Pro Stage Productions takes delivery of D.A.S. Audio system

D.A.S. Audio USA is pleased to announce that Pro Stage Productions recently took delivery of a new SR system consisting of several products from the company’s Aero catalog. Pro Stage Productions, based in Duarte, CA (a suburb of Los Angeles) is a full service production company—providing staging, sound, lighting, and video production, with the bulk of their activities focused on live events such as concerts and corporate industrials. The firm’s clients include BET (Black Entertainment Television), Fox Sports Net West, the Los Angeles Kings, and Staples Center arena.

The sale to Pro Stage Productions includes four Aero 218A high performance powered subwoofers, four CA-215A monoamplified arrayable subwoofers, twelve CA-28A self- powered, bi-amplified, two-way compact line array modules, and a DSP-26 loudspeaker management processor. Adrian Morales, President of Pro Stage Productions, reports their purchase was based on a number of factors, including considerable experience with the products, “Prior to this purchase, we were renting D.A.S. Audio equipment for roughly a year, so we’ve had considerable experience with the equipment. During this period, we were very impressed with the system’s performance.”

An equally important factor in their purchase decision stems from the requests of their clients. “Many of our customers are now requesting line array systems,” continued Morales, “and we also found that more and more of these clients are specifying D.A.S. equipment on their riders, so this made our purchase decision considerably easier. Many of our clients are from Latin America—where D.A.S. Audio is already a well known, very established brand. By being able to support these clients with the equipment they prefer, it opens the door to considerably more opportunity for us. In the relatively short time that we’ve had our new system, our D.A.S. equipment has already been good for business.”

Morales reports that his experience with a self-powered SR system has dramatically changed his thinking and his approach to touring sound systems. “Until the purchase of our D.A.S. system, I was never an advocate for self-powered systems,” said Morales. “Now, however, the D.A.S. gear has completely changed my view. The fact that we no longer have to haul power amplifiers around is a big deal. In fact, on the last show we did, if we would have had to haul around a bunch of amps, we wouldn’t have gotten all the gear into the truck we were using.”

“Secondly, we no longer have to match the right amps with our loudspeakers,” says Morales, “the D.A.S. equipment takes care of this for us. We also use less cable, and the time it takes to erect and break the system down is reduced considerably. Like any business these days, time is an important factor. If you’re moving in on a tight schedule, a self-powered system is a huge timesaver.”

In addition to the various loudspeakers Pro Stage Productions purchased, Morales is equally enthusiastic about their new loudspeaker management processor, which uses digital signal processing in order to accomplish the functions of an analog crossover, equalizer, limiter, and delay unit. “The system is ideal for both mains and monitors,” noted Morales. “The beauty of the DSP-26 lies in the fact that it’s designed specifically for our D.A.S. loudspeaker equipment—and it’s easy to use.”

The quality of D.A.S. Audio’s customer and technical support are two additional factors that influenced Morales’ decision to go with his Aero system. “While we certainly don’t anticipate any problems, it’s important to know that the D.A.S. stands firmly behind their products,” said Morales. “In this area, the company has been great. When we first purchased our equipment, D.A.S. Audio took the initiative to send a representative to our first show with the gear—just to make certain that everything went according to plan, and to help us in any way they could. That meant a lot to us.”

As he prepared for yet another upcoming engagement, Morales summarized his D.A.S. Audio experience, “We made the decision to go with D.A.S. because we firmly believe the company is gaining considerable recognition in terms of the equipment riders that accompany numerous performing acts, the quality of their products, and the opportunity it represents for us. We have every intention to grow our business, and I expect D.A.S. Audio will be an important part of this process.”