Marquee Provides Boost for AV Inventory

Marquee Audio has supplied one of London’s longest-established audio-visual companies with a full audio inventory based around Martin Audio sound reinforcement. Owned by Eric Bastin, Projection & Display Services are shortly to change their name to Avcom, to bring it into line with their other companies. And they will celebrate by being able to match the capability of their full motion picture and video size presentations, with a comparable sound spec. "Our sound inventory was in need of replacement so we decided to do something about it," stated account manager, Robert Morrison. With an eminent pedigree in concert touring in his native New Zealand, Morrison remembers picking up part of Delicate Productions’ Martin ‘Philishave’ system, when the legendary Supertramp tour in the 1970s ground to a halt in LA. Prior to that he had relocated to London for the first time in the early 1970s where he would hang out at the Marquee Club. The two names have left an indelible mark 30 years on, he says.

Still touring with the ‘Philishaves’ until 1987, Robert Morrison says "I loved the Martin stuff because of that, and so we went out to their factory for a listen." Seeking the versatility of a system offering different flying accessories, he opted for the arrayable compact Wavefront Theatre WT2 system, with a pair of WT3 three-way boxes, a pair of WS2A 2 x 15 subs and a pair of the DX1 digital controllers. "When you buy the Theatre system you are buying every conceivable configuration," he says. "What we now have is a durable, portable system which we can run bi-amped or tri-amped. With the subs added it’s a very meaty system indeed."

To run the system he purchased eight QSC Powerlight PLX3002 and PLX3402 switchmode amplifiers from the Shepperton suppliers, noting "I can now carry 3,000W of power under one arm, whereas a few years ago I struggled to carry 1,000W under both."

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