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| EV X-Line Advance compact vertical line array loudspeaker system won the international press award in the concert sound category |
Every spring, Frankfurt becomes the centre of the professional audio and musical instrument industries for almost a week. This year the Prolight + Sound and Musikmesse trade shows together attracted almost 110,000 visitors from around 130 countries. One of the highlights for the attending companies is the annual Prolight + Sound International Press Awards (PIPA), an event that has established itself as the Grammys of the pro audio and musical instrument industries.
More than 100 dedicated special interest magazines from all over the world voted for the best pro audio equipment and musical instruments of 2015/2016 in 38 categories. The official awards ceremony took place on April 7 at the Prolight + Sound show. This year, Electro-Voice received a PIPA award for the second time in a row: the X-Line Advance compact vertical line array loudspeaker system convinced the jury in the concert sound category. Introduced in spring 2015, X-Line Advance is gaining industry notice for providing a uniquely satisfying combination of precise, linear output, a best-in-class performance-to-size ratio and a user-friendly rigging system. Last year, EKX series loudspeakers from Electro-Voice prevailed over the competition in the portable sound category.
Guillermo Wabi, Product Manager for Concert Sound Systems with Electro-Voice, proudly accepted the award: “I’m thrilled that the X-Line Advance is honoured with this prestigious award. With the X-Line Advance we channelled our concert sound expertise and R&D resources towards a product that has pushed the art and science of sound forward, rather than following the pack.”
