Having purchased its first L-Acoustics system in 2002, Belgium-based A/V solutions provider AED group has now taken delivery of its first K1 system – expanding one of the world’s largest stocks of L-Acoustics sound reinforcement systems.

AED owns more than 1,500 L-Acoustics K-series line arrays (Kiva, Kiva II, Kara, K2 and K1), along with more than 1,000 L-Acoustics subwoofers (KS28 and SB28) along with over 1,000 wedges. The company dry hires its inventory to others, making it a key supporting partner and supplier across Europe’s rental industry. This latest purchase of 96 K1 cabinets both strengthens the K1 network and helps to meet the continuing demand for this large-scale line source array, which has become the industry standard.

‘When we purchased our first L-Acoustics products, V-Dosc was the reference in concert touring,’ says sound engineer and Account Manager Piet Verstraete. ‘To us, it was clear that this was a highly innovative manufacturer and we knew investing in its product range was a strategic and long-reaching decision.

‘Our faith has been justified and over the years, L-Acoustics has set many benchmarks including the use of its Soundvision simulation software, locked-out loudspeaker presets, dedicated amplifiers, trained engineers and more. Today, 15 years after our first experience with the company, we are still fully satisfied with the close partnership that we’ve established together.’

‘AED has been a key partner since V-Dosc,’ agrees L-Acoustics Director of Business Development, Jochen Frohn. ‘We could not be more pleased that they’ve chosen to continue to be one of the most important suppliers of L-Acoustics to European productions.’

AED’s K1 purchase will allow it to offer the full range of L-Acoustics systems to its clients, and to give extra support especially to the Benelux market, which often sees peak demand for high-profile EDM festivals and events. ‘The extra K1 in the market will help to serve these high-profile events, for which the L-Acoustics partner network works together to supply,’ Verstraete says. ‘A further benefit is that K1 will now become more easily accessible to a wider range of productions, but still with the L-Acoustics K-system guidelins.’

Since AED told its customers of their new investment, interest in K1 has been high: ‘Because of the nature of our business, we’re not always aware of what shows our customers are doing with our products,’ Verstraete concludes. ‘But we can already say with certainty that you will see our new brown boxes on major EDM shows this summer.’