Neue Medien, the Ingolstadt-based rental company, founded six years ago by Christian Eck and Dieter Manzel, is a prime example of a new trend in the German sound reinforcement market.

The Lighthouse Evangelism movement in Singapore now attracts a weekly congregation of 6000 to its services, and its growing popularity has enabled the church to commission a new dedicated house of worship.

The 600-seat Urbana Assembly of God in Urbana, Illinois, has refurbished its sound system, replacing all its loudspeakers with just four NEXO PS10 cabinets.

Sound Central, a rapidly-expanding sound rental company based in Wisconsin, has purchased a NEXO ALPHA System as its primary tour rig, becoming the first production company north of Chicago to offer ALPHA.

Bimbo's 365 is one of San Francisco's most popular nightclubs, hosting an eclectic range of musical performers including many international acts. The club has just refurbished its sound facilities, becoming one of the first major venues to install a NEXO ALPHA system in the United States.

The Crown Casino Showroom in Melbourne, Australia, recently took delivery of a PS15 stage monitor system. Audio Supervisor Chris Rogers took the trouble to write to us, with his comments on the NEXO equipment and the NEXO service.

NEXO distributor PSS has fulfilled an order for a further 16x stacks of NEXO ALPHA system to Foto-Fono, the sound rental company that is now the largest proprietor of NEXO systems in Norway.

Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Mudvayne and Disturbed have been sharing the bill at OFF-FEST, as well as the benefits of a new NEXO ALPHA system configuration. And the results have been so impressive that a 36-stack ALPHA rig has been sold on the back of them. The new proprietor will be the owner of the second largest NEXO rig in the USA, after Thunder Audio, and details of his purchase will be released shortly.

With the best club sound system between San Francisco and Los Angeles, Velvet Jones is fast becoming the place to play for bands touring the left coast.

In England, Showcom Audio has recently completed a significant installation in a top West Midlands live venue, "The Shed", with a NEXO AlphaE loudspeaker system. The owner was looking for a complete upgrade to increase capacity and improve the facilities of the venue, so Showcom’s Richard Willis was effectively given carte blanche to specify whatever he chose.