With crowds of between 60,000 and 86,000 every day, the demands on a sound system for an event of this size are high. GMB Pro Sound, the company behind the sound system for the main stages, decided to power everything with Lab.gruppen's flagship PLM 20000Q.
Remigiusz Kasztelnik, director at GMB Pro Sound, said, "My colleague, the highly experienced sound engineer Janusz Klimowicz, was instrumental in our purchase of our new inventory of Lab.gruppen's PLM 20000Q. We had used fP and FP+ Series products before, but none of us had experience working with PLM Series.
"Initially, we considered three different brands, but as soon as Janusz tried the PLM, he made the recommendation that we move forward with the Lab.gruppen products. In his words, Lab.gruppen is the best, without a doubt."
GMB Pro Sound decided to make the investment, and purchased a number of PLM 20000Q units from Lab.gruppen's Polish distributor Music Info, making them the first company in Poland to utilise the product.
"For a relatively minimal current draw, it delivers extremely high output power across four channels, which makes the PLM 20000Q ideal for an event such as Open'er Festival." commented Kasztelnik. "For example, we integrated the new units into our existing JBL setup, with four PLMs on each side of the main stage powering the line array hangs and subs, and another two driving the monitors. With Lake Processing handling system optimisation, the end results were incredible."
As well as providing the PA for the main stage, where the likes of Prince, M.I.A, Coldplay, The Strokes and Deadmau5 joined renowned Polish artists such as Pustki, Brodka and Sistars, GMB Pro Sound also used the PLM 20000Qs on the Tent Stage, which played host to artists such as James Blake, Paulo Nutini and Chromeo over the four days.
(Jim Evans)
