"The acquisition of the Verona is a big step for us," says Peter Bácskay, sound engineer at the centre. "The console is transparent, I can hear all my settings clearly and I don't have to tweak the knobs to their limits as I've had to do with other consoles I've used."
The sale is the beginning of a key strategy for Bluesound, which has represented Midas and Klark Teknik since May 2004. "We have sold five Midas Verona consoles this year, together with more than 30 Klark Teknik signal processing units," says Thomas Csernus, managing director of Bluesound. "This is a small step for Midas and KT but a huge step for Bluesound and the Hungarian market. With these sales, we feel that Hungary has made a positive step forward in recognising sound quality."
Another Verona - a 240 - has been sold to the Radnóti Theatre along with a Venice 160. "The theatre has been using KT products including the DN320, DN500 and DN514 for some time, so it was a logical decision for them to choose Midas when investing in new mixing consoles," says Csernus.
Bluesound has also sold the first Klark Teknik DN1248 Plus in Hungary to the 125 year-old House of Bartók as part of a major reconstruction. The House of Bartók is the former home of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, housing a small concert hall for 80 people and a museum. The DN1248 Plus is being used to provide multiple inputs from the concert hall to other zones throughout the building as well as occasionally supplying signals to OB vans.
(Jim Evans)
