Leopard roars into Oz with CMG Audio Visual
Published: ASIA
AUSTRALIA: Newly formed North Wollongong-based rental company, CMG Audio Visual, has purchased Australia’s first Meyer Sound Leopard line array. Company general manager and technical director, Tobi Pinazza, has described the new system as allowing CMG to ‘enter the existing market in a highly advantageous position’.
Purchased through Meyer Sound Australia, the system comprises 18 mid-high boxes, 12 900-LFC low frequency control elements and a Galileo loudspeaker management system plus all associated hardware. According to Mr Pinazza, the system provides ‘a turn-key solution that is labour efficient, lightweight and extremely powerful. The relatively small size and scalability make Leopard suitable for a wide range of venues and event types, with the audio level and quality far superior than the size of the cabinet would lead you to believe’.
CMG Audio Visual was formed in 2015 by Mr Pinazza, formerly the general manager of Illawarra Production Services, with the declared mission of becoming ‘the new premier event provider in the Illawarra, South Coast and Southern Highlands’ region. The company is already a Meyer Sound owner, with an inventory including UPA-1P and UPJ-1P enclosures, USW-1P subs and a Mina compact curvilinear array. According to Mr Pinazza, the addition of Leopard will ‘allow us to meet the audio requirements of any event from 50 to 10,000 people with maximum intelligibility’.
The general manager is also open to the possibility of bringing other members of the Meyer Sound big cat family, such as Lyon and Leo, to Australia. ‘At this stage we’ll have to see what the future brings,’ he reasoned, ‘but never say never. The quantity of Leopard we currently have in stock is large enough for our immediate requirements, but I am sure when the opportunity presents itself we will definitely consider upscaling our Meyer family.’
In the meantime CMG is concentrating on introducing the regional industry to Leopard. ‘In collaboration with Meyer Sound Australia, we will happily make the system available wherever it is required – whether that be for demonstration, cross-hire or national touring,’ explained Mr Pinazza. ‘In the short term however, we will be concentrating on exposing event coordinators in our local area to the outstanding Leopard system, changing the way they think about sound and opening up new opportunities that were previously not available in our region. Exciting times ahead.’