"We bought a KF730 system about four years ago after extensive evaluation, and it became our first line array," stated Karl. "Moray McMillin, who was EAW's UK sales manager at the time, and is now involved with EAW's Application Support Group, sold us the system after some live demos, and it was great. But eventually, we reached a point with our 730 system where, although we were achieving very good results in the situations we were using it, we needed to take the next step to be hired for larger venues and shows.
"Then the 740 came along. EAW's Kevin McNally arranged a demonstration at North Weald Air Field in Essex, and once we heard the 740 with its increased low-end and further throw, we were sold that this is the box we needed.
"Aside from the outstanding sound quality, I was particularly impressed with how far the throw is of the 740," said Ashman. "At the air field trials, we had EAW engineers mark out the field with distance markers, and they expected it to project accurately to about 100 meters - but it went far beyond that. The coverage pattern was also impressive."
The addition of the KF740 modules will help Peak Hire continue to expand its business, and already the KF740 system has been used at a large outdoor event at the Mallory Park Circuit. "Triumph Motorcycles employed us to put on a concert for their anniversary at Mallory Park, and we used the 740 system on an outdoor stage for 10,000 people with the Stranglers and Mumford & Sons. And the visiting engineers were very pleased with the system, our crew was very pleased it, and it just worked flawlessly. It performed exactly the way we knew it would, partly because of EAW's Resolution software, which we plotted beforehand. The 740 is a joy to work with."
(Jim Evans)
