04.02.10

If you like blues and jazz from the heydays of the 1940s and ‘50s, you will not insufficiency to miss Earth Got The Blues when this local four-some performs in the library’s Faithful Hall on Saturday, Feb. 13.

The free 7 p.m. concert features Andy Bullington on guitar, Erik Wendelken playing bass and singing, Jake Vohs on drums and vocals with saxophone and harmonica by Tom Stoddart. Bullington said the troupe formed two years ago, joining in their preference for Chicago-luxury blues and jazz with original songs mixed in. The upcoming end will feature hits by music greats such as Little Walter, Enshroud Waters, T-Bone Walker, B.B. King and more.

“I’ve always loved this thoughtful of music,” said Bullington, who also plays with The Shingles. “When I moved to the cay in 2001, Tom and I talked for a long time about doing this. Tom and I got together from day one and worked as a duo at Jetties Beach for a couple of summers. When he got a belt together at the Rose and Crown we finally got a chance to do it. It’s the same four guys all the all at once.

Source: Nantucket Independent

by Christian Hertzog

For their furnish division and bonus points, Crown’s new XLS Series of amplifiers make available an unprecedented steady of about, configuration malleability, and purchaser-brotherly features. The following points summarize key technology breakthroughs and refinements behind these benefits.

Integrated Digital Crossover and Limiter

Most amplifiers in this retail group stipulate narrow facilities, if any, for input signal filtering and driver preservation. (Conventional offerings are uncomplicated analog dear-behind the times filters and a limiter, generally speaking selected via educate-panel DIP switches.) In set off, the new XLS Series utilizes lofty-unshakeability digital signal processing to put into effect a obedient PureBand™ Crossover System and proprietary PeakX™ driver haven limiting.

Using the informal-to-look over front panel LCD grandeur and obese r buttons, users can preferred crossover points from 50 Hz to 3 kHz on 1/12 octave centers, allowing faithful identical of specified crossover points on most bi-amplified loudspeakers. Filters are fourth-non-sequential Linkwitz-Riley, with stiff slopes for seamless transmutation between lofty and low drivers. Alternatively, the digital filters may be set to optimize both amplifier channels for driving either stoned- or low-frequency loads, or for driving full-sort systems.

The PeakX limiters utilize authoritatively able yet sonically sheer algorithms derived from the OmniDrive HD loudspeaker stab processing in Crown’s flagship I-Tech HD Series. By spot on equivalent comeback to the achieve characteristics of each amplifier, PeakX enables significantly higher production levels than are attainable with commonplace analog limiting, yet with assured driver safe keeping. The front panel liberal-be in the same league buttons also first-rate limiter on/off (per conduit) as well as go-fashion on/off. There are no tokus-panel DIP switches.

Advanced Switched-course Power Provisioning

A quite unwasteful switching power satisfy is optimized for upper limit power give from the AC pen-mark through the Elegance D output station to the loudspeakers. Compared to older, 60Hz transformer-based power supplies, a side allowances is sizeable persuasiveness reduction: all models weigh less than 12 pounds, but with no compromise of Crown’s traditionally sinewy develop prominence.

...

Read more...

The XLS series amplifiers put into effect the PureBand Crossover System. A buyer can distinguish crossover points from 50Hz to 3kHz, allowing for faithful comparable of specified crossover points on most bi-amplified jazzy speakers. Increased restraint is also enabled by the three selectable strait modes and bilk limiters designed to keep loudspeakers that can be turned on and off by watercourse. The new XLS series amplifiers also headline Integrated DriveCore Technology. Regardless of AC Threshold sag or distortion due to other paraphernalia such as backline or lighting materials, the buyer will uniformly have the highest steady of exhibit as if there were a power conditioner built quickly into the amplifier. It also provides irresponsibly rally on peaks, on target propagation of low-constant detail, and authentic tracking of low-frequencies at grave power levels for extremity subwoofer result. “We designed the XLS series amplifier from the dirt-up to be a grouping-defining amplifier. We are bringing features and technology to a cost out regarding that no one else is bring together to present. We set out to offer users with an amplifier that would reset the measure for power, carrying-on, flexibleness and value. Actually purely, this amplifier is a sport changer,” said Crown's Andy Flint. XLS Series amplifiers correspond with to Harman Expert’s Immature Brim environmental opening move. Crown’s new advanced ambit components use fewer resources in manufacturing, but have also contributed to suggestive manipulate reduction in the amplifiers that issue in less vitality consumption. The XLS amplifier’s rich operating productivity translates into greater expertness for each watt of efficiency and a significantly reduced carbon footprint.

Source: Crown launches new MI power amp range | Musical Instrument ...