L-ACOUSTICS K1 at Andrea Bocelli Concert in Buenos Aires

More than 15,000 fans recently packed the Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima of Buenos Aires (GEBA) to hear Andrea Bocelli and special guest Chenoa perform with a large choir and orchestra on the Latin leg of his Incanto tour. Sao Paulo-based concert sound provider Loudness Sonorizacao specified the deployment of an L-ACOUSTICS K1 loudspeaker system for the performance.

Fourteen K1 enclosures were flown per side, each with four dV-DOSC tails for downfill, while a third array of ten additional dV-Dosc addressed the center audience section. Two arrays of ten KUDO each delivered superb coverage to the far left and right seating areas, and a tally of 20 SB28 subs -- four per side under the Kudo arrays, plus 12 in front of the stage -- provided generous low-end for the outdoor venue. Loudness additionally deployed a dozen 12XT coaxial enclosures--six across the stage lip and three pole-mounted on either side--for maximum clarity and coverage to the front of the crowd. All systems were powered and processed by a total of 14 LA-RAKs loaded with L-Acoustics LA8 amplified controllers.

Marcio Pilot, co-owner of Loudness and director of the company's sound reinforcement and live recording divisions, notes that Bocelli's front-of-house engineer, Andrea Taglia, was highly pleased with the K1 system's performance. "Andrea Taglia is a brilliant audio engineer with a tremendous ear for detail," he says. "He normally specifies Kudo and V-Dosc for Bocelli, but we were able to provide him with K1 for this performance and it sounded truly fantastic -- extremely clear and natural -- under his control. We heard glowing comments from many people on how incredible the entire performance sounded that evening."

According to Taglia, himself, "Working with Loudness was even better than I could have imagined. They provided the same standard that I am accustomed to in Europe and the US, offering the highest quality gear like K1 and a hard-working professional crew to support it. It was a real dream."

In the months since taking delivery of its K1 system, Loudness has used it on a diverse range of artists, including Bon Jovi, Rush, Eminem (F1 Rocks Festival), Rammstein, Tiësto, Motorhead, Norah Jones, Paramore, and many Brazilian performers. The sound company also deployed the system at a huge New Year's Eve celebration for more than two million people on Rio's Copacabana Beach. Pilot adds that "the impressions of the system are always positive. It's a joy for engineers to use, and we even hear the audiences comment on the sound quality and power. From Bocelli to Rush, K1 is a perfect system for any stadium-sized performance."

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