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It was quite a long development process - around two years - but that attention to detail has returned a fantastic result.”
He continues: “The fact that it’s horn-loaded means that its output is solid and precise. At this sort of size, most other manufacturers use bass reflex technology, which gets a completely different result. I believe we’re the only company doing anything that is genuinely different that works, and with the addition of the F124, I feel that we’ve got a complete range of the highest performing bass speakers on the market.”
The F124 is available worldwide via the Funktion-One distributor and dealer network. The Funktion-One stand will be approximately two metres longer than last year, meaning more space for products from the company’s loudspeaker ranges. The stand will showcase a flown Vero array, F132 and BR132A 32-inch bass enclosures, ground stacked arrangement of F124 bass enclosures with Evo 6E speakers, a PSM318 DJ monitor, and an SB210A/F81 self-powered compact system. What I could hear at the stage outside was really earth shaking.
Well, in all these new ideas and developments I missed the DJ sector a little bit. Ok, there was a new controller at Pioneers, the DDJ-1000 but this is only an existing technology implemented into their Recordbox software. When I talked to the guys from Pioneer they stated, that they will more concentrate on PA systems in future. Maybe they think, DJ's have all the tools they need now and there´s no need for further development. Let´s wait and see what the DJ community answers to that. They are the customers and the bills are payed at last.
One thing I always loved at the fair is meeting people. Some of them stay in contact over the year, some are only seen at the fair. But it´s always nice to hear, what´s going on around the rest of the time. So I took the time for nice talking besides business. The guys from BVD (Berufsverband Diskjockey) always give a warm welcome and the have a party going all around the show at their booth. Sadly, they are quiet far away from the laserworld booth, where they had the best drinks at the bar. I was really disappointed on the last day that there was nothing left there to drink and everything was empty around noon. Anyway. They get the inofficial award for the best drinks in show again like in the last 3 years.
Best Coffee in show again goes to db-Audiotechnik. Those girls at the Espresso machine are really stunning. This year I´ll have to give another inofficial award: Best give-aways:
This year AED-group thought out something really special for the people. They gave away toolboxes. Well, it was not really practical running around with a steel toolbox on the fair, but I guess this will be one of the few items people are really using after the fair.
Last year we visited Radio Darmstadt for the show “das Bootshaus”. When planning the tour to the fair this time I hoped that we would be there again but sadly the fair started two weeks after the broadcasting show and so we met Chris Cock, the host of the show, at the fair.
When I mentioned the anniversaries earlier, I´ll surely have to mention that his show has completed it´s first year now very successfully. As the show only is on air once a month on every first friday, Chris says, It´s always filled in shortest time until the next year. He could do a lot more shows but prefers to stay on this once-per-month schedule. So maybe we´ll find a time that I can play there on a live session.
Summing it all up, it was a very nice and successful fair this year. 800 exhibitors, over 90.000 visitors on the 5 days in total. A lot of new information and most of the exhibitors were perfectly satisfied. Although the fair was a little bit smaller than last year, it was on a higher level. So I already decided to be there next year from April 5th -9th. It was already announced, that the
Musikmesse and the Pro Light & Sound will run on the same days again and not shifted like this year and that there will be expert days again. Well, the only certain thing is change and so let's see what it will be then. See you there.
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Words by Harald Meyer
Pics by Marc Herzog
Additional photos company supplied