britannia Stadium which was a huge success.
The sound system comprised of 16 ERSA MAJOR mid/high cabinets and 12 PUKK-218 subs, amplified with OHM CFU amplifiers. Giving a completely even sound coverage and excellent clarity the ERSA MAJOR system out-performed expectations.
At the same time in Poland the ERSA MAJOR was also getting outstanding results in a series of concerts with many top class polish acts, icluding LZY.
For over 13 years Pop & Rock Band “LZY” has been one of the most popular and prolific concert performers in POLAND. The band gained its countrywide popularity with platinum album “Concern in Loneliness”
Band sound engineer, Wojtek “VARRAN” Cichocki, was very impressed by the sound of our new ERSA MAJOR sound system.
That's why we are pleased and honored that “LZY” decided to include OHM in their sound rider as their preferred system.
Being a fan of high energy sound “ VARRAN” can hardly wait to use ERSA MAJOR on ACIDs upcoming concert.
To view more pictures visit the OHM Gallery
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Plasa Focus - Leeds 2010
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Plasa Focus opened this morning at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. The sell out show had visitors from the hire and installation sectors waiting for opening time. OHM are showing the new Activate system along with BR's and HGW invisible subs. |
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World premiere for ERSA MAJOR |
The first event for the new Ersa Major will be a concert in Gniezno, Poland on the 23rd of April
featuring former Genesis guitarist Ray Wilson.
Wilson will perform a special programme of Genesis classics accompanied by musicians from his band Stiltskin
and a string quartet. There will also be tracks from Stiltskin and Wilson's solo project.
" The concert will be combined with the release of our newest line array system Ersa Major" says
Przemysław Pochylski of OHM Poland " This will be the world debut for the system; it will truly be a listening experience"
April 14th saw the first tests of Ersa Major at OHM's UK headquarters with the entire design team from England,
Finland and Polish backed by the executives from OHM's plants located in different parts of the world. |
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ERSA MAJOR... a force to set volcanoes moving |
Wednesday 14th April at 4pm was the test run for the new OHM ERSA MAJOR linearray system. The clarity is **** amazing one passerby was heard to shout as the sound was spread across the length and breadth of Knutsford on a clear sunny afternoon. There were onlookers from near and far thinking there was a concert on and a few plane loads of people got more than they bargained for ...
Completing the system, the new PUKK Subwoofers added ground shaking bass to complement the clarity of the ERSA's
Of course Icelandic volcanoes don't blow because of our sound but was it really a coincidence that the already active Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland erupted again?
More pictures of the test day here |
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Invertia's Institute of Management Conference |
Studio9 recently installed 12 Ersa minor line arrays and 2 TRS-115 monitor loudspeakers for the Invertia's Institute of Management conference in Bareilly, India.
The audience of over 1200 business people were very impressed with the clarity and intelligibility of the system. |
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Plasa Focus Leeds 2010
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PLASA Focus is the established industry show for the lighting and sound communities in the North of England. It takes place at the Royal Armouries, Leeds, on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th April and we will again be exhibiting there.
We will be pleased to see you on stand RA-A17 and show you our new products and discuss you requirements.
You can register free at http://www.registerbynet.com/reg.asp?showcode=pf10&source=041
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Pro Light and Sound 2010 - Frankfurt
Hall 8.0 was this year dedicated to pro-audio and without the smoke and lights of previous years the ambience was perfect for being “Serious about Sound.”
Daniel and his team at OHM Europe again provided a spectacular stand which stood out above the crowd.
The Ersa Major which debuted with the PUKK sub and flying system attracted a lot of attention from the visitors and press. The Activate powered system and the Oyster DSP controller completed the new product line up.
We thank our distributors who came to see us from all over the world and those new ones we met and look forward to working with in the future.
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We welcome Floating Point of Copenhagen into the OHM family as our new distributor for Denmark.
Partners Thomas Engell and Henning Christiansen have had many years experience with OHM products and are well known in Denmark for their work in broadcast, recording and live sound.
“We have always been very comfortable working with OHM” says Thomas
“And we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.”
Danish customers can visit them on www.ohmdanmark.dk
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Long Throw Speakers?
For most of their first two years in the Premier League, Stoke City FC has been using twenty-four TRS-115s for their match day sound system.
At a recent match our roving photographer captured this shot of Stoke’s Irish International, Rory Delap with a speaker aloft, assisted by HSL sound crew. Rory has the reputation of having the longest and most accurate throw in English football although we didn’t try to find out how far he could throw our speakers.
Elsewhere in the club, a number of KS-3s in white have been installed in the hospitality rooms. |
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BR-7 Punching Well Above Its Weight |
The Moat House Hotel in Stoke on Trent played host to “Iron” Mike Tyson, former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, on his UK tour in March this year.
