{"id":24695,"date":"2022-08-03T23:25:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T21:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/?post_type=hot-news&p=24695"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:19:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:19:43","slug":"l-acoustics-k2-brings-new-life-to-phillys-venerable-franklin-music-hall","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.l-acoustics.com\/fr\/press-releases\/l-acoustics-k2-brings-new-life-to-phillys-venerable-franklin-music-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"L-Acoustics K2 Brings New Life to Philly\u2019s Venerable Franklin Music Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The warehouse-style music venue\u2019s new K2 PA succeeds a longstanding V-DOSC system installed when the venue was known as Electric Factory<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania \u2013 August 2022 \u2013<\/strong> Franklin Music Hall on Philadelphia\u2019s North 7th Street first opened its doors in 1995 as Electric Factory, the second incarnation of a bygone local \u201960s\/\u201970s venue. The new 2,500-capacity venue quickly emerged as one of the city\u2019s prime destinations for eclectic artists spanning genres from rock to punk to noise to dance, and its popularity sparked the warehouse-style music-venue trend, becoming the model for clubs across the nation. The venue was eventually acquired by AEG in September 2018 and took on its current moniker, with AEG\u2019s regional partner The Bowery Presents producing shows there by artists like Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Greta Van Fleet, MGMT, and Matt and Kim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Franklin Music Hall has turned yet another corner with its recent installation of an L-Acoustics K2 loudspeaker system, which has pumped up the volume for its most current raft of touring artists, including LCD Soundsystem\u2014who christened the newly-installed K2 arrays with a four-night stand in March\u2014Car Seat Headrest, The Story So Far, PUP, Mitski, and many other forefront musicians. This project builds on The Bowery Presents\u2019 many sonic successes with L-Acoustics systems at its other venues, including NYC\u2019s Brooklyn Steel, Terminal 5, and Webster Hall, as well as Boston\u2019s new Roadrunner, which is also now home to a K2 rig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For much of its life as Electric Factory, the Philadelphia venue was also a pioneer of an earlier L-Acoustics loudspeaker, V-DOSC, one of the first truly world-class, modern touring-sound systems. Thus, with the installation of its new K2 arrays, Philly\u2019s venerable live-music destination is also one of the longest-running L-Acoustics sites in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe V-DOSC system had been in here since 2004, and in its time, it was the absolute benchmark for sound,\u201d recalls Franklin Music Hall Production Manager Jerry Market, whose tenure at the venue extends back to its Electric Factory era. \u201cBauder Audio has been our partner for years, so we had them come in and install the new K2 rig for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bauder utilized many of the same acoustical designs used for the V-DOSC system, which addressed such anomalies as the original massive windows that shook and rattled when the low end got turned up. There\u2019s still plenty of low end there, too; only now it comes from ten ground-based KS28<\/a> subs, which provide low-frequency punch for a main array system comprised of 16 K2<\/a> loudspeakers, flown eight per side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for a sound system designed for high impact, this K2 configuration also takes into account some of Franklin Music Hall\u2019s unique aspects, such as the multiple delay-fill speakers used to get sound into the interior\u2019s nooks and crannies. These include four Kara II<\/a> used as front-fills, mounted directly atop the downstage edge of the subwoofers using custom supports that also keep them from taking up room on the stage. There are also nine A15i, featuring both Focus<\/a> and Wide<\/a> versions, for fill coverage above and below the balcony and to cover the seating side of stage left. All of this is powered by a combination of 11 LA12X<\/a> and three LA4X<\/a> amplified controllers, with delay timings managed through an L-Acoustics P1<\/a> processor located at FOH and running the entire system on a Milan-AVB network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onstage are 14 coaxial X15 HiQ<\/a> wedges for monitors, with additional A15 Focus speakers as side-fill stage monitors positioned over five KS21<\/a> subs, all powered by an LA12X<\/a>. Front-of-House and monitor consoles are both DiGiCo desks: an SD10 with a 32-bit SD-Rack and a Quantum225, respectively. Other system elements in the complete renovation of the venue\u2019s audio include Motion Labs distros, Shure and Sennheiser mics, Shure Axient wireless, K&M stands, Racpco Horizon mic cables, an Entertainment Manufacturing analog split, and Whirlwind W1 and W2 subsnakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also added new acoustical curtains to further minimize reflections off the walls,\u201d says Market. \u201cBut the real star of the sound is K2. It sounds great, and it\u2019s keeping Franklin Music Hall the premiere club venue in Philadelphia, just like L-Acoustics has been for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cK2 was the natural option to replace V-DOSC for a venue that hosts a lot of rock, rap, and DJ performances,\u201d explains Bauder Audio Production Manager Brian Naab. \u201cIt\u2019s got plenty of power and is the most rider-friendly box out there. Plus, it\u2019s compact enough for a venue like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s referring to the room\u2019s acoustical intricacies, which the main K2 can primarily address, thanks to their adjustable L-Fins, with the 90-degree asymmetric model used on the K2 enclosures nearest the side wall to keep the energy away from its reflective surface. \u201cA combination of the L-Fins and the acoustical treatments keeps the sound squarely on the audience,\u201d says Naab. \u201cIt\u2019s a great rock sound system for a great rock room and nicely carries on the club\u2019s legacy for providing the very best sound.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Franklin Music Hall\u2019s General Manager for the past four years, Toni Bourgeois has her finger on the pulse of what artists and engineers are looking for, and she says K2 perfectly fits the bill: \u201cTouring bands and their production teams that have played here on and off for years have all raved about how much better the room sounds, and so have our local friends and patrons. We\u2019re thrilled that we were able to upgrade to our new K2 rig, and we\u2019re looking forward to hosting even more amazing-sounding shows for our guests here at Franklin Music Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details on Franklin Music Hall, visit www.facebook.com\/franklinmusichall<\/a>. Bauder Audio can be found online at www.bauderaudio.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Philadelphia\u2019s Franklin Music Hall, managed by The Bowery Presents, is now home to an L-Acoustics K2 PA installed by Bauder Audio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Franklin Music Hall\u2019s K2 arrays replaced an aging L-Acoustics V-DOSC system that has been faithfully serving the venue since 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Side profiles of Less Than Jake\u2019s trombonist, Buddy \u201cGoldfinger\u201d Schaub, and the live music club\u2019s house-right K2 array<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    LCD Soundsystem inaugurated the venue\u2019s new K2 rig with a four-night run in March<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>
    Photo Credit: Nicole DiBenedetto<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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