JPJ Audio uses new Crown VRack for Lenny Kravitz tour
Published: ASIA
AUSTRALIA: JPJ Audio recently purchased 26 Crown VRack amplifier management rack system solutions. The equipment was distributed by Jands, and was immediately put to use on the Lenny Kravitz Black and White tour in Australia.
‘We purchased 26 of the Crown VRacks and replaced all Crown 5000 and 9000 amplifiers that were driving our JBL VerTec,’ explained Jim Straw, CEO at JPJ Audio. ‘It gives us a new, lightweight packaged amplifier solution as well as access to the new JBL V5 VerTec presets. It was the way other companies around the world were heading and so we decided to push the VerTec forward again and change the amplifiers. The decision to purchase was driven primarily by the presets,’ he admitted.
‘The VRack will help to set the standard for VerTec systems everywhere in the world,’ he added. ‘The system ensures an optimum power match for all VerTec models combined with uncompromised sound quality. Given its versatility, it can be used on VerTec one day and then a monitor rack the next.’
For the Lenny Kravitz tour, the PA system comprised 12 VerTecs for the main system, nine for side-fill, with 12 subwoofers each side and eight in the centre. The system was driven by 12 VRacks, positioned six per side behind the subwoofers.
‘The VerTec and the VRacks worked really well on the Australian tour and I was extremely happy with the sound,’ said Laurie Quigley, who mixed the tour. ‘The VRacks are very versatile; you can do whatever you want with regards to turning certain amps up or down. We had a good sound system, good crew, and good company. The gear is only as good as the company that preps it and only as good as the crew that puts it in the air.’