Leading UK rental house Britannia Row has increased its stock of Lake LM Series Digital Audio Processors with the addition of 17 LM 44 and 12 LM 26s. This purchase brings Britannia Row’s count to 70 Lake LM Series units.
‘We got into Lake in the very early days when the late, great Bruce Jackson came and visited us here in Britannia Row two or three times, and it was pretty amazing the stuff that he showed us then,’ says Britannia Row Finance/Production Director, Mike Lowe. ‘On top of the fantastic facilities that the Lake processor brought to the party, the result was a great improvement in sound quality, and that was really the kicker for making the move in the first place.’
‘I think the purchase speaks for itself in many ways,’ says Bryan Grant, Britannia Row MD. ‘We’ve moved pretty much exclusively to Lake units to control our systems and currently have them on the MTV EMA awards in Belfast where we have a multi-zoned K1/Outline system, plus touring systems with Kasabian, The Cure, Will Young, Noel Gallagher, Beady Eye, Duran Duran, Jamiroquai, Young Voices, Tinie Tempah, Cliff Richard and many more.’
‘Lake’s LM 26 and 44 are the building blocks on which all of our systems that require speaker processing operate,’ adds Technical Head, Jerry Wing. ‘The shelves are often completely clear of units as they are all out there doing jobs. I think at several dates this year, we’ve had all units, plus the original DLPs we had all out there doing jobs for us, which goes to show the popularity of the unit and how much they are in demand.’
The company has now cleared its stock of the original DLPs, and replaced these with LM 44s. The LM 44 provides four analogue inputs and four analogue outputs, in contrast to the LM 26’s 2-input/6-output configuration. In addition, the LM 44 accommodates 8-input/8-output AES3 and 4-input/8-output Dante digital audio transport. The LM 44 also benefits from the latest implementation of Lake’s Mesa EQ, using four Mesa modules, each with an independent input mixer and output signal processing chain.
With this configuration, the LM 44 is idally suited to a wider range of FOH applications, including as a mix-matrix and full system EQ – sitting between a mixer and virtually any high-end performance loudspeaker system – switching between consoles on large events, inserted EQ for monitor systems, FOH to stage digital transmission, line driver for self-powered systems, and as a Dante break-in/break-out box.
‘The Lakes are completely dependable and worry free,’ says Wing. ‘The sound quality is second to none, and when used with Dante, give a sparklingly clean low latency link, further augmented with the extra features offered by the LM44 now standard in all our drive racks.
‘Britannia Row has committed itself to the LM Series, as we have found the right product that fulfils our needs and exceeds all that we ask of it. We will continue with this association with Lab.gruppen and Lake for a long time to come, I hope.’
More: www.lakeprocessing.com
More: www.britanniarow.com
