Welcome to the new edition of The Edge — which we hope provides a substantial curtain raiser for the PLASA Show in London, the much-anticipated launch of the AQ Series (see opposite) and the onset of the Autumn season.

The last two quarters have seen Martin Audio consolidate the success of the new Mini Line Array (W8LM) — first shown at last year’s London Show; with its release, it is gratifying to see the former Eastern Bloc countries moving towards Martin Audio Line Array technology in their droves.

Included in this is the Synco Network, and on the subject of that partnership, we should congratulate the management team of UK-based RG Jones for successfully implementing their own company buyout. Having been through a similar experience ourselves, we know what it is involved — and we wish the new administration well.

The company has certainly enjoyed a busy summer season with our products — and the use of just two W8LM enclosures ground-stacked on either side of the Philips big screen on what has become known as ‘Henman Hill’ at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, underlines the breadth of application which these easy-to-rig enclosures are now being put towards. RG Jones admit that to their surprise this solution proved more than adequate for the masses who assembled.

We should also congratulate our friend Dave Parry of Most Technical (the technical wizard behind London’s leading club fabric) for successfully exporting Western expertise into New Delhi. When he first experienced the Martin Audio sound at fabric Elevate club owner Monty Chadha’s dream had been to replicate this level of club dynamic in India — and with Dave Parry as the guiding hand, this has been achieved.

Finally, with this edition, The Edge has welcomed contributions from territories which we are hearing from for the first time. It is a true measure of Martin Audio’s growing global authority — and a nice challenge for the editor when the biggest dilemma now faced is not how to source the material, but what to leave out.
Jerry Gilbert