Expo AV and Martin Audio strengthen ties in Singapore
Twenty years after its foundation, Singapore-based Expo AV Pte has formed a strategic partnership with Martin Audio ‘to help elevate the brand in Southeast Asia’.
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Tippet Rise chooses Genelec for new post mastering suite
The Tippet Rise Art Center is a working ranch and arts haven founded by Peter and Cathy Halstead in the foothills of Montana for ‘unifying and exploring the connections between nature, art and music’. The venue has several studio/performance environments, large-scale art sculptures scattered around one of the most amazing landscapes ever seen. Genelec monitors anchor all three studios, including a newly built mastering suite equipped with 8381A Active Monitors in a 7.1.4 configuration.
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Prague’s Zlatý Strom future ready with new audio install
Close to the famous Charles Bridge, Zlatý Strom has been a highlight of Prague’s nightlife for more than 30 years. Its multi-storey interior features restaurant, bar, and lounge spaces, some of which lie partly within the building’s centuries-old cellars presenting challenges to a sound systems required to shift between refined weekday ambience and energetic weekend programming.
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DirectOut announces wholly owned US subsidiary
DirectOut has established DirectOut LLC, a wholly owned US subsidiary, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and including a warehouse to streamline logistics for customers across the region.
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The Kooks begin 2026 tour with Adlib and DiGiCo
Formed in Brighton in 2004, The Kooks achieved near-instantaneous acclaim and, over the next 20 years, built a reputation for excellence with huge album sales and now, millions of streams every month. Their latest European tour begins in February 2026 and runs straight into the festival season. Accompanying the band are FOH engineer Russ Miller and monitor engineer Ralph Smart, both using DiGiCo Quantum 326 desks rented from Adlib.
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Pleneo promises ‘fresh approach to meeting rooms’
Pleneo has launched as a new collaboration technology company with a ‘fresh approach to medium and large meeting rooms’. With small meeting rooms now routinely deployed as standard IT endpoints, larger rooms are still delivered room by room – harder to deploy, more complex to operate, and increasingly difficult to manage consistently as organisations scale. Pleneo has been created to address this gap.
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Clear-Com and Netgear AV announce OEM partnership
Clear-Com and Netgear AV have declared a partnership to offer high-performance networking switches as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solutions. This collaboration enhances Clear-Com’s portfolio of low-latency networking solutions for professional audio, video and intercom systems.
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