The sound was supplied by OHM dealer HSL Entertainment Management and four BR-7s provided all the sound for over 300 guests.
UK Sales Manager Gareth Coleman agreed to go two rounds with Mike if he would pose for a photograph! |
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OHM will be exhibiting at this years prolight + sound, Frankfurt
Everyone is welcome to come along
to see new products and
meet the team.
We are located in Hall 8.0 stand G91
For an appointment please contact:
Clive at Clive@ohm.co.uk
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Daniel at info@ohm-europe.com |
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On the 3rd of January Polish rental company, Rymon Sound provided the OHM equipment to power a concert of carols and Christmas songs performed by the GOLEC UORKESTRA band.
The concert was held in the Holiest Heart of Jesus Christ a church in the town of Rypin. The church is well known for its claim to have the largest stained glass windows in Europe (over 600 m2 )
It was reported that the concert was fantastic! "It was so beautiful that even the busy Devil froze thoughtfully listening at the entrance," |
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2010 heralds two new appointments at the Knutsford Headquarters. Pasi Kokkonen joins the research and development team as audio design engineer and Gareth Coleman is appointed UK sales manager.
Pasi has been an OHM distributor in his native land of Finland for over four years and in that time has developed a fondness for OHM products as well as being a regular visitor to England. During a trip last year he expressed a wish to move permanently to Cheshire and we have been very pleased to secure his services as our audio design engineer. He is responsible for our new designs as well as reviewing our current models in line with our policy of constant improvement.
He is joined by his partner, Kirsi who ably assists him with testing and documentation. "Kirsi and I are very pleased to be in England and working for such a well respected sound company. I hope that my experience in design, installation and production touring will help the company produce some really useful products." Says Pasi, "We have been made most welcome here, even the weather has been arranged to remind us of home."
For technical advice please contact support@ohm.co.uk
After a period in regional sales, Gareth Coleman has been appointed sales manager responsible for our installation, rental and re-sale customers in the UK.
Gareth is a graduate of Glyndwr University in Wales, where he gained a BSc in studio recording and performance technology and has been involved in the music industry, both as a performer and a musical director.
Prior to joining OHM he worked for a sound system installer. Gareth will be maintaining contact with our UK customer base to ensure everyone is kept up to date with details of our products and services.
UK sales enquiries can be directed to gareth@ohm.co.uk |
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OHM Maintenant en France
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Our newest partners, Wylom sarl, in the sunny Lyon area of France have opened their showroom which will feature a comprehensive range of OHM speakers and amplifiers.
Notre partenaire le plus nouveau, Wylom sarl, dans la région Lyon ensoleillée de la France a ouvert leur magasin d'exposition qui présentera une gamme complète de speakers d'OHM et d'amplificateurs. |
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Like many companies in the sound
industry OHM has its roots in live music. Jo Olenski played bass in numerous pro bands in the Manchester area and in his quest for better sound decided to set up his own factory to produce quality speaker enclosures. Many well known companies had cabinets made by OHM in those early days including Carlsbro, Martin Audio, Mission, Celestion, HH, Bell and Dynacord but it was with the OHM brand that the company really made its mark.
Many of our Backline products made in the 70's and 80's are still in use today and command high prices on internet auction sites. OHM was the first to introduce Graphic EQ Bi- Amp Bass systems utilising multiple ten inch speakers which was much copied by others. Alan Price, the Smiths, Buzzcocks, Sad Café and Aerosmith are just a few of the bands that toured with OHM amplification. A 1983 vintage GA125 bass amp is still in regular use in the Knutsford showroom to the delight of visiting musicians. In 1983 the company moved to a purpose built factory for both Backline and PA introducing a range of 19” rack mounted amplifiers and the start of the production line for loudspeaker chassis. During the late '80s the emphasis was still on live sound and acts such as Status Quo, Paul Young and Black Sabbath used OHM PA systems in various parts of the world.
The 90's saw a change in the disco and dance club scene and the rise of the “Super Club”. Even the smallest venues were now requesting professional loudspeaker systems and the big clubs demanded something really special. A major live system called the SMAKSTAK was already in use in large outdoor festivals and concerts and the super club owners saw this and wanted it to be installed in their venues.
The SMAKSTAK sub will be relaunched at this year's PLASA with updated drivers and a new paint finish.
The SMAKSTAK featured in both The Bizness and Main Street dance clubs in Blackpool's Golden Mile; the Bizness nightclub was originally opened in 1992. In 1997 the owners sold the Bizness to Northern Leisure and embarked on a five year venture to convert the former ABC Cinema into the Syndicate super club. The ABC has had a long musical heritage; hosting on its revolving stage 60's icons such as Cliff Richard, Tommy Steele, Cilla Black and the Beatles. Retaining the revolving stage as the dance floor and dividing the building up into three distinct areas required a very comprehensive sound system. OHM loudspeakers and amplifiers were specified throughout and in order to provide something new and revolutionary, OHM engineers designed the HD system.
With in-fills and background speakers almost every product in the OHM portfolio was utilised to make this 4300 capacity dance club one of the largest and most successful in the UK.
This is just a small sample of our history and in the words of Jo Olenski “However nice it is to be nostalgic we must always be looking to the future and continue to design and develop our innovative products for at least another thirty years.”
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OHM reach the high C's
Pasi Kokkonen of Audiotron, OHM's Finnish distributor has now introduced Ohm to the cruise liner business. Pasi also debuted the new HGW-12 aboard the Silja Line Fleet, this is a compact 12" band pass sub designed for architectural concealment, under seating for example. Passengers on the Symphony, the Serenade and the Europa can now join MV Frederica (Radio Caroline) as "the boat that rocked" |
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Introducing the all new Ersa Major
The latest addition to the Planet Suite, the Ersa Major has dual OHM 10” midrange speakers with a 2”+1” Coaxial Compression Driver mounted on a proprietary wave guide. The midrange drivers are mounted at the rear creating a fully horn loaded cabinet having a compact size of 750mm wide, 600mm deep and 300mm high. The 16 ohm Ersa Major is a three way active cabinet, has a flat frequency response (± 3dB) from 100Hz to 20Hz and a maximum SPL in excess of 145dB.
A comprehensive flying system enables the Ersa Major to be used as a full line array for festivals and large dance stack configuration. |
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SS-30 SMAKSTAK Subwoofer - Re-birth of a Legend!
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Designed in the 1990's to satisfy the needs of the “super clubs”, the OHM SMAKSTAK or alternatively know as the SS-3 became a legend throughout the then known world.
With more horn than Spearmint Rhino and as smooth as a pint of Guinness this sub has delighted audiences from Blackpool's Golden Mile to the Great Wall of China. As part of our thirty year celebrations we have brought back this legendary speaker with a lick of paint a spiffing face lift and an all new OHM driver.
The SS-30 has a folded horn length of 2.7 meters made in birch ply within an enclosure of less than half a cubic meter.
The single 16 ohm, 400 watt driver gives a phenomenal SPL in excess of 138dB (144dB stack as shown) with a -3dB low frequency point of 32Hz and will be an ideal companion for the ERSA MAJOR. |
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HGW : the Invasion of the Invisible Sub
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The HGW is a range of “invisible” subs intended to be heard and not seen. The trend for high standard interior design in entertainment and catering venues has created a demand for subs to be architecturally concealed and not taking up valuable floor space.
The HGW meets this need with the first two models now in production.
The HGW-10 is a horn-loaded cabinet having a 10” driver in an enclosure 800mm x 425mm x 300mm and the HGW-12 is a fourth order band pass sub in a 540mm x 400mm x 350mm enclosure. |
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Carolus Borromeus Church - Antwerp
The Carolus Borromeus Church situated in Antwerp City in the heart of Belgium is now one of the newest additions to the Ohm installation list. Due to the great size of the majestic church Ohm speakers have been installed throughout, providing the voice of the Priest to the masses.
The project was managed by OHM Benelux in Belgium by Willy Van De Velde. Willy specified the use of BR-8's and KS-1's for equally distributed sound. The cabinets were provided in white to compliment the churches existing outstanding interior. |
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New UK Dealer
As a member of a well established Lancashire Showman's dynasty, David Hackett has long been an OHM user and an advocate of good fairground sound. Recently handing over the day to day running of his rides to his son David Junior, David has started promoting OHM round the fairgrounds in the UK.
“Fairgrounds bring a unique set of problems for the sound provider” says Dave “The system must supply high quality music reproduction and clear announcements to the public whilst on the ride without interfering with adjacent attractions. I have used OHM for a number of years and I am pleased to become a dealer of their products.” The Hackett family recently visited the Knutsford factory and the picture shows three generations from Dalton aged two to David Senior, now in his eighty-third year. |
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Sabaton in concert
On the first of September, Swedish band “Sabaton” performed a concert in Astoria Hall in Bydgoszcz . The concert was part of the “ ALWAYS REMEMBER Tour 2009” to coincide with 70th Anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.
“Sabaton” famous in Poland for their song “40:1” a story of the battle on Wizna, performed most of their well known pieces.
Other bands performing with the OHM sound system were “Proletaryat” from Poland and Finnish band “Stratovarius”. The sound engineering was entrusted to a young but experienced company “Rymond Sound” from Pila.
The OHM configuration of this “extremely loud” performance was :
32 x LUNARAY
10 x TRS-218
10 x TRS-115
12 x CFU A-3
4 x CFU A-2
1 x CRED 2-4 Mk2
1 x CRED 2-6 Mk2 |
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