TOA Europe is celebrating a huge new audio network installation comprising TOA VM-3000 Series PA/VA systems, SX-2000 audio management systems and loudspeakers , in Frankfurt, Germany.

Due to open later this year, the OpernTurm (literally ‘Opera Tower’) is the latest addition to Frankfurt’s celebrated skyline. Comprising a 170m high-rise building and a 26m low-rise perimeter development, OpernTurm derives its name from Frankfurt’s historic opera house, the Alte Oper, which faces it across Opernplatz.

Houses of Worship specialist installer equips two historic churches with the latest audio technology.

London, UK, 24 June 2009 – For over a 30-year business relationship, UK-based specialist installer System Design, has selected TOA products for a huge range of houses of worship projects, from Norman and Anglo-Saxon period churches to the most modern day contemporary new builds, embracing all denominations. Recently the installer has turned to TOA to provide innovative system solutions for two historic churches – a market System Design has been servicing with great pride and attention to detail for over 40-years.

Compact and versatile sound reinforcement solution
The latest addition to TOA's acclaimed speaker line, the new F-2000 and F-1000 Series of compact, high efficiency two-way speakers achieve higher performance levels for wide range frequency response and power handling.

Designed to be extremely versatile in order to meet different installation and application requirements, the new F-2000 and F-1000 Series are ideal solutions that solve increasing needs for adaptable sound reinforcement.

In 2012 the use of UHF radio microphone will change from Ch 69 to channel 38, these only affects users on CH69 which requires a licence to be purchased from JFMG. Users can still use ch70 after 2012, as this channel does not require a licence. However as this channel is deregulated it may become even more crowded, and only 4 frequencies within this channel can be used simultaneously due to inter modulation.

TOA currently manufactures a range of UHF radio microphones that are pre programmed to both Ch69 and Ch70. The current D02 programmed frequencies will be changed to

TOA Europe has unveiled the Type H – an all-new series of line arrays designed to fit into the smallest of gaps, the most demanding of interior designs, the most reflective of environments, as well as the tightest of project budgets.

“Type H is the most affordable line array we’ve ever produced and we’re delighted to launch it into the European” says Brett Downing, Sales & Marketing Director, TOA Europe. “The speakers have been designed with a simple goal in mind: to provide clear, intelligible speech reproduction in large, modern public spaces such as airport lounges, train station concourses, hotel lobbies,

When the City of Manchester Stadium heralds the start of the XVII Commonwealth Games on July 25, public information will be broadcast to the maximum 38,000-capacity seating via TOA loudspeakers, which will provide speech projection and even coverage into the uppermost reaches of the space age, cantilevered stands.

Built by contractors, Laing, Arup’s design of the £77m stadium - situated in East Manchester and funded by Manchester City Council and Sport England - is based on an eight-mast and cable structure, ensuring that all seats have uninterrupted views of the pitch.

Every part of the stadium structure is used to support the

Infocomm June, 2005 LAS VEGAS, NV
The TOA NX-100S Network Audio Adapter was awarded "Best Audio Routing Product for Commercial Installation" at the AV Communications Excellence Awards Banquet held June 7, 2005 at Infocomm 2005 in Las Vegas, NV.

Having just installed a fully-integrated CCTV system at Victoria Coach Station, Videcom Security Ltd decided to adopt the same approach after winning a separate tender to extend the PA capability.

Based on their knowledge of the site over a five-year period, Videcom ended up providing a complete digital matrix PA management system, supplied by TOA, and linking the Arrivals and Departures hall by fibre optic cables in an underground service tunnel.

Videcom's IT director and project engineer, Bill Mead explained: "The initial requirement had been merely to extend the existing PA system. This comprised a three-zone system with a central mic in the