PHOENIX AT THE FAIR
With over 3,000 visitors and 176 exhibitors spread over 2 halls with a total of around 8,000 m², the international church fair DEVOTIO took place this year from 17 -19 February 2019 in Bologna, Italy. The trade fair, which was founded in 2017, focuses on current trends in products and services for furnishing and equipping churches.
The Phoenix Professional Audio team was also present for the first time and was completely satisfied with the high interest of the trade visitors in the latest products, technologies and services in the field of digital sound systems for churches and sacral buildings.
Fig .: Numerous discussions and interesting contacts at the booth of Phoenix PA and the Italian partner Damasystem
Fig .: The visitors of the fair showed great interest in the new LED hymn boards “HYMN” at the booth of Phoenix PA
Together with the Italian service and distribution partner DamaSystem, the team from Phoenix Professional Audio presented its various solutions for church PA at DEVOTIO 2019.
Fig.: POWERVOICE-X automatic mixing amplifier PV-DSP-4ACD9.4.2X
Fig.: An Italian television team at the booth of Phoenix PA and DamaSystem
Fig.: LED hymn boards “HYMN” and various church column speakers
In addition to the latest generation of POWERVOICE-X automatic mixing amplifiers with digital Class-D amplifier technology and LED hymn boards “HYMN” with integrated App control, Phoenix put the product focus on the new digital line arrays DIGIVOICE with sound control – DSP Beam Steering Line Arrays for particularly uniform sonication of acoustically demanding rooms.
Fig.: The new automatic mixers of the POWERVOICE-X series are presented to visitors at the Phoenix booth
Fig.: POWERVOICE-X automatic mixing amplifier PV-DSP-4ACD9.4.2X
Fig.: POWERVOICE automatic mixing amplifier for churches / visitors at the booth of Phoenix PA
At the booth of Phoenix Professional Audio visitors could discover various church amplifier innovations – among them the two automatic mixing amplifiers PV-DSP-4ACD.9.4.2X and PV-DSP-1ACD.9.4X for multi-zone sound reinforcement and the induction loop amplifier ILA-450 with receiver ILA-E.
Phoenix Professional Audio extends its POWERVOICE portfolio with new energy-efficient fully automatic mixer models with digital power amplifiers CLASS-D for use in sacral buildings with challenging acoustics: The PV-DSP-4ACD.9.4.2X and PV-DSP-1ACD.9.4X 4-channel Amplifiers with 400 + 200 watts and 400 watts and features such as compressor / expander and DeEsser are each the most powerful representatives of their series. Other representatives of the new X series are e.g. the digital automatic mixing amplifier PV-DSP-1D.7.4X-2U in the new 2U format. All models in the POWERVOICE-X series have an efficiency of more than 90% when in full operation, making them particularly energy-efficient.
Fig.: MEGZ5-LED design microphone stand system
Fig.: MEG / MEX gooseneck microphones
Fig.: MPL-2 altar microphone (boundary microphone)
In the field of church microphones, Phoenix presented DEVOTIO visitors with several innovative sound reinforcement solutions:
In addition to the noble gooseneck microphones of the MEG and MEX series, the LED-T gooseneck microphones with touch sensor the to operate the light source and the minimalist boundary microphone MPL-2 for the altar Phoenix also showed the new extremely filigree MEGZ5-LED microphone stand systems – an elegant combination of gooseneck microphone and LED lighting with tripod system for flexible use on the ambo and priest seat.
Fig.: The classic solution for medium and large processions: ZP-40 SLIM/2 procession system from Phoenix PA
Fig.: The ZP-40 SLIM/2 procession systems from Phoenix PA were a particularly large audience magnet at DEVOTIO fair
Fig.: Super light and powerful: ZP-20 procession system from Phoenix PA
Fig.: Mobile public address system ZP-20 for small to medium size processions
For the mobile sounding of church processions and pilgrimages, the 5 kg lightweight portable loudspeaker system ZP-20F as well as the 180 degree rotatable procession system ZP-40 SLIM/2 as a special solution for use in large, elongated processions with several hundred people stood in the center of fair appearance.
With the new BT receiver, music and ready-made speeches can be conveniently transferred and played wirelessly from any Bluetooth-enabled device (such as a mobile phone) to the ZP-SLIM models.
Fig.: Electronic bells GABRIEL-G6
The digital church bells GABRIEL-G6 also attracted visitors to the Phoenix PA booth: The system offers a very authentic ringing of bells and is particularly easy to operate via the touch of the screen thanks to the new touch panel. More about GABRIEL-G6 also in our news >>.
Fig.: Sound columns for churches: speaker series K1, K4 and K5
Fig.: Centerpiece of the Phoenix PA stand: the DSP Beam Steering Line Array DIGIVOICE
In addition to Phoenix PA’s state-of-the-art digital DSP Beam Steering Line Arrays DIGIVOICE, Phoenix showcases premium K1, K4, and K5 loudspeaker series for churches that deliver highest professional sound quality and reliability also in reduced-budget installation applications. More information at: https://www.phoenix-pa.com/shop/Church-Speakers.
DIGIVOICE series – Directivity Balloon
Fig.: Highlights on the booth were the LED hymn boards “HYMN” from Phoenix PA
Fig.: The booth of Phoenix PA with the new LED hymn boards “HYMN” from Phoenix PA
Fig.: The LED hymn boards “HYMN” from Phoenix PA are available in different versions
One of the biggest visitor magnets at the Phoenix stand were by far the new LED hymn boards “HYMN”. More information on the individual models at: www.phoenix-pa.com/shop/PHOENIX-HYMN-Series.
The Phoenix team would like to thank all visitors for the
many great conversations at our booth,
the great interest and numerous nice contacts!
For Phoenix PA, the fair represented a moment of great success, which we shared with our partners and potential new customers. We had the opportunity to present and illustrate our services and the passion for our work. We are convinced that “Made in Europe” makes the difference and we will continue to pursue this mission, while also trying to constantly develop new methods to improve and innovate our services, for greater customer satisfaction.